> it's the only thing that this US admin will respect in the long run

They don't respect anything. They stand for nothing. Their only concern is to pay lip service to Trump's crazy ideas.

microtonal 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Trump's crazy ideas

s/Trump.*ideas/Line their own pockets/

For example, the first tariff wave was a huge transfer of wealth from citizens to corporations in the OBBBA. First, the income from tariffs was projected to offset the tax cuts for the rich and corporations. Then, when the Supreme Court found them unlawful, the money had to be returned. But first the corporations let consumers pay the tariffs by increasing product prices, but now it is the same companies who get the tariff refunds. And since they are obviously not going to give the money back to the customer, it lined their pockets.

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dgellow 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They stand for Project 2025 and the Maralago Accord, and the ideology behind them. So far they followed both projects quite closely. Trump is a tool they have to manage to reach their goals

Also, of course, extracting as much money from the state as possible

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JKCalhoun 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Had to look up "Maralago Accord": https://marketwise.com/investing/what-is-the-mar-a-lago-acco...

Wow, a global Great Depression II really does look like it is in the cards.

	▲	spiderfarmer 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Those people always assume like the US can do stuff in a vacuum. And they always underestimate how smart other economies will respond to the chaos. Most big economies are in a better position than the USA.