US US Politics General 2: Hope Edition - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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More AWS-8Q Than You said:
97% of the pharmaceuticals the US uses are made in China, so we'd have to fight a war without antibiotics basically. So, bad things. There's a lot of reasons why we need to bring critical industries back beyond green line going up.
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Conclusion
The U.S. sources its pharmaceutical medications from a mix of domestic production (around 53% of APIs by value, less for finished generics) and imports, with India (40% of generics), China (6-12% of APIs, 6% of finished drugs), and Europe (notably Ireland at 22% of APIs) as key players. The supply chain’s complexity—especially India’s reliance on Chinese materials—means that while no single country dominates entirely, disruptions in China or India could significantly impact availability, particularly for generics and antibiotics. These percentages reflect a snapshot of a dynamic system, with ongoing efforts to onshore production potentially shifting the balance in the future.
 
SpergioLeonne said:
Conclusion
The U.S. sources its pharmaceutical medications from a mix of domestic production (around 53% of APIs by value, less for finished generics) and imports, with India (40% of generics), China (6-12% of APIs, 6% of finished drugs), and Europe (notably Ireland at 22% of APIs) as key players. The supply chain’s complexity—especially India’s reliance on Chinese materials—means that while no single country dominates entirely, disruptions in China or India could significantly impact availability, particularly for generics and antibiotics. These percentages reflect a snapshot of a dynamic system, with ongoing efforts to onshore production potentially shifting the balance in the future.
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Yeah, it may not be the actual finished drugs, but also the precursors and such. God, imagine relying on India for medicine. How do you even trust that shit?
 
Nefarious Elliot said:
this is verbatim what Whatifalthist says about this issue btw, canadian right wing is not nationalistic because they dont associate with the canadian national identity
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Whatifalthist is the greatest YouTuber philosopher to date.

It's also because Canadian national identity has become nothing after 1960s when Canada finally detached itself as a colony of Britain with its own set of constitution. Naturally, what was once a British heritage overnight became a Canadian heritage.

In search to fill it's hallow heart, Canada embraced the post modernists multicultural and mosaic identity as its prime definition of what it means to be Canadian.


And if course, if you are everything, you are nothing.

That's why Canada still struggles to define itself and it's heritage.

It's not a coincidence that all of Britain's former colonies embraced the same post modernists definition of its culture.

Australia, New Zealand, South Africa (lol) and more.
 
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Ahhh FACK, remember when before the election trump said we were gonna drill again and then energy prices dropping were going to keep the prices down while we tariffed everyone? Shit, fuck, he was right again
 
More AWS-8Q Than You said:
Vietnam has quietly been trying to work its way into America's good graces for years now. At least on things like security, because if anyone in the region hates the Chinese, it's Vietnam. They are technically communist, but Vietnamese communism was always nationalist first. If we can make things good for them and collapse China at the same time you'll probably be able to see the jungle Asian boner from space.
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All Asian countries prefer the US to China. The PRC is very aggressive and has invaded several Asian countries including Vietnam and Korea.
 
ForgedBlades said:
It's almost like he knew what he was doing. I'd add another quarter to the "Trump was right again" jar, but unfortunately it's overflowing.
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Libshits like to frame this whole tariff thing as an unplanned and disastrous thing that will surely end in all the other nations of the world banding together to turn the Great Satan wearing a MAGA hat into a third-world country for daring to fix their trade deficits, yet they fail to realize that there will be at least some nations that understand where the U.S is coming for and are perfectly happy to negotiate with the U.S and be part of the new economic order that the U.S is constructing. In fact it is already happening with Israel, Argentina, and some others so I'm really not sure why liberals will still think this plan will end in disaster. Also its annoying how libtards think that Trump's economic policies are gonna increase wealth inequality and usher in "technofeudalism" when in fact Trump's policies are kicking Wall Street in the balls while helping Main Street recover from decades of deindustrialization and mass immigration. The stock market is a plaything for the rich, it crashing hurts the rich the most.
 
Gregis said:
Japan is an interesting case. If I know one thing from WWII history, it's that they CANNOT do autarky, don't have the resources for it. It really makes more sense for us to be shipping them raw materials, and then they can ship back finished products using their main export of autism.
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It's all part of the advantages and disadvantages of being an island nation. Sure someone has to cross an ocean to get to you but you're stuck with whatever isn't underwater around you.

In Japan they apparently have an almost complete lack of the following:
Nickel
Cobalt
Bauxite (Aluminum Ore)
Nitrates
Rock Salt
Potash
Phosphate
Crude Petroleum And Natural Gas

Their natural resource geography makes them very reliant on imports if they want to function as a modern country.
 

