* Because of 1971, US is now the slave under its own crime. Dear reader, do realize the bottomless emptiness when politicians and media feed you with the "China threat" lies - wrapped in insidious "authoritarian Communist dictatorship" propaganda - which actually constitutes the worst form of racism and anti-people wellbeing and security. Except for understandable defense preparations, modern meritocratic China with all its own flaws now easily beats Western "liberal democracies" in every aspect. Solution? Cooperation - not hostile unfounded Sinophobia!
** This transition is the real pain Trump talks about. And of course he uses everything he can to benefit from US previous theft in its adaptation to a new world order - not under but with China.
$-freeloader US is a ravenous criminal paper tiger kept standing by idiots continuing to feed it despite it was already 1971 bankrupt because of having embezzled from the world dollar for wars, arms race etc.
$-freeloader US stole the world dollar 1971 by not only violating the gold standard agreement made in Bretton Woods 1944, but also by US thereby getting full control over the world dollar to use it only in the best interest of itself (that's the order US Fed lives under). This meant that the rest of the world since then has paid the difference, while the poorest have been hurt the most.
Peter Klevius to those ignorant about the consequences of US $-theft 1971: If a country has full authoritarian dictatorship over the world dollar, paired with a stated aim (US Fed) to use this solely for its own benefit, then there's a zero chance for fairness for other countries locked into the system.
Negate every
word from the naked MAGA dictator - and you end up with what Peter
Klevius has deconstructed for many years: US demonizing* anti-China
propaganda is the signifier of US long running embezzlement.
Trump knows he can't beat China. Keep this in mind when you evaluate his moves.
US appalling "democracy", "rules based order", "values" and war crimes (last ones against some of the poorest and most frail people like Palestinans, minorities in Syria, Yemenites, etc.), can only be explained by the stolen dollar hegemony built on US deliberate choice 1971 to continue its embezzlement instead of bankruptcy. However, the signs weren't always that visible for others because US - much like embezzlers in general - tried to keep up a Potemkin village image. But today the gloves are off and US makes its next humongous mistake (shared by many of its s.c. "allies") by believing it could compete with China by containing it while sucking value from other countries. However, this path only leads to China even progressing faster in comparison and therefore inevitably attracting others. Moreover, China is in every aspect a better country than US, no matter we talk R&D, meritocratic leadership with owerwhelming (qualified majority) support from the people and an infrastructure the US can only dream about. And when it comes to people freedom China is clearly ahead if one takes a closer look behind the demagogy. Also, most people seem not to understand that Trump's interest in Russia is just an other spect of US dollar hegemony problem that China's success has put bare. For Trump the only thimg that matters is to keep US afloat while trying to keep China at bay.
US constant current account deficit is the product of US imports of goods, services, and transfers - paid by stolen fiat dollar - that exceed US exports, hence proving it is spending more on foreign trade than it is earning. This reflects $-freeloader US economic cancer and therapy by sucking from the global economy with the help of us stolen dollar hegemony.
You cannot “Make Your Country Great Again” by avoiding superior Chinese R&D.
Western car manufacturers went to China because of superior R&D and manufacturing process. Teslas made in China are superior to Teslas made in US. Same with European brands. 1987 President Ronald Reagan imposed 100 % tariffs on imported vehicles from Japan, which led to a reduction in the trade deficit with Japan in the following years and Japanese vehicle manufacturers starting extensive production in US. However, the underlying reason was the superior quality of Japanese cars - although not fully reaching the standard of cars made in Japan. Finnish tech magazine TM made extremelt thorough comparison - incl. demounting engines and measuring the wear on moving parts - between Toyotas made in England vs Japan, and were able to see a distinct difference although the Toyotas made in England were still better than average European mad cars.
The main aim ought to be the will of the people - not the name of the system. 2024 UK's Labour got 33.9% of active voters but 63% of the seats - meaning it can rule anti-democratically in at least five years. On top of this Labour then betrayed its poorest voters while the party whip silences internal opposition.
