In my previous post, or rant as the case may be, I wrote about whether or not a trade war was under way. In this post, I want to elucidate on the reasons for Trump playing tariff chicken with the rest of the world, particularly China and the EU.
What we have witnessed over recent days is the master negotiator at work. Trump wants free trade and, by that, he means genuinely free trade, which means governments not subsidising their industries internally to give them an advantage over those in the USA. However, in places like the EU, Australia, Canada, the UK, China and various others, despite "apparent" free trade with the USA, it is an illusion. In every one of those places, existing industries have been relying heavily on internal support via subsidies siphoned from struggling taxpayers. This massive distortion of the market allows such industries to out-do American equivalents in the global marketplace but not because of their own merrits. It also naturally gives rise to corruption, waste and inefficiency, as always occurs when governments stick their beaks into other peoples' business. Trump has worked at doing away with this perversion of the economic system in the USA and wants to achieve the same for the entire world.
Genuine free trade, within nations and around the world, would accomplish two major outcomes. The more obvious one is that industries in the various nations would have to become efficient and effective, or they will perish, which is what happens when a "free market" is actually genuinely free. In this way, resource waste, including financial, material and time, would be eliminated because the best at what they do will survive while those that are only there because of government pork will not survive. Not only does it mean that the entire world will become much more effective at achieving good outcomes with less resources (something the left enviro-whacko crowd will STILL find reason to complain about) but the whole global renewable energy scam will be undermined because not a single element of that is without heavy government subsidisation, completely depending on depriving hardworking taxpayers for the benefit of elitists and destroying the middle class. The entire "renewable energy" industry is built on a lie. That lie's purpose is to destroy first world nations, impoverishing them and creating a massive serf/slave underclass with a tiny elitist billionaire class ruling over the entire world. What those wicked fools fail to realise is that the only reason we have technologically rapidly advancing nations is because of a large middle class who can afford higher education and can afford to start businesses of their own. Without that, tech will tank. So, those elitists who are hoping to decimate the global population in order to maintain a much smaller slave class to serve their every whim do not seem to realise that doing so will destroy all of their high tech toys, all of the means by which their lifestyles are maintained, and will lead to their own impoverishment and, ultimately, their own destruction. However, such are people whose spirit is almost pure satan by now, so they are all utterly blinded to the true intent of their own master, the annihilation of all life on earth, especially that created in the image of God.
Will Trump impose tariffs on nations with whom his intended outcome is blocked by their stubbornness? Yes, I do believe he will. After all, if he is only bluffing and they call his bluff, all the advancements he has accomplished to date will suddenly be weakened. I do not believe that Trump is a double-minded man. His approach is simple and clear.
The second, but equally important, reason for Trump's genuine free trade goal is to fight back against the growing global totalitarianism and its crushing of free speech and, ultimately, human freedom. Humanity cannot flourish under the iron fist of totalitarian governance, let alone a global one. Under such satanic rule, humanity will perish. In my opinion, Trump is probably well aware of the true nature and intent of all this climate nonsense, the CoViD-19 scam, and so forth... to destroy much of humanity and enslave a remnant to a totalitarian global power. He may not be aware, though, that such a power's ultimate purpose is to be headed by Satan fully personified in the one we call, "that Wicked" and "the son of perdition", and whose final goal is the complete condemnation of all humanity to eternal destruction under God's own judgement.
Can Trump thwart that evil agenda completely? Absolutely not! The fact is that only a full-blown about face by all of humanity can thwart such a plan, a world-wide repentance in all nations, what people often call "revival". No wheeling and dealing via economics and business can turn back the evil tide resulting from the wickedness of man. The problem is spiritual, not economic. Failing economies are a symptom and not the cause.
Finally, I want to remind you that I am only guessing here at what Trump's plans are, to the best of my understanding and with the help of other trusted, though imperfect, sources of information which I listen to. Only God knows the heart of any person. All we can do is test the claimed intentions against the outcomes of the actions taken in order to gauge just what manner of spirit occupies a person's core.
So, I once again return to my previous belief that the true purpose of Trump's resumption of office as POTUS is because, as a master negotiator, he will be, and is being, instrumental in God's plan to cut short the time of the end or no flesh would survive, as clearly stated by the Lord, recorded in the gospel according to Matthew, chapter 24.
As always, look to the Lord for your salvation and never to mankind, for the arm of flesh is weak and easily broken but the arm of God is always triumphant.