Fink had just delivered President Trump a major victory with BlackRock’s agreement to acquire ports on both ends of the Panama Canal from a Hong Kong-based company. Trump, who sees the shipping lane as a crucial strategic prize, pulled in Elon Musk, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and Vice President JD Vance for a meeting that stretched over an hour, people briefed on the discussion said, touching on topics from the economy and markets to the ports deal, which has run into serious opposition from China.

The great game right now for CEOs, university presidents, and law-firm partners is staying in Trump’s good graces. They are trying to avoid being held captive to the president’s whims—or getting caught on the outs. So far, Fink has proved adept at it.

BlackRock handles more money than any other asset manager, and is a top shareholder in nearly every large public company.
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Taggofreggin said:
Libshits like to frame this whole tariff thing as an unplanned and disastrous thing that will surely end in all the other nations of the world banding together to turn the Great Satan wearing a MAGA hat into a third-world country for daring to fix their trade deficits, yet they fail to realize that there will be at least some nations that understand where the U.S is coming for and are perfectly happy to negotiate with the U.S and be part of the new economic order that the U.S is constructing. In fact it is already happening with Israel, Argentina, and some others so I'm really not sure why liberals will still think this plan will end in disaster. Also its annoying how libtards think that Trump's economic policies are gonna increase wealth inequality and usher in "technofeudalism" when in fact Trump's policies are kicking Wall Street in the balls while helping Main Street recover from decades of deindustrialization and mass immigration. The stock market is a plaything for the rich, it crashing hurts the rich the most.
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You have to remember, the left has no real issues with this, but Trump is doing it so it’s evil, bad and will destroy everything. If one of their people was doing exactly what Trumps doing they would be singing their praises. All those faggots have in their empty, evil hearts is that Orange man is super Hitler and we are all Nazis.
 
ForgedBlades said:
It's almost like he knew what he was doing. I'd add another quarter to the "Trump was right again" jar, but unfortunately it's overflowing.
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Man, you'd almost think he made his bones doing large business deals all over the world instead of sucking dicks in the Beltway.
 
Taggofreggin said:
Libshits like to frame this whole tariff thing as an unplanned and disastrous thing that will surely end in all the other nations of the world banding together to turn the Great Satan wearing a MAGA hat into a third-world country for daring to fix their trade deficits, yet they fail to realize that there will be at least some nations that understand where the U.S is coming for and are perfectly happy to negotiate with the U.S and be part of the new economic order that the U.S is constructing. In fact it is already happening with Israel, Argentina, and some others so I'm really not sure why liberals will still think this plan will end in disaster. Also its annoying how libtards think that Trump's economic policies are gonna increase wealth inequality and usher in "technofeudalism" when in fact Trump's policies are kicking Wall Street in the balls while helping Main Street recover from decades of deindustrialization and mass immigration. The stock market is a plaything for the rich, it crashing hurts the rich the most.
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NEC Director Kevin Hassett, “more than 50 countries have reached out to the president to begin a negotiation​



Appearing on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, regime commander for the hard left, White House Director of the National Economic Council, Kevin Hasset, shared that, “more than 50 countries have reached out to the president to begin a negotiation.”

Despite all the media pontification to the contrary, this notation should not come as a surprise, considering how dependent many emerging nations are on access to the U.S consumer market.

The ‘taking a knee’ sequencing should be reviewed through two closely intertwined metrics. (1) The wealth of the nation; and (2) the dependency of the nation. Both metrics are closely aligned, and that will be the commonality of the first to line up to join a zero-tariff trade agreement.

More wealthy, parasitic and ideologically opposed nations will fight hard before they acquiesce. However, they will eventually acquiesce and come to terms. The wealthy nations (like EU etc.) will be the most vocal in opposition to the global trade reset; and they will also be the voices we should see strategically ignored by President Trump.

NEC Director Kevin Hassett cuts through the Stephanopoulos talking points like a ninja quokka. WATCH:


You know Stephanopoulos is outwitted when he relies upon Rand Paul to frame his narrative. lol

Regarding the Russia talking point. How is Trump supposed to calculate a tariff regime against a country we have placed under trade sanctions with a full economic embargo? There’s no current U.S. trade with Russia, deficit or otherwise, so there’s nothing to tariff.
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More AWS-8Q Than You said:
Japan has a surprising amount of factories in America. I have a friend who has a Nintendo street pass thing from some Japanese Nintendo big wig who was probably visiting family who work at Iwata Bolt. There's a surprising amount of Japanese in SW Ohio because of it. Japan will be alright.
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I think the most bizarre Japanese thing near me, is in the middle of fucking nowhere SoCal there’s a Japanese owned industrial farm. And it’s one of the larger farms here
 
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