Robert Hindle
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While Trump lectures the world on economic independence, the world just moved on without him.
Today, the EU signed a free trade deal with Australia. Earlier this year, they closed one with India. In May, the Mercosur deal covering Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay kicks in. Brussels is signing with everyone. Washington is tariffing everyone.
This is what strategic genius looks like, apparently.
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the sheer, majestic stupidity of what America is doing. You have the world’s largest economy, built entirely on imported components, foreign manufacturing, overseas credit and a global supply chain so intricate it makes a Swiss watch look like a hammer. And the plan, the actual plan, is to slap tariffs of up to 100% on the entire planet and wait for prosperity to arrive.
Here’s the problem, genius. When 90% of what fills American shelves was made somewhere else, you can’t just tax the world into submission. You’re not punishing China. You’re punishing the woman in Ohio buying a toaster. A toaster that, by the way, now costs twice what it did last year because some man in a very large house decided globalisation was for losers.
And then there’s Iran.
Bombing Iran was supposed to send a message. It did. It sent oil to over $100 a barrel. Magnificent. Americans are now paying through the nose at the pump to fund a military adventure that achieved the geopolitical equivalent of kicking a hornets’ nest while wearing shorts. You wanted energy dominance. You got inflation. Congratulations.
The rest of the world watched all this and responded with breathtaking pragmatism. They didn’t panic. They didn’t beg. They opened their laptops, called their trade ministers and started signing documents. The EU didn’t need America at the table. Nobody did. The table got bigger. America just isn’t sitting at it anymore.
You cannot bomb your way to cheap oil. You cannot tariff your way out of globalisation when your entire economy is a monument to it. And you cannot isolate yourself from a world that has collectively decided to carry on without you. There is no island. Not even for a country that size.
Especially not for a country that size.
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@OunkaOnX Deaf as well as stupid, the words they are using are "F**ck you, sir."
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🗣️ "For my age I'm quite advanced in life, but as a coach I'm not completely finished. I haven't reached retirement age. Who knows what will happen in the coming years? But there's nothing planned."
Jurgen Klopp isn't ruling out a return to coaching in the future
[@BBCSport]

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@DemocraticWins He is supposedly in office to serve & represent the citizens but when was the last time he did anything for the citizens ? In fact has he ever done anything for the citizens ?

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@LindseyGrahamSC @realDonaldTrump Says the coward from behind a desk, may I suggest you enrol in a history class you thick ba$tard ?
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I truly believe 2026 can be the year of ending a 2,000 year-long conflict.
Peace is only possible because of the courage of our men and women in uniform and the leadership of President @realDonaldTrump.
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Can't get over #LauraKuenssberg's ridiculous question yesterday.
We've seen lie after lie from the Israeli Govt about their actions in #Gaza & #Lebanon —and it ISN'T #Antisemitic to say so.
The question ought to be, "Where's the evidence #Israel ISN'T lying to us?
#bbclaurak

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@empireofthekop Miraculous recovery, I get the feeling a lot of our squad are not as committed to the club as they should be.
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@RossKneeDeep Yes, he is supposedly in office to serve & represent the citizens but when was the last time he did anything for the citizens ? In fact has he ever done anything for the citizens ?

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It’s time to call a spade a spade Mike Johnson. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp #PedophileProtectors #JusticeForTheVictims

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@lfc_fede Not a chance, Everton will finish above us this season, in points we are closer to the relegation zone than to the top, we may not even get into the Micky Mouse Euro leagues.
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@FBAwayDays @FA_PGMOL will be signing him up for VAR duty, he will fit right in.
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@colder_sarcasm Shame on Cadbury's ruining the agenda of the flag shaggers and gammon, how dare they ?
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@AnnieForTruth After backing Trump for what he said about Robert Meuller's death it looks like she is just as ugly on the inside.
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