April 14th, 2025
The Trump regime is into its 11th week, and the Gleichschaltung continues. More and more people and institutions are falling into line with the desires of the regime.
Glaichschaltung was a process in Germany in the early months of 1933 when the Nazis took the institutions of democracy and made them all be in sync with the regime. They ended up controlling all the media, every elected government from the smallest community to the whole nation, industry, universities, churches, social clubs, youth groups, and much more. In about 100 days the Nazis went from being an elected government to a dictatorship.
This process is happening in the USA. It is not as harsh or complete as the Nazi seizure of power but that is only because they have not figured out how to remove some of the opposition.
It has been 12 says since Trump announced his tariffs and he has had to back down a lot. Many are calling it him caving. The problem is that he has not removed all the tariffs. The 10% cross the board tariff is still in place (though not on Russia for some reason even though the US does some trade with them). The 25% tariff on car and car parts is still in place, as is the one on aluminum and steel. And of course, there is the insane tariff on China. The tariffs currently in place are bad. The pause has not removed them. 
The recession is coming:
- The remaining tariffs are a large tax hit for Americans and will reduce their disposable income.
- Countires around the world are being cautious of dealing with the US
- American consumers are afraid of a recession and paying down debt
- In some countries, Canada is the main example, the public is boycotting US products and the country
- American companies are laying off people because of the tariffs
- The US economy was already in a fragile place
I am not sure how anyone thinks the recession will be avoided. For there to be no recession, the lost income for American business has to be made up somehow.
The problem is that the US markets have not priced in the coming recession. The stock markets held even today but they should be lower as would be expected in a recession (or depression, which may be the case). American stocks are over valued by a lot. There are companies that will be losing a lot of money and some of them will go bankrupt.
Today, and on Friday, the TSX was doing much better than the Dow, S&P 500, or NASDAQ. I think that is also not a realistic view of the world.
American markets are going to see long term drop in value. 30% in the next six months is not unrealistic. The US markets will not reach past the rough peak of today for years. There is not enough money in the American economy to buy the stocks.
The Trump regime also suffers from the multitude of dumbass shit they are doing or how slighted people around the world feel. In 2001, 2008, and early 2020 the world worked with the United States on the economic crisis of the moment. Not this time. Why would Denmark do anything that favours the Americans when the Trump regime shits on Denmark? 76 years as a very loyal ally. Denmark let the Americans build Camp Centiry on Greenland - google that insane idea.
Trump is taking a flamethrower to any goodwill that exists in the world for the US. In less than 100 days Trump has made the US a pariah state.
How do we go from here?
I am not sure on a national level because I am not convinced that many nations are ready to do what they need to do in the face of the Trump regime. On a personal level, I will have as minimal financial ties to anything American as I can. This will be an ongoing process and will likely take deliberate actions on my part to stop. I will get used to boycotting the US.
I certainly am not going to cross the border as long as there is any part of the Trump regime remaining in the US.
Enough for today.
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