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Michael Moran's avatar

What Trump is doing feels like intentional stock market manipulation to benefit his very rich supporters selling short with his economic strategy of on and off again tariffs. Am I giving him too much credit here?

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Jeffrey Itell's avatar

Vietnam's new government is pushing hard to avoid the middle income trap by leaping from textiles to AI tech. The US Commerce Secretary is pushing tarrifs to return towel making to American producers. My question: Huh?

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Trey White's avatar

my question is I got the "you are no longer subscribed" email from "you". You had a post over the weekend talking about what to do but that post is also behind the paywall. So if you could provide a bit of direction it would be appreciated. thx.

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Thomas PM Barnett's avatar

Will address shortly

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Thomas PM Barnett's avatar

I just removed you from the mailing list. Resubscribe and you'll go on the new payment method. Crude, but best I can do given Stripe limitations.

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Trey White's avatar

re subscribed, it says I am now subscribed to the "free" articles. I renewed the paid subscription on 2/25/25 so not sure what you mean by new payment method.

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Trey White's avatar

I just tried the Dr. Seuss post, I cant get past paywall. So yeah this is annoying.

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Trey White's avatar

in fact cant get past paywall on any paid posts

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Thomas PM Barnett's avatar

I refunded your payment to the old system of record and deleted you from subscribers.

All I can say is resubscribe and you should be able to pay into the new system of record.

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John J. Brown's avatar

If Putin, pushes the US around for more favorable conditions on the Ukraine ceasefire…should Europe go along or begin to isolate the US more?

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Thomas Leto's avatar

Sorry, this comment is more than a sentence long: I’ve been a follower of yours since 2010 when you were a guest on Hugh Hewitt’s radio program to discuss your “Great Powers” book. I’m saddened to see your blog gone and your domain name bought out / transferred to a Vietnamese company. I’m tempted to ask what happened but its none of my business. I’m just glad you’re back in action and my question is :

Wouldn’t Liberia be a natural entry point for Americans to enter Africa in an economic and cultural capacity given our historic ties and not cede that continent’s burgeoning middle class to the Chinese, Indians and Europeans; could it possibly be a star on our flag?

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Matthew Conrad's avatar

When discussing the possibility of a 51st (or 143rd) state, do you see that form of "merger" more or less likely than an EU-like alignment (same currency, freedom of movement, but distinct governments and national identities)?

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