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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" 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: onepoorguy ⎊✺  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: India, Russia and China
Date: 09/02/25 12:05 PM
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And it didn't take any skill at all. It merely took ignorance, an unwillingness to think through the consequences of what happens if India and Brazil don't capitulate to him, and having an idee fixe on the idea that every nation on earth is so committed to the U.S. market that they will automatically do what we say in response to tariff threats.

That, and a cadre of incompetent advisors. A POTUS can't know everything, so they employ people knowledgeable in various areas to advise. He didn't. He employed yes-men (and women) who praise him constantly. He's fired everyone that showed even a shred of competence.

I read a headline (and the first paragraph) that the Felon really p-o'd Modi by saying he (the Felon) resolved the India/Pakistan issue. He did no such thing. But he kept saying he did, repeatedly. Apparently, they have been ignoring each other since June.

nytimes.com - Trump modi india

Incompetence, and the danger of toxic narcissism.
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