This is why one party meritocracy outperforms one-party "democracy".
US top economist and most experienced geopolitical analyst Jeffrey Sachs seems to agree with Peter Klevius US analysis - while not mentioning 1971, though:
Trump aims to close the trade deficit by imposing tariffs, thereby impeding imports and restoring trade balance (or inducing other countries to end their rip-offs of America). Yet Trump’s tariffs will not close the trade deficit but will instead impoverish Americans and harm the rest of the world.
A country’s trade deficit (or more precisely, its current account deficit) does not indicate unfair trade practices by the surplus countries. It indicates something completely different. A current account deficit signifies that the deficit country is spending more than it is producing. Equivalently, it is saving less than it is investing.
America’s trade deficit is a measure of the profligacy of America’s corporate ruling class, more specifically the result of chronically large budget deficits resulting from tax cuts for the rich combined with trillions of dollars wasted on useless wars. The deficits are not the perfidy of Canada, Mexico, and other countries that sell more to the U.S. than the U.S. sells to them.
To close the trade deficit, the U.S. should close the budget deficit. Putting on tariffs will raise prices (such as for automobiles) but not close the trade or budget deficit, especially since Trump plans to offset tariff revenues with vastly larger tax cuts for his rich donors. Moreover, as Trump raises tariffs, the U.S. will face counter-tariffs that will directly impede U.S. exports. The result will be lose-lose for the U.S. and the rest of the world.
Let’s look at the numbers. In 2024, the U.S. exported $4.8 trillion in goods and services, and imported $5.9 trillion of goods and services, leading to a current account deficit of $1.1 trillion. That $1.1 trillion deficit is the difference between America’s total spending in 2024 ($30.1 trillion) and America’s national income ($29.0 trillion). America spends more than it earns and borrows the difference from the rest of the world.
Trump blames the rest of the world for America’s deficit, but that’s absurd. It is America that is spending more than it earns. Consider this. If you are an employee, you run a current account surplus with your employer and a deficit with the companies from which you buy goods and services. If you spend exactly what you earn, you are in current account balance. Suppose that you go on a shopping binge, spending more than your earnings by running up credit-card debt. You will now be running a current account deficit. Are the shops ripping you off, or is your profligacy driving you into debt?
“Trump blames the rest of the world for America’s deficit, but that’s absurd. It is America that is spending more than it earns.”
Tariffs will not close the trade deficit so long as the fiscal irresponsibility of the corporate raiders and tax evaders that dominate Washington continues. Suppose, for example, that Trump’s tariffs slash the imports of automobiles and other goods from abroad. Americans will then buy U.S.-produced cars and other merchandise that would have been exported. Imports will fall, but so too will exports. Moreover, new tariffs imposed by other countries in response to Trump’s tariffs will reinforce the decline in U.S. exports. The U.S. trade imbalance will remain.
While the tariffs will not eliminate the trade deficit, they will force Americans to buy high-priced U.S.-produced goods that could have been obtained at lower cost from foreign producers. The tariffs will squander what economists call the gains from trade: the ability to buy goods based on the comparative advantage of domestic and foreign producers.
The tariffs will raise prices for automobiles and wages of automotive workers, but those wage hikes will be paid by lower living standards of Americans across the economy, not by a boost of national income.
The real way to support American workers is through federal measures opposite to those favored by Trump, including universal health coverage, support for unionization and budget support for modern infrastructure, including green energy, all financed with higher, not lower, taxes on the wealthiest Americans and corporate sector.
The federal government does not cover its overall spending with tax revenues because wealthy campaign donors promote tax cuts, tax avoidance (through tax havens) and tax evasion.
Remember that the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has gutted the audit capacity of the IRS. The budget deficit is currently around $2 trillion dollars, or roughly 6 percent of U.S. national income. With a chronically high budget gap, the U.S. trade balance will remain in chronic deficit.
