US Ambassador to Ukraine quits

[Notch7]

I see meeting J D Vance is so horrible it can actually kill a committed Christian

 

[Highway Man]

I was having supper, so missed it all!

Some toasted currant tea cakes. With loads of butter.

Nice, I love toasted tea cakes. Not too keen on easter buns though.

 

[MNW67]

Nice, I love toasted tea cakes. Not too keen on easter buns though.

I used to love hot cross buns, but have gone off them recently.

 

[Highway Man]

I used to love hot cross buns, but have gone off them recently.

Not sure the recipe has changed as I loved them at one time, now they just don't seem to taste the same. Tea cakes all day long for me.

 

[MNW67]

Not sure the recipe has changed as I loved them at one time, now they just don't seem to taste the same. Tea cakes all day long for me.

I think people's taste changes as they get older. I always used to have my cup of tea with my toasted tea cakes. But now I wait quarter of an hour or so. Just making it now.

 

[Highway Man]

Not correct

Trump has made endless claims of deporting hardened criminals and has made loads of publicity showing raids and deportations.

But migrant criminals were deported under Obama and Biden.

The vast majority of people being deported under this administration are just undocumented migrants….and whilst not in USA legally are mostly people working hard in the USA economy and paying tax.

The big thing he was elected on was deporting criminals that the cackler had let into the country. He is doing what he promised.

 

[Notch7]

Trump is achieving a lot on migration.

The USA markets are going down whilst European stock markets and others are going up.

Yup Trump has been very successful at migration….capital migration.

 

[JohnD]

Some American billionaires are setting up bolt holes in UK and Switzerland.

 

[Justin Passing]

One thing I don't get about the tariffs on China are the predictions for the price rises. I was reading a case study for a typical importer of Chinese manufactured goods. He said the cost of the product to him was $5 inc. shipping. But then the costs of marketing, sale and transport were $15. And he sold it for $25, to give himself a profit of $5. So, if there is an extra 100% import tariff, that only increases the overall price by $5. It doesn't double it as many in the media have claimed.

Everyone works on multiples, though. Like putting 2p in a litre of milk for our farmers adds a lot more to the shop price.

That was very good, he does seem to have a remarkable insight.
Standouts for me were that whilst he was extremely critical of Trump, he couldn't rule out a change of direction or u turn on Trumps part.

The extent of Russias reliance on N.Korea, Iran and China.

The impossibility of re-taking the captured territories, he was of the opinion it could only be achieved politically in 20-30 years time (2 or 3 leaders after Putin)

The likelihood of the war carrying on for several more years.

Interesting points on even if Europe/America supplied longer range missiles, Ukraines inability to use them inside Russia, more sophisticated air defences would be bettter.

Glad you liked it. It's a Sky News series by the look of it. There should be another one soon.
Makes a change to listen to someone with knowledge and experience and insight, who isn't selling a party line.

I expect we can agree that Trump had a point about European Arms, and in various cases across the world, unfortunate trade statistics from the US point of view. And immigration, and other things.
If you listen to Howard Lunatik, it all makes sense. But a major thing wrong is the speed. It makes T look stupid. Nobody can build a high tech manufacturing facility , for semiconductors or drugs, quickly. Then there's the staffing problem. Businesses hate unpredictability, so if he'd phased in his tariffs at 5 or 10 percent a year, manufacturers could respond.
Mfrs in the US are scared of where prices are going to go. Nobody has any idea where tariffs will settle. They put firms' input costs up, and nobody knows if the US market will pay even higher prices. They're moaning already. Some can't of course.
So you have prices going up, and stagnation - nobody doing anything new.
If the outlook for US is a depression, or stagflation, firms will not move to USA to build factories. Some like NVIDIA and Microsoft and Apple can afford it, but those are truly exceptional. cases.

T wants to reduce interest rates. He can't see beyond the end of his tie. The first effect is to raise prices, because the dollar becomes weaker. People pull their money out of US companies, which are valued in dollars.
Good analysis here: https://wallstreettimes.com/upsides-and-downsides-of-the-interest-rate-cut/
Then you have to put rates up again to control inflation, and so on. If Trump "takes over" the FED by removing Powell, credibility in the US as a stable economic environment will drop even more than it already has.

His antics have also sclerotized the bond market. Nobody knows where it's going, so there's no lliquidity, which is vital for iinvestment in infrastructure and plant. You wouldn't take a loan right now.

There are also what Rumsfeld would have called unkown unknowns, as well as the known unknowns.
T wants to kick out masses of immigrants so he's going to lose workers. Not that he has the staff to do it, or to count the immigrants.
No solution to that, but that's at the known known level, Where's his contingency for the others?


Someone here said gold was the thing to invest in. Only so-so to date, it's becoming a solitary option. . You can't invest in US valued stocks, or bonds, and the more people buy gold, the more it'll go up. Trouble is, you can't eat it. You want growth, but gold pulls money out of the market.

Sigh.

 

[noseall]

Who was it that won the U.S elections again? Wasn't that Kamala was it?

Are you stupid?

 

[noseall]

He is the only world leader to try to stop them

Nonsense. Biden deported more in his tenure than Trump. Labour deported more than the Tories.

Which farmer is fuming?

Type it in yourself and see...Jobe form Wyoming.

Great to see all the pets are safe, that's a good start isn't it?

Only if you are a low intelligence, gullible RWR...
Disinformation against Haitian migrants is now baselessly connecting the pet-eating accusations to Vodou rituals fueling a decades-long urban myth. The claim that "Haitians eat pets" is an unfounded urban legend that has persisted for decades.

 

[noseall]

decent people are upset by a morally corrupt person becoming leader of the free world.
And you find it hilarious.

That says a lot about your character.

And that's the hatred thing from the RWR. Haters gotta hate. Once their beloved right wing contingent were soundly beaten in the UK, they immediately reverted to worshipping Trump, of all people. Trump horn-smoking posts bombarded the forum, once Labour got to power. Its all they have left, poor stupid bastards.

 

[Notch7]

The big thing he was elected on was deporting criminals that the cackler had let into the country. He is doing what he promised.

WRONG

He claims he is deporting criminals.
He is in fact just deporting anybody he wants to…..mostly just undocumented migrants.


As for “Cackler had let into the country” that’s utter bolox


You Trump supporters believe everything you are told.

 

[noseall]

WRONG

He claims he is deporting criminals.
He is in fact just deporting anybody he wants to…..mostly just undocumented migrants.


As for “Cackler had let into the country” that’s utter bolox


You Trump supporters believe everything you are told.

'MAGA' make America garbage again. He's succeeded in putting targets on the backs US tourists again.

 

[Notch7]

All of those things have been done by every POTUS, from both sides, over many decades.
They just rarely made the news.

There’s no equivalence at all.

You have zero interest in actual debate……you are just here to post Trump propaganda.

Your posts are identical to the Russian bots that post in youtube