There is an underlying theme here! Trump wants Greenland for rare minerals, Ukraine basically being threatened with $500 billion demand for rare minerals, Canada has rare minerals. Trump has courted Musk and other techies who need – wfmsideways – rare minerals. Peace in Gaza if the territory is signed over to the orange bastard.
Bullies beware of what you wish for! Trump believes he has all the cards for a winning hand. But consider. The EU is too big to bully. Airbus when started was a minnow compared to Boeing – but where are they now? The same fate could befall te tech companies. China has already shown that it can innovate and produce EV cars cheaper and better than TESLA. TikTok uploads something ridiculous like 16000 videos per minute. America does not have a monopoly on innovation and tech. ARM was a UK company that designed the chip in most phones (now owned by Japanese bank but up for sale again.
Threats to companies and countries will result in innovation and competition. OTTO is already competing with Amazon as is Cdiscount in France. Personally I am happy to pay 3 or 4% more to thwart the mega rich (maybe more!).
Much has been said about the German election swinging to the right – but the very RW Extremist group AfD still only received 20% of the vote. The left and Greens collapsed due to past mismanagement so not the glorious begining that the RW Press world wide have stated. Germans have more to be concerned about with the migration instigated by Russia having an impact. The AfD despite endorsements and support from Trump, Musk and Putin are still at 20%. Their hate against muslims and jews is however popular – the question I have is – WHY?