Trump says that he will cut the budget deficit by slashing waste and abuse through DOGE. The problem is that DOGE misrepresents the real cause of the fiscal profligacy.
The budget deficit is not due to the salaries of civil servants, who are being wantonly fired, or to the government’s R&D spending, on which our future prosperity depends, but rather to the combination of tax cuts for the rich, and reckless spending on America’s perpetual wars. U.S. funding for Israel’s non-stop wars, America’s 750 overseas military bases, the bloated C.I.A. and other intelligence agencies and interest payments on the soaring federal debt.
Trump and the congressional Republicans are reportedly taking aim at Medicaid — that is, at the poorest and most vulnerable Americans — to make way for yet another tax cut for the richest Americans. They may soon go after Social Security and Medicare too.
Trump’s tariffs will fail to close the trade and budget deficits, raise prices, and make America and the world poorer by squandering the gains from trade. The U.S. will be the enemy of the world for the harm that it is causing to itself and the rest of the world.
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a university professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is also president of the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a commissioner of the U.N. Broadband Commission for Development.
Zelensky and Netanyahu are war criminal twins who have knowingly upheld genocide - Zelensky from 2019 against his own people, and Netanyahu against people outside Israel.
Peter Klevius: When Ukraine and Israel committed cultural and militaristic genocide against Russians and Palestinians, US/West even supported it, but when China detained islamist terrorists after they had made similar attacks as Hamas/al-Aqsa Brigade did 2023, then this self-defense and deradicalization education was called "genocide" and "human rights violation"! Could anything be more hypocritical!
Western Zelensky huggers are ignorant - or worse!
When New York Times writes like it does below, then you ought to understand the reality is much worse.
Key Takeaways From America’s Secret Military Partnership With Ukraine
An investigation by The New York Times has revealed that America was woven into the war far more than previously known.
By Adam EntousMarch 30, 2025
The war in Ukraine is at an inflection point, with President Trump seeking rapprochement with the Russian leader, Vladimir V. Putin, and pressing for an end to the fighting.
But for nearly three years before Mr. Trump’s return to power, the United States and Ukraine were joined in an extraordinary partnership of intelligence, strategy, planning and technology whose evolution and inner workings have been known only to a small circle of American and allied officials.
With remarkable transparency, the Pentagon has offered a public accounting of the $66.5 billion in weaponry it has supplied to Ukraine. But a New York Times investigation reveals that America’s involvement in the war was far deeper than previously understood. The secret partnership both guided big-picture battle strategy and funneled precise targeting information down to Ukrainian soldiers in the field.
Here are five takeaways from the investigation.
A U.S. base in Wiesbaden, Germany, supplied the Ukrainians with the coordinates of Russian forces on their soil.
The idea behind the partnership was that America’s close cooperation with Ukraine would compensate for Russia’s vast advantages in manpower and weaponry. To guide the Ukrainians as they deployed their ever-more-sophisticated arsenal, the Americans created an operation called Task Force Dragon.
The secret center of the partnership was at the U.S. Army garrison in Wiesbaden, Germany. Each morning, U.S. and Ukrainian military officers set targeting priorities — Russian units, pieces of equipment or infrastructure. American and coalition intelligence officers searched satellite imagery, radio emissions and intercepted communications to find Russian positions. Task Force Dragon then gave the Ukrainians the coordinates so they could shoot at them.
Military officials worried that it might be unduly provocative to call the targets “targets.” Instead they were referred to as “points of interest.”
U.S. intelligence and artillery helped Ukraine quickly turn the tide against the Russian invasion.
In spring 2022, the Biden administration agreed to send High Mobility Artillery Systems, or HIMARS, which used satellite-guided rockets for strikes up to 50 miles distant.
In the war’s first year, the Ukrainians were extremely dependent on the Americans for intelligence, and Task Force Dragon vetted and oversaw virtually every HIMARS strike.
The strikes caused Russian casualty rates to soar, and Ukraine’s 2022 counteroffensive was largely successful: By December, the Ukrainians held an unlikely, David-versus-Goliath upper hand against their Russian foe.
