cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51400141
The current US administration wants to protect fossil fuel profits, slow the clean energy transition and curb China’s influence — whatever the cost to allies or the climate.
Mobster tactics of the Pedo Pooper Presidency
Ask farmers how that worked for soy beans.
They are all super duper multi millionaires, yeah?
If they own an amount of land farmable for soybeans they’re worth at least a couple.
They will soon! Just like everyone in Zimbabwe.
Trump still has allies?
Orban isn’t buying, though - Russia sends it cheaper.
Sounds like China is a better trade partner than the US currently.
Most of Trump’s economics ideas are nonesense. Like the general idea of the US making all it’s own stuff, but also exporting goods a lot. Exporting in exchange for what?
Loyalty
Excellent, that would be intangible and unverifiable. We can present an unlimited amount and live it up on sweat and tears of American workers.
In practice, businesses will make that decision. He can probably move the US to autarky at the expense of 3000 dollar Iphones and coats you have to save up for like in the 70’s, but nobody outside the US will be interested in either.
TRUMP SHOULD BE ARRESTED
It’s what Trump explicitly said he’d do with the oil money for his campaign.
Europe needs to figure out energy independence so they can say no to Russia without relying on America for energy.
Figure out? Europe is definitely working on it.
