What has Trump done now?

[Jerry_Atrick]

Leave lovely Susan alone. She is a pilot - didn't succeed commercially, which I guess is why she went into politics. 

 

(I haven't watched this, but I remeber reading an article in The Age about it).

[Jerry_Atrick]

OK.. Back to the thread.. though this is more the effects of what el Chumpo has done. 

 

Mark Carney, distinguished economist, ex governor of the Bank of England (RBA equivalent) and now Canadian PM has made a candid speech at Davos: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-21/carney-blasts-trump-canada-davos-world-economic-forum/106252354

 

OK, he has struck deals with China and Qatar, both not high on the human rights records, but importantly, Canadian pension funds are invested heavily in US government debt, and if they offload it and stop buying it, el Chumpo may need to increase those tariffs a little more anyway.

 

Lucky Canada has successive governments that have taken a fairer slice of the wealth from the resources, unlike successive Aussie givernments that seem hell-bent on giving ours away for almost nothing in comparison (then compare to Qatar, Norway, and even Alaska, which are even better at retaining wealth). 

 

Imagine the leverage we would have if we accunulated the wealth from our resources properly.

 

Anyway, Carney's speech I think officially heralds the beginning of the end of US domination.

Edited Wednesday at 07:30 PM by Jerry_Atrick

[rgmwa]

It was a good speech, as was Ursula von der Leyen's. 

[facthunter]

Picking on Macron's Glasses is a LOW Point. He's apparently suffering a burst blood vessel in the eye..  Trump NEVER misses an Opportunity to be totally DEVOID of CLASS, and entirely CRINGEWORTHY.  Nev

[red750]

He only opens his mouth to put his foot in it.

 

In Davos, Switzerland, he said, "Without us, you would all be speaking German."

 

German is the main language spoken in Switzerland.

[nomadpete]

 

Priceless.

 

I do understand the MC didn't like the profanity.

 

But how else could the Danes deal with a bullyboy?

[old man emu]

Really!

Although it is not the most eloquent phrase in the English language, it has become the common expletive in modern speech. Expletives are words or phrases that add emphasis, but the term most commonly refers to swear words, profanity, or curses used when angry, in pain, or excited. Remember when uttering 'bloody' resulted in a threat to have one's mouth washed out with soap? Until recently it was a difficult word to trace its etymology in usage, in part because it was omitted as taboo by the editors of the original OED when the "F" entries were compiled (1893-97). Johnson also had excluded the word, and fuck wasn't in a single English language dictionary from 1795 to 1965.

 

It is ridiculous that this word is censored when used in the various forms of public media. Who does it offend? I'll tell you. The Bible Bashers of America. 

[onetrack]

Large parts of America were founded by Puritans - and the definition of a Puritan is someone who believes, that someone else, somewhere, is having fun, and that must be stopped.

[facthunter]

IF there's a god HE/SHE /IT KNOWS what you are thinking.. Nev

[old man emu]

I thought it was Santa who knew if you had been naughty or nice.

[facthunter]

He's not as Important as God OR TRUMP. (in that Order). Nev

[red750]

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