tariffs
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The world doesn’t move in straight lines. It lurches, jolted by clashing forces until something breaks and something new takes shape. Donald Trump’s 2025 tariffs, sold as a fist-pump for American strength, are one such jolt. Instead of rebuilding a nation, they are rattling allies, emboldening rivals, and hitting everyday Americans where it hurts most:
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Every war, whether fought with bullets or tariffs, springs from a single, primal fear: economic decline. Strip away the rhetoric of ideology, religion, or sovereignty, and you find nations acting not out of strength but out of dread—a gnawing anxiety that their economic future is slipping away. From Hitler’s Germany to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
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Executive Summary: The United States’ significant tariffs on goods from China (145%) and the EU (20%), compared to a lower 10% on UK goods, create considerable challenges for global exporters. This article argues that the United Kingdom, particularly when including the unique dual-market access of Northern Ireland, offers a strategic and legally sound pathway for
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Donald Trump’s second term isn’t a patchwork of policies—it’s a blueprint for a post-modern empire, one that doesn’t rely on armies or colonies, but on economic chokeholds, immigration filters, and symbolic domination. This isn’t the imperialism of red maps and military governors. It’s the 21st-century kind: power justified by itself, compliance demanded as tribute, and
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