Why would any country do any deal with America at this point or for the next 100 years? People have long memories and will remember the extent to which America could abuse them. No one wants to see that type of power sustained, including many Americans. They would rather see a more balanced and peaceful world in which many people can prosper.
Countries like to do deals with the world's biggest economy / greatest innovators. They'll come at it more suspiciously than ever before, but America is, for now, "so good you can't ignore it"
A lot of people seem to be missing the point that the reputational damage that is being done by the Trump administration right now is nontrivial and will not be unraveled quickly. The creation of a new economic trade zone between S.A. and the EU, the halting of the EU/US trade deal, Canada creating new trade deals with China...all of this spells disaster for the US. Despite what the right wing thinks, all countries play together in a big sandbox with each other and this idiocy and isolationism is not going to make us more wealthy or more safe.
because in the midst of all the ancient stuff that is very destablising in the Constitution (electoral college, 2 parties, a head of state which resembles an elected king etc) there is something that is amazingly well structured:
Elections every 2 years (the most frequent in the world) + term limits
22 Months from the date the POTUS takes the oath until the midterms which are always a win for the party not in power , when the POTUS gets a second term effectively 22 months from the moment the POTUS takes the oath until the 'lame duck' period
In this way the damage can always be contained by the sheer lack of time to do anything drastic (although Trump is trying)
Yes, but in the US system, gridlock can prevent a budget being passed for a year or more. In the Parliamentary system, failing to pass a budget results in an election. Also, in a multi-party Parliamentary system, majority governments are less common, fostering compromise rather than dogmatism.
He's talking about cancelling elections, kidnapped a foreign head of state, pardoned thousands of people including the head of one of the largest drug trafficking operations in human history, destroyed countless trade partnerships and is now threatening war with NATO while deploying a gestapo publicly.
Meanwhile, if every single Senate seat in 2026 went to a Democrat, they could still not impeach him. And that's after he gets a full doubling of the time it took for him to do all of the above.
Then, no matter what, the SCOTUS is now fully stacked with his cronies who have lifetime appointments, the executive has been purged, institutions have been destroyed, and government work is now poisoned so recovering them is doomed. And unless we fundamentally restructure the entire model of our national governance, we are at risk of it just happening again every 4 years with increasing escalation now that the actual Nazis know just how easy it is.
Even worse than that, the US people have only gotten worse. They aren't openly going against this and unifying against a dictator. A third of the population is openly calling for dictatorship. So there's absolutely zero sign of this being reversed.
I don't exactly see how this is "amazingly well structured".
I don’t disagree, but I am also worried that Trump and many members of his administration view our political process and constitution as something to be discarded or worked around. He literally said the other day that we shouldn’t even have midterm elections. And the main guy behind Project 2025 believes in pivoting to a ‘post constitutional’ America, whatever that means. I have a genuine fear that all the stability that comes from the Constitution and process that America has, is about to be thrown away. But even if it isn’t, I think other countries view it as not as protective as they previously thought.
The USD has dropped a few percent vs. world currencies and the US markets have trailed Euro, Canadian and Asian markets. Tariff uncertainty is causing a bit of economic gridlock which coupled with AI is playing havoc with hiring.
Why would any country do any deal with America at this point or for the next 100 years? People have long memories and will remember the extent to which America could abuse them. No one wants to see that type of power sustained, including many Americans. They would rather see a more balanced and peaceful world in which many people can prosper.
Countries like to do deals with the world's biggest economy / greatest innovators. They'll come at it more suspiciously than ever before, but America is, for now, "so good you can't ignore it"
There’s going to need to be serious reforms after Trump’s reign ends for there to be confidence in the US again.
A lot of people seem to be missing the point that the reputational damage that is being done by the Trump administration right now is nontrivial and will not be unraveled quickly. The creation of a new economic trade zone between S.A. and the EU, the halting of the EU/US trade deal, Canada creating new trade deals with China...all of this spells disaster for the US. Despite what the right wing thinks, all countries play together in a big sandbox with each other and this idiocy and isolationism is not going to make us more wealthy or more safe.
because in the midst of all the ancient stuff that is very destablising in the Constitution (electoral college, 2 parties, a head of state which resembles an elected king etc) there is something that is amazingly well structured:
Elections every 2 years (the most frequent in the world) + term limits
22 Months from the date the POTUS takes the oath until the midterms which are always a win for the party not in power , when the POTUS gets a second term effectively 22 months from the moment the POTUS takes the oath until the 'lame duck' period
In this way the damage can always be contained by the sheer lack of time to do anything drastic (although Trump is trying)
Yes, but in the US system, gridlock can prevent a budget being passed for a year or more. In the Parliamentary system, failing to pass a budget results in an election. Also, in a multi-party Parliamentary system, majority governments are less common, fostering compromise rather than dogmatism.
He's talking about cancelling elections, kidnapped a foreign head of state, pardoned thousands of people including the head of one of the largest drug trafficking operations in human history, destroyed countless trade partnerships and is now threatening war with NATO while deploying a gestapo publicly.
Meanwhile, if every single Senate seat in 2026 went to a Democrat, they could still not impeach him. And that's after he gets a full doubling of the time it took for him to do all of the above.
Then, no matter what, the SCOTUS is now fully stacked with his cronies who have lifetime appointments, the executive has been purged, institutions have been destroyed, and government work is now poisoned so recovering them is doomed. And unless we fundamentally restructure the entire model of our national governance, we are at risk of it just happening again every 4 years with increasing escalation now that the actual Nazis know just how easy it is.
Even worse than that, the US people have only gotten worse. They aren't openly going against this and unifying against a dictator. A third of the population is openly calling for dictatorship. So there's absolutely zero sign of this being reversed.
I don't exactly see how this is "amazingly well structured".
I don’t disagree, but I am also worried that Trump and many members of his administration view our political process and constitution as something to be discarded or worked around. He literally said the other day that we shouldn’t even have midterm elections. And the main guy behind Project 2025 believes in pivoting to a ‘post constitutional’ America, whatever that means. I have a genuine fear that all the stability that comes from the Constitution and process that America has, is about to be thrown away. But even if it isn’t, I think other countries view it as not as protective as they previously thought.
Good. Seems like Trump pissing off the rich people in this country would be the fastest way to dump this entire admin.
The US will only learn by feeling pain, both the administration and the electorate. So, make them feel it politically and economically.
How are the USD, EUR, and GBP doing in forex (and trade balance and national debt) since Trump took office in 2025-01?
The USD has dropped a few percent vs. world currencies and the US markets have trailed Euro, Canadian and Asian markets. Tariff uncertainty is causing a bit of economic gridlock which coupled with AI is playing havoc with hiring.