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Darrel Andrews
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Retired teacher; seasonal golf gofer.
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A 16-year-old came in for a dishwasher interview today wearing an oversized suit that clearly belonged to his dad.
One of the servers smirked and quietly said, “A suit to wash dishes?”
My head chef walked out, took one look at the kid, and shook his hand like he was a manager.
"Sharp suit," the chef said. "Shows you respect the opportunity."
He hired him on the spot.
Mocking someone's starting line just proves you've forgotten your own.
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This is what happens when you are forced to deal with a global bully. I said when Mark Carney got elected that Canadian voters did the world a massive favour, so thanks for that Canada.
What Trump has failed to take account of is that Mark Carney is MUCH smarter than him when it comes to global economics. While Trump is embarking on his illegal war tour, quietly in the background, Carney is taking the lead on shepherding a new global coalition to counter U.S. hegemony.
It’s worth reading the Politico piece I have linked below if you want more detail.
politico.eu/article/eu-and…
The aim here is an ambitious but totally attainable goal to build a bridge between the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the EU. The ambition is to link the likes of Canada, Singapore, Mexico, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Australia with Europe. It would create a coalition of 40 nations.
To be clear, this is in the early stages of development, but there is no question it represents an exciting opportunity to escape the bullying and develop a brand new frictionless trading bloc that would be second to none.
It goes to my point, of the fact that nobody is prepared to sit around while Trump oscillates from one calamitous mistake to another. Other nations are just quietly working behind the scenes to exclude the U.S. which should be fine for Trump because the U.S. needs nobody, right?
We are slowly seeing a major shift to European arms manufacturers as work goes on to reduce U.S. dependency. The world really has no choice but to now protect itself from America. Not something I ever imagined having to say in my lifetime.
Thanks to Practical Energy Insights for the clip.
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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.
Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
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