Hitler rose to power due to populism. Germans did not support Hitler for genocide. Populism is democracy. Russian communist rose to power due to populism. In both cases, economic policy was at forefront. The problem the liberal elites have today is democracy. Singapore has less democracy, therefore, it is less of problem. Singapore does not have the political instability of Germany.
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San Antonio-based Whataburger creating art museum pop-up for Austin's SXSW festival
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Silicon Labs awarded $23m in funding from Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund
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Expensive luxury cars for rich people with over 30 thousand subsidy, and they will still lose money. Credits is the new Bitcoin.
Europeans and Americans can't make EVs cheap enough, period. Joe Biden's subsidizes luxury cars for the rich and upper middle class. China makes cars for everybody. Califonia recently had to repeal EV truck mandate or else face a economic disaster in future.
Chinese dominate EV production, but they also need it the most. Other countries recognized the problem of being dependent on oil imports, such as Japan, and Singapore. Necessity is the mother of invention and innovation.
In other words, it is too late for the US to stop China. You could argue that containment is too late.
Trump does not like NATO. He sees the members as a bunch of freeloaders. Russian threat is a ploy for alarmism. There is no way this Russian military can takeover Europe based on the performance in Ukraine. The assumption is Putin wants an empire with no evidence to support it. If Trump wants to pull out of Europe, I would not be surprised, considering his distain.