Global politics

[DJChameleon]

I feel sorry for Americans. I can't imagine how they are feeling. The closest I could imagine is Brexit, this is basically Brexit on acid for you guys. Stay strong Americans. Please don't tax the shit out of us.

We are around 400 years late but time to pay up on taxes.

[jimmy jazz]

You're not getting shit!

[DJChameleon]

You're not getting shit!

Now you know how we felt about the tea but you haven't even experienced it yet.

[Psy-Fi]

Trump vows tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on day one

Donald Trump says he will hit China, Mexico and Canada with new tariffs on day one of his presidency, in an effort to force them to crack down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling into the US.

The US president-elect said he would sign an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada, after being inaugurated on 20 January 2025.

He also said "we will be charging China an additional 10% tariff, above any additional tariffs" until it cracked down on fentanyl smuggling.

[DJChameleon]

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-president-tells-trump-tariffs-will-worsen-inflation-kill-jobs-2024-11-26/

Mexican president is planning tariffs on us in retaliation.

MEXICO CITY, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump of dire economic consequences for both countries from tariffs and suggested possible retaliation following his threat of across-the-board tariffs of 25% on Mexico and Canada.
"One tariff will follow another in response and so on, until we put our common businesses at risk," Sheinbaum said in a letter to Trump, which she read aloud in a press conference, warning that tariffs would cause inflation and job losses in both countries.

Better stock up on your avocados or risk spending 50 bucks for one.

[DeepMinder]

https://x.com/KareemRifai/status/1861784431951843476
https://x.com/KareemRifai/status/1861795378569347392

[Psy-Fi]

Australia social media ban for under-16s approved by both houses of parliament

[DeepMinder]

[Buck_Mulligan]

This chart doesn't claim to be either perfect or complete, but if you've ever wondered why the EU economy has fallen so far behind the US so quickly this is about as good an example as you'll get.

https://x.com/ThorstenPolleit/status/1861182818442789152

[Psy-Fi]

White House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds so it has enough troops to battle Russia

[jimmy jazz]

https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1862158721347932537?t=vYK9Lit2x--ZK7Mi9__7Xw&s=19

Starmer basically has admitted too many people have been let in and it was deliberate.

I think people are finally starting to accept now that immigration is a legitimate issue in this country. By people I mean the left.

[Psy-Fi]

Russian strikes hit Aleppo as rebels take control

[Marie Monday]

https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1862158721347932537?t=vYK9Lit2x--ZK7Mi9__7Xw&s=19

Starmer basically has admitted too many people have been let in and it was deliberate.

I think people are finally starting to accept now that immigration is a legitimate issue in this country. By people I mean the left.

of course immigration is worthy of being discussed and afaik he made some good points (a friend just told me the basics of his speech so i can't really judge properly yet) but this mostly just seems like sneaky and clever political manoeuvring. I do like that (according to my friend) he seems to not just focus on lower class immigrants/people in dire situations but considers middle class immigrants.

[jimmy jazz]

of course immigration is worthy of being discussed and afaik he made some good points (a friend just told me the basics of his speech so i can't really judge properly yet) but this mostly just seems like sneaky and clever political manoeuvring. I do like that (according to my friend) he seems to not just focus on lower class immigrants/people in dire situations but considers middle class immigrants.

He's using it to attack the Tories yes, but it's frustrating that working class people, who live in the communities that have been hit the hardest by population increases (we add a city the size of Liverpool every year net, and don't build the infrastructure or services to handle that growth) have been saying this for years and just get ignored/smeared/shut down. There is a section of the population who deny any negative impact whatsoever and will only frame immigration as something positive.

It's just not something you could say and be listened to or taken seriously.

[Marie Monday]

I doubt that immigration is a significant factor in reducing the means of living of the working class as opposed to other factors (like typical Tory policies) but of course I agree that the situation is dire and working class complaints need to be heard ,and a common cause of failure of comparatively left-wing parties is that they usually don't listen to these concerns