A public office should not be promoting a private enterprise. That’s not what tax dollars are for. Musk can pay for marketing and advertising like the rest of his competitors do.

Hopefully other nations see this cronyism and tell the US administration to stuff it.

A system that allowed one to pirate corporate American made or distributed content while being able to give back directly to creators would be nice.

America sells a ton of services. Netflix, Amazon, Uber, Visa, Mastercard etc. Its possible to cut most out but very difficult to cut it all out in Canada. Perhaps it’s easier in Europe.

This is the part of the ‘trade deficit’ story he and his supporters intentionally leave out. America has a massive trade surplus when it comes to exporting services.

You know what comes with a depression right? America is already setting the stage for its fascist phase. I wonder who the good guys will be as America turns heel.

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I don’t know thats its too high especially of it was going to be much more than that if not for Trump’s threats, Trudeau’s resignation and Carney’s ascension.

Too close from whose perspective?

The liberals had no business winning this election. All metrics pointed to a conservwtive land slide until Trump got involved and Carney seemingly handled him better than Trudeau.

Carney is going to have to perform above average in his first term otherwise the liberals will be absolutely decimated in 4 years.

This is borrowed time. Even an average performance now will guarantee Poilievre a win in 4 years. The Liberals are going to have to get more done in 4 years than they have in the past 10 to prevent that.

I don’t know if America is the right place to take advice on that at the moment. Whatever plan is being implemented there has clearly failed profoundly.

Unless you’re saying Canada should learn from America’s mistakes but the countries are very different so I doubt the lessons would be meaningful.

Certainly doesn’t bode well. Carney is going to actually have to make a real impact in the next 4 years or the next election will be a landslide for the conservatives. This is borrowed time for the liberals.

I’m totally okay with taking a shot on someone who is actually educated and respected as opposed to a career politician.

Many Western nations are turning to political outsiders out of frustration with the status quo. Conservatives and the far right have more effectively tapped into that underlying desire and capitalized on it.

Here we have an outsider who isn’t a dog whistling regressive populist. That’s a huge win for Canada in my book.

Definitely makes Canada stand out relative to the US, where the choices are bad and apocalyptic bad.

This has been my experience as well and I’d like to highlight your insightful point on how it seemed like both options were still trying to work towards a greater good decades ago.

Modern day conservatism seems entirely based on the ethos that inclusivity has gone too far. Since the world has become (in a very general and oversimplfying sense) more fair and inclusive over time, the ideology now feels inherently regressive.

What happens when a ‘safe third country’ starts adopting extractionary systems left behind by colonial empires that have, in part, held back third world economies for decades? Keep an eye on America to find out!

I’m sure America’s substantial purchasing power will help prevent the rot from spreading within. Right? Right?!

Having a criminal history would likely make him ineligible.

There’s no outright rule against it but several people have been removed from the order for committing crimes.

Generally any tariff over 50% eats into profit margins sufficiently to end trade altogether.

Any escalation in tariffs above that is essentially just a symbolic dick measuring contest. China is being the adult in this situation by not engaging.

he will destroy the Republican Party’s electoral prospects for decades

That’s what they said about Nixon. Look at how that’s turned out.

China has a much greater tolerance for pain than the US for a multitude of reasons. China is also in a position to bolster trading relationships with other nations since it has not gone scorched earth like the US.

The US holds disproportionate purchasing power for its size but it’s still has far less than 50% global purchasing power. China and most other countries will find other partners to trade with while the US isolates itself further.

The only reason the US holds 20% of global purchasing power is because of mutually beneficial relationships with other countries. Purchasing power will slowly erode over time if Trump continues on his current path.

The US is really overestimating its leverage here and, being a fairly overmiliatarilized nation, one can only hope it doesn’t turn to violence once things go south.

Trump wants to devalue US currency. He sees US dollar supremacy as why the US is not competitive in the export market and part of the reason why manufacturing has left the country.

Most countries take the US dollars they make on exports and stockpile them in US treasuries which keeps the dollars value high relative to other currencies.

Essentially he sees the high value of the US dollar and trade deficit as bubbles that will eventually burst and collapse the US economy. Which is an issue he thinks he can fix/prevent with tariffs.

What does retention mean in this context? File retention? Is there any way to integrate with Kodi or other media server like debrid services?

The interest rate isn’t fixed, the bond yield (in dollars) is fixed.

Its presented as a percentage interest rate which can be variable.

For example let’s say you have a $1000 bond that pays a $50 dollar yield at maturity. The rate would be 5% (50/1000).

If the market is flooded with bonds, their value would decrease due to increased supply. Now that bond may only be worth $900 but still pays a fixed yield of $50. The interest you get paid in this scenario is now 900/50 = 5.5%

This is great if you are a lender. When you buy bonds you are essentially lending money the government and now your yield will be higher.

But many ordinary people are more often in the position of borrower. The interest rate for mortgages, car loans etc. are based off of bond rates. So if that rates goes up, many major purchases become more expensive over time. Small businesses are also heavily impacted by increased borrowing costs.

Generally, higher bond rates represent decreased confidence in a government entity’s fiscal responsibility. When US federal bonds are sold off collectively, the rate goes up, signalling that investors have lost faith in the US government reliably paying back its debts.