[Rosvanian]

My take; he thinks that if it cost middle America too much to buy nice things from overseas, then they will automatically rush to buy from US producers - trouble is a lot of that bears no comparison to the nice things, and, surprise surprise, US producers will instantly up the price of local goods

Yes, but I think MAGA will be happy with that providing they can see that the people they hate are hurting more.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Hard to disagree with that. There does seem to be a vicious, selfish streak in many Americans of "why should someone get something for free whilst I have to pay?"

Not least among Americans who are getting something for free- money from Blue states.

[Tubby Isaacs]

This is one of my least favorite folk myths. How many kids have been punched in the face because parents told them the bully would definitely leave them alone if they were brave and resolute?

But this is nonetheless a pretty spectacular change. Who knows with Trump? Maybe he did think "I respect this Carney bloke". Maybe donors belatedly got in his ear. Maybe he'll change again tmrw.

[Boiler]

Nicked from elsewhere:

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[The Weeping Angel]

[Tubby Isaacs]

Welcome to test match cricket, Mr Tinpot Nationalist.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Welcome to test match cricket, Tinpot Nationalists.

The article says Slovakia is a massive producer (per capita) of cars.

[Andy McDandy]

Low production costs and plenty of experience (Skoda etc). Makes sense.

[Boiler]

Indeed - according to Wiki, you have VW, Stellantis, Kia and Jaguar Land Rover operating from Slovakia.

[Boiler]

As an aside (but related), after 120 years the last Vauxhall came off the Luton production line today

[Boiler]

Looking at the illustration on this article, a similar thing happens between the UK and mainland Europe regarding motor vehicle assembly.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyj4r3v124o

[satnav]

I'll leave this here.

[Boiler]

No words.

Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children

Dear Lord, please make that asteroid hit the US in 2032.

[Rosvanian]

I suspect the young people of Florida will be less keen on this than the govenor hopes. I wonder what he might try to do about that.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Geopolitical genius.

[Bones McCoy]

Geopolitical genius.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Actually Chinese State Media seem to be massively exaggerating. I shouldn't have posted it here.

[kreuzberger]

'Kinell, Trump has managed to get those three countries round a table? Truly, a diplomatic triumph.

[Tubby Isaacs]

This is a massive election, for the Supreme Court in Wisconsin. It's already the most expensive court election in history because Musk has been handing out millions to people who vote for the Republican (not Susan Crawford) under a dubious lottery thing, like he did in November.

There are other elections too, but this is probably the one that'll give the biggest hint to how Trump-Musk is going down. So putting the election on here.

[Boiler]

Crawford won