Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd


The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (15) |
Author: weatherman   😊 😞
Number: of 84361 
Subject: Re: That EU Trade Deal
Date: 07/29/25 11:25 AM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 4
since some of the major deal details conflict with real world physical and financial limits, simpler explanation is that trump is being played by EU and japan. path of least resistance.

donny want $1trillion? $2trillion? $10trillion? sure, anything for my pal !

"...this is just another day of golf for Trump: dream up some big, gaudy numbers to generate headlines, rally the domestic base and US energy stocks, proclaim economic dominance, etc.
It’s a re-run of his 2021 China trade farce: inflate the target, declare victory, and then forget all about it before the blame game starts.
The Phase 1 trade deal in December 2019 envisaged China buying more than $50b of extra American coal, oil and LNG by the end of 2021. Actual imports fell well short of that, but by then the world had moved on. The same fate awaits the EU-US trade deal.
For the EU, this is strategic capitulation. European officials know they can’t physically import the volumes they’ve pledged, and nor can they force EU companies to do so. But they’re playing along, desperate to mollify a volatile White House and avoid reigniting market-melting tariff threats on Truth Social."

energyflux.news - Geopolitical theatre part
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to weatherman here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 84,309 posts about US Policy. The article-length ones it recommended most:
It's going to get worse · 33 recs · 2025
G’day Donny · 30 recs · 2026
Old Related Story · 28 recs · 2026
HCR is a national treasure · 27 recs · 2025
Fascism in America · 27 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (15) |


Announcements
US Policy FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Best Of Politics | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community