“Trump’s vision of a desirable international economic order may be violently different from mine, but that gives none of us a licence to underestimate its solidity and purpose — as most centrists do.”
The author is deluded in thinking countries Trump is in the process of actively creating trade and kinetic war with are going to be bullied into co-operating with economic policies that directly strengthen the bully.
This article might appease some American readers hoping for a bit of rhyme or reason, or who are looking for a reason to hope the decline of the dollar as global reserve currency might be suspended, but it is about as wildly far from reality as Trump/Musk are.
To quote the author:
The author is deluded in thinking countries Trump is in the process of actively creating trade and kinetic war with are going to be bullied into co-operating with economic policies that directly strengthen the bully.
This article might appease some American readers hoping for a bit of rhyme or reason, or who are looking for a reason to hope the decline of the dollar as global reserve currency might be suspended, but it is about as wildly far from reality as Trump/Musk are.