The Biden administration kept moving its red lines.
From the first, administration officials sought to lay down a red line: America was not fighting Russia; it was helping Ukraine. Still, they worried that steps taken to accomplish that might provoke Mr. Putin to attack N.A.T.O. targets or perhaps make good on his nuclear threats. Even as the administration developed an ever-greater tolerance of risk to help Ukraine meet the evolving threat, many of the most potentially provocative steps were taken in secret.
Easing a prohibition against American boots on Ukrainian ground, Wiesbaden was allowed to put about a dozen military advisers in Kyiv. To avoid drawing public attention to their presence, the Pentagon initially called them “subject matter experts.” Later the team was expanded, to about three dozen, and the military advisers were eventually allowed to travel to Ukrainian command posts closer to the fighting.
In 2022, the U.S. Navy was authorized to share targeting information for Ukrainian drone strikes on warships just beyond the territorial waters of Russian-annexed Crimea. The C.I.A. was allowed to support Ukrainian operations within Crimean waters; that fall, the spy agency covertly helped Ukrainian drones strike Russian warships in the port of Sevastopol.
In January 2024, U.S. and Ukrainian military officers in Wiesbaden jointly planned a campaign — using coalition-supplied long-range missiles, along with Ukrainian drones — to attack about 100 Russian military targets across Crimea. The campaign, named Operation Lunar Hail, largely succeeded in forcing the Russians to pull equipment, facilities and forces in Crimea back to the Russian mainland.
Ultimately, the U.S. military and C.I.A. were allowed to help with strikes into Russia.
The hardest red line was the Russian border. But in spring 2024, to protect the northern city of Kharkiv against a Russian assault, the administration authorized the creation of an “ops box” — a zone of Russian territory within which U.S. officers in Wiesbaden could provide the Ukrainians with precise coordinates. The box’s first iteration extended across a wide swath of Ukraine’s northern border. The box was expanded after North Korea sent troops to help fight the Ukrainians’ incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. The U.S. military was later allowed to enable missile strikes in an area of southern Russia where the Russians staged forces and equipment for their offensive in eastern Ukraine.
Longstanding policy barred the C.I.A. from providing intelligence on targets on Russian soil. But the C.I.A. could request “variances,” carve-outs to support strikes for specific objectives. Intelligence had identified a vast munitions depot in Toropets, 290 miles north of the Ukrainian border. On Sept. 18, 2024, a swarm of drones slammed into the munitions depot. The blast, as powerful as a small earthquake, opened a crater the width of a football field. Later, the C.I.A. was allowed to enable Ukrainian drone strikes in southern Russia to try to slow advances in eastern Ukraine.
Political disagreements in Ukraine contributed to the 2023 counteroffensive’s collapse.
The 2023 counteroffensive was meant to build momentum after the first year’s triumphs. But after the partners held war games in Wiesbaden and agreed on a strategy, the plan ran headlong into Ukrainian politics.
The Ukrainian armed forces chief, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, embraced the plan, whose centerpiece was an assault in the direction of the southern city of Melitopol that would cut off Russian supply lines. But his rival and subordinate, Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, had his own plan — to impale Russian forces in the occupied eastern city of Bakhmut. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, sided with him and divided up the ammunition and forces between two main fronts instead of one. The Ukrainians never did reclaim Bakhmut, and within months, the counteroffensive ended in failure. Russia now had the upper hand.
Adam Entous is a Washington-based investigative reporter focused on national security and intelligence matters.
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Peter Klevius (1981, 1992): The ultimate question ought to be: What is it like to be a stone? There's no difference between human consciousness polished through living, and the "consciousness" of a stone that has been smoothly shaped in streaming water against other rocks, stones etc. It started its "life" as a rugged piece of rock in a mountain and adapted to its life in streaming water down hill, or perhaps as a piece of rock falling on a beach and polished by waves.
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