Lone Candle
Champion of Truth
Ukraine’s biggest problem is a lack of manpower. Russia’s manpower advantage is growing. Russia doesn’t want a ceasefire, because Putin believes he has the advantage and can gain more by continuing the war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK1N1nTjbic
“When it comes to implementing those tariffs, Miran repeatedly stresses the need to move deliberately and in ways that “are minimally disruptive to markets and the economy.”
“There is a path by which the Trump Administration can reconfigure the global trading and financial systems to America’s benefit,” Miran wrote at the end of his essay, “but it is narrow, and will require careful planning, precise execution, and attention to steps to minimize adverse consequences.”
That’s, uh, not what’s happened this week.”
https://reason.com/2025/04/04/trumps-tariff-blueprint-called-for-careful-planning-and-precise-execution/
“The “reciprocal” tariffs that President Donald Trump announced this week are based on a flagrant fallacy: the idea that there is something inherently suspicious about trade deficits. Unlike many of the positions that Trump has adopted as a politician, this one seems heartfelt and long predates his presidential campaigns. His comments on the subject during the last four decades reflect an unshakable belief that international trade is “fair” only when the dollar value of imports from any given country happens to match the dollar value of U.S. exports to that country.
Trump’s long history of economic illiteracy suggests he is determined to pursue this trade war, which features import taxes that are much steeper and far broader than the ones he imposed during his first term, no matter how much pain it inflicts on American consumers and businesses.”
https://reason.com/2025/04/04/trumps-longtime-obsession-with-trade-deficits-suggests-his-tariffs-wont-end-soon/
Trump’s tariff rates, and the policy in general, makes no sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVZ1lcw2bVU
Is America’s Red Sea defense really worth it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqYkj_aT-wI
How China Is Preparing for “Major-Power War”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDcWLm_ltIk
America’s Plan to Destroy the Cartel Terrorists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUVaBptzBp8
“A deal to spin off the U.S. assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated it would not approve the deal following President Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement this week, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Trump on Friday extended by 75 days a deadline for ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of the popular short video app to a non-Chinese buyer, or face a ban that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tiktok-sale-deadline-looms-141008550.html
‘Trump is post-literate, meaning he can use social media, but doesn’t read books. He doesn’t understand the origin, history, and nature of the Western alliance because he hasn’t taken the time to understand it. That would require reading.’
Trump doesn’t understand complex global supply chains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otuT90ffpA0
The U.S. is dependent on Canada for electricity. This is a huge vulnerability in a trade war.
The U.S. won’t be able to compete with China on manufactured exports because tariffs will make all our goods too expensive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__qozWvbGn0