Trump 2.0 official thread
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AssassinsMace
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That’s come across my mind as well. You’ll be seeing an exemption for “friendly” nations like Trump only cares for “white” refugees.
This is technically supported by physics — motion depends on the frame of reference. From the MAGA point of view, the foreign currencies are indeed rising while the U.S. dollar is stationary.
Nippon steel-US steel deal progress?
Yes, the deal has been approved. They are framing it as a “partnership “, but it will still be Nippon buying out US Steel.
To be fair, India has always been selfish of her independence and sovereignty. So it's normal that they will push back against Trump's claim of mediation during their crisis with Pakistan since it makes them seem weak. You should know that India and Indians in general don't trust the US/UK at all, this also due to historical reasons and this will persist for a long time.
Despite all the West and US charm offensive to get India on their side on several issues or as their ally, India has still rebuffed them indirectly and still maintains her neutrality on many ways. for example, they have still not taken any measures against Russia despite all the pressure from the West, in fact they have kept their relations and trade with Russia despite calls from the West to distance themselves from Moscow, they are still part of BRICS and shanghai cooperation etc. To be honest, if not for the silly border dispute which spoils relations with China, I actually believe India will be very close tiss with China and I think the US/West would have started targeting them as well or at least they won't be having good ties. In short, India won't ally with the US anytime soon and will maintain her own independent policy and follow her own interest, they will cooperate with US when it suits them like every major power does and they will go against or stay away from the US when it suits them.
It will affect other countries who want to buy AI chips or build their AI ecosystem from China. Just like Malaysia recently who after announcing that they will be buying and building their first AI eco-system using Huawei had to back off from the deal after been warned by the USA. The thing is that the US is still the world's superpower and they are not scared anymore to wield that power and influence. So smaller and medium countries are scared or worried to go against US laws for fear of sanctions which will affect them economically, so to avoid such issues and risks they will rather follow US laws to stay away from trouble. Afterall, its better to stay away from trouble and risks than try and go against a behemoth you can't beat just for bravado sake and with no major backer/ally behind you. Have to look at your country's overall national interests if it's worth it or not. So I don't blame this medium countries. I will do the same if I was them.
We'll see what they actually do.
But US isn't the only one with a stick, a country that fears the stick fears all sticks and they'll just end up doing nothing.
Right now its not a question of Huawei making sales abroad, they don't need to or necessarily should. The question now is if Huawei does make an attempt, countries must now decide if they want to still buy NVidia and risk China seeing that as compliance with the US, which comes with it's own stick.
China isn't the one desperate to sell GPUs.
Albert Bessent has become an expert in economic relativistic crap, in fact since Trump he basically developed the entire field on its own in a few months.
