cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51400141
The current US administration wants to protect fossil fuel profits, slow the clean energy transition and curb China’s influence — whatever the cost to allies or the climate.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51400141
The current US administration wants to protect fossil fuel profits, slow the clean energy transition and curb China’s influence — whatever the cost to allies or the climate.
Most of Trump’s economics ideas are nonesense. Like the general idea of the US making all it’s own stuff, but also exporting goods a lot. Exporting in exchange for what?
Loyalty
Excellent, that would be intangible and unverifiable. We can present an unlimited amount and live it up on sweat and tears of American workers.
In practice, businesses will make that decision. He can probably move the US to autarky at the expense of 3000 dollar Iphones and coats you have to save up for like in the 70’s, but nobody outside the US will be interested in either.