In this news roundup Victor Davis Hanson and host Sami Winc cover the ongoing diplomacy involving NATO and Ukraine, the Secret Service after Butler, how Trumps can handle Jerome Powell, and much more.
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3 thoughts on “Where Powell Stands, Beating Mamdani, and the Fallout from Butler”
Paul Scofield
The Left yearns for another 2020 Summer of Violence, where many, many people cowered in a fetal position to the calculated chaos and destruction, in hopes that it would abate. What they are likely to get this time around, should they continue their seditious ways is something more akin to [Gen.] Sherman’s March to the Sea.
Peter Wrenshall
As a Canadian, I will make a brief comment on our trade dispute, and ask a question. First, it appears now that a roughly 10% tariff on Canadian exports is unavoidable, although PM Carney could achieve a breakthrough if he can cut the Gordian knot of the Ontario and Quebec-dominated agricultural supply management cartel, which is responsible for tariffs against US dairy products in the range of 400%. The remaining 10% in my view can be overcome by liberalizing the Canadian economy. In particular we can start by removing the environmentalist-driven barriers to oil and LNG exports from our coasts. Trump’s concern over large, persistent trade deficits with Canada is understandable especially given the US’s enormous national debt. But my question is, given that the Canada-US terms of trade have not changed substantially since the adoption of CUSMA during the first Trump administration, why does Trump now feel the need to set aside CUSMA in spirit and letter in his second administration? Why does Trump believe that the trade deficit question wasn’t resolved during his own first administration?
Joseph Puleo
Victor…Admiral Bing was shot by a firing squad on the quarter deck of his own flagship. The battle was in the Caribbean at Minorca. Bing had been sent out, for political reasons, with a hastily gathered fleet that was inadequate to the task. Bing refused to engage in what he felt was a hopeless action. I know this is a minor point but there is so little I can add to your extremely perceptive views that I wanted to make this small contribution.
The Left yearns for another 2020 Summer of Violence, where many, many people cowered in a fetal position to the calculated chaos and destruction, in hopes that it would abate. What they are likely to get this time around, should they continue their seditious ways is something more akin to [Gen.] Sherman’s March to the Sea.
As a Canadian, I will make a brief comment on our trade dispute, and ask a question. First, it appears now that a roughly 10% tariff on Canadian exports is unavoidable, although PM Carney could achieve a breakthrough if he can cut the Gordian knot of the Ontario and Quebec-dominated agricultural supply management cartel, which is responsible for tariffs against US dairy products in the range of 400%. The remaining 10% in my view can be overcome by liberalizing the Canadian economy. In particular we can start by removing the environmentalist-driven barriers to oil and LNG exports from our coasts. Trump’s concern over large, persistent trade deficits with Canada is understandable especially given the US’s enormous national debt. But my question is, given that the Canada-US terms of trade have not changed substantially since the adoption of CUSMA during the first Trump administration, why does Trump now feel the need to set aside CUSMA in spirit and letter in his second administration? Why does Trump believe that the trade deficit question wasn’t resolved during his own first administration?
Victor…Admiral Bing was shot by a firing squad on the quarter deck of his own flagship. The battle was in the Caribbean at Minorca. Bing had been sent out, for political reasons, with a hastily gathered fleet that was inadequate to the task. Bing refused to engage in what he felt was a hopeless action. I know this is a minor point but there is so little I can add to your extremely perceptive views that I wanted to make this small contribution.