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Sunday, Feb 16, 2025 - 01:45 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert

Gentlemen, We Have Confirmation

Precise terminology from the Feburary 5 post would be honoured as newly-installed U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned the European Union against trying to make America the "sucker" in his NATO headquarters press conference a day or so back, as he further announced that the U.S.A.'s security priorities lay elsewhere (and somebody better step up and bid, like, US$20 million on Lockheed Martin hardware)

China has to be suspecting something, surely?


That sudden realization?
[Embiggen!]
(Source: mangakakalot.com)


The surfeit of self-righteous whining from Europe aside, India, Japan and South Korea have wasted no time in entering more mature deliberations (and concessions), with South Korea eagerly clarifying that they have a free trade agreement with the U.S. that resulted in an average tariff rate on U.S. imports of only 0.79%. This should greatly help their case in avoiding the worst of the reciprocal tariffs - or at least more than strange mainstream media articles claiming a "history of trade openness" in Asia (now where did that come from)?

Probably more importantly, China appears to understand The Greatest Game that is going on, with their Foreign Minister now promising to "play along to the end", translated from 奉陪到底. Much citing of the classics followed, most prominently the famous I Ching opening 天行健，君子以自强不息*, rendered as "The movement of Heaven is full of vigour. Thus the gentleman [ref. China?] (follows suit and) makes himself strong and untiring" - with the (correct) disclaimer that it was hard to translate, and perhaps DeepSeek could help.

也许有好戏看了!

By the way, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed as Health Secretary - right after Tulsi Gabbard got installed as Director of National Intelligence - which should only amp up the entertainment value of what's probably going to happen. Since I'll be off to Finland for a week or so, more discussion on those (wise) appointments will have to wait.



[*Currently coincidentally hanging over my main door; in part the motto of my high school, and a number of Chinese educational institutions.]




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