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The Crisis Report — 03
In Asia, Biden Tries to Hold back the Tide.
In this case, what’s not being said, is probably more important than what is.
So, if you missed it amongst all the other increasingly bad news. Biden went on a trip to Asia.
Biden to Begin New Asia-Pacific Economic Bloc With a Dozen Allies
If you think that this seems like a weird thing to be happening right now. Given the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Then you don’t understand how desperately fragile the situation has become.
Trump and the Trumpublicans fucked us at the worst possible moment. The Climate Crisis has started and we have no credibility.
Remember this?
Trump Abandons Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama’s Signature Trade Deal
With the stroke of a pen on his first full weekday in office, Mr. Trump signaled that he plans to follow through on promises to take a more aggressive stance against foreign competitors as part of his “America First” approach. In doing so, he demonstrated that he would not follow old rules, effectively discarding longstanding Republican orthodoxy that expanding global trade was good for the world and America.
