IF I were a country considering a deal on tariffs or anything... with the USA - I wouldn't trust the deal would be honored for more than moments. Moments go by and things change and the reasons for change are currently in only one mind...at least relative to tariffs and various agreements. There is NO STABILITY OR CERTAINTY under the current president who changes his mind as often if not more often than he changes his socks. HE cannot be trusted and at this time Congress has delegated to him powers that they should exercise with due diligence. Treaties, agreements, deals... are impossible under such a situation.
AND relative to the coming end to our democracy ... we are a democracy that has been based on shared powers and a balancing of those powers. As Congress has given away its significant power of the purse they have stopped doing their jobs and should be ashamed and blamed for the consequences. To Be Sure - it is the Republican Congress that is to blame and who is to be ashamed. There is now a Tyranny of the Majority and that majority is only of those who voted.
A thought: Our currency's motto is: "In G-d we trust". It is not trustworth in the current climate ruled by one person who is clearly not trustworth personally or professionally.
The issue is why people didn't vote! I, for one, have not viewed my choices as between two bad options. The 2024 election was on one level a choice between hate, retribution and selfishness on one hand and on the other hand love, peace, and generosity. Unfortunately hate is so often stronger as it is also intimidatingly scary. Also unfortunately love is costly and also since unrequited love hurts, love is difficult. It is easier to hate than to love, imho. Hate is often simply directed at narrow issues while love has many broad complicated options - or so it seems.
We can hate with certainty or we can love with hope. And hopes are often not fully achieved while hate can certainly harm and kill.
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