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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.
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Author: Steve203 🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: The downside of "peace"
Date: 06/19/26 8:51 PM
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It will never be a good time for Trump to have to deal with rising gas prices, rising food prices (as fertilizer costs spike), disruption to U.S. access to chips (as Taiwan suffers from helium shortages), and a world wide Great Recession. Trump gains nothing from the Strait being closed except problems.

He has no problem imposing high tariffs, so Proles need to pay more for a wide range of products. Why should he exempt fuel from the Prole money extraction project?

but a MAGA Trump ally succeeding him to the Presidency is existential. Trump cannot afford to have a Democrat elected in 2028.

I have suggested before, that Trump will be "President For Life". Does anyone here really think he will willingly ever leave office?

He doesn't have a secret plan to restart the war so he can win it after November.

Joe Kent was on TYT last night. He is cheering "Trump is back!"..."America first is back!"...exactly what Trump wants the Proles who voted him into office two years ago to think. Then, the day after they vote, he rogers them again. "Winning" a war with Iran is not the objective. Closing the Strait, and keeping Iran's head down, is sufficient.

Joe Kent: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BACK

YouTube: Joe Kent: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BACK (The Young Turks)

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