Carlton Supporters Club

A couple of things that I think have generally been good:
 - RFK announced the banning of some food colourings (in line with Europe)
 - We will know what 'causes' autism by October (yeah, right) - tipping he's going to announce vaccinations.  Yep that'd be it.
 - The deportation of some people.  BUT why can't you just say we f***ed up on a couple and let them back in?  There's no loss of face doing that.
 - The implementation of A1 in schools - from the Education person, whose job it is to shut down the federal department (oh, dear)

But, how on earth could you possibly run any business that relies on imports to either manufacture into goods, or sell directly to the public.  The uncertainty kills any planning - how much will it cost?  Do I need to add 20% tariff, or 80%?  Can I source product that has a lower tariff?  Can I get a manufacturing plant to make my goods up and running to meet Christmas production requirements? (no), can I increase my local production by enough in time (unlikely)  Are there skilled people in US that can do this? (less and less).  China's big advantage now is that they have masses of skilled manufacturing jobs - tooling, fitting and turning, engineering and people to do them.  The US doesn't with the decline fo manufacturing. Dare say, like here.

Fruit & Veg - The USA imports heaps, much more cheaply than the local farmers can supply the market for.  So in price sensitive times, the US farmers struggle.  Tariffs will bring the price of the imported stuff up, making the gap between local and imported less obvious.  Good for the locals, as they may sell more and keep there businesses afloat - some may boom (and increase employment - often immigrants on farms).  But the grocery spend for everyone will be up - meaning that spending decreases will be on the cards.

Don has started to find out that the world doesn't need the US as much as he thinks - which is a bit of a shock to him.  Apparently the G7 group (Canada, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK) has something like 30% of the world's GDP.  BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, Sth Africa) is about 35% - do we need to start getting used to a new world?

Zelensky wont play ball by allowing Putin to keep Crimea or anything else they have stolen and Trump and crew have spat the dummy and want to pull out of any diplomatic solutions and leave Ukraine to suffer.
Disgraceful from the USA imo and probably a guide to our future defense plans where we need to consider who we can trust and rely on. Is AUKUS really worth it or would we be better stocking up on missiles and drones and finding some new defense partners?

Zelensky wont play ball by allowing Putin to keep Crimea or anything else they have stolen and Trump and crew have spat the dummy and want to pull out of any diplomatic solutions and leave Ukraine to suffer.
Disgraceful from the USA imo and probably a guide to our future defense plans where we need to consider who we can trust and rely on. Is AUKUS really worth it or would we be better stocking up on missiles and drones and finding some new defense partners?

You can't really negotiate with a NPD and Zelenskyy has two to contend with.