“Every important machine has got to have a big red button.”
~ Joseph DeRisi
Written by Bryan Lutz, Editor at Dollarcollapse.com:
Trump returns to the Oval Office Monday.
Rumor has it the big red button for instant Diet Coke delivery is also returning.
That’s what you call America.
Fast everything.
Every day.
All the time.
And from what we see so far, Trump also has a big red button for more of America’s problems than just thirst.
Breitbart reports:
Trump Announces Gaza Hostage and Ceasefire Deal
“President-elect Donald Trump was the first to announce a ceasefire deal was reached in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday.
Israeli officials soon confirmed an agreement was in place to secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas since the October 7 atrocities.
“We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East. They will be released shortly. Thank you!” Trump said on Truth Social, his preferred social media platform, at just after noon Eastern.
“This EPIC ceasefire agreement could only have happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November, as it signaled to the entire World that my Administration would seek Peace and negotiate deals to ensure the safety of all Americans, and our Allies,” Trump elaborated in a follow-up message, with caps as in the original.”
Meanwhile, Biden attempted to take advantage of the deal claiming to have solved the problem long ago through the power of suggestion.
When asked by the media if he’s claiming responsibility for the ceasefire, he said, “Are you kidding me?”
I’m paraphrasing, he said, “I’ve been telling them(Israel) to tame it down since Oct.7, 2023.”
But Trump seems to have that big red button in his back pocket.
But really, he’s not afraid to use force to solve problems.
And right now, that looks like a good thing. At least for peace negotiations, but for other things it could be considered as warmongering.
For example, Trump’s expressed interest in taking back the Panama Canal, and buying Greenland to secure the United States’ financial and military position in the world. Specifically, in relation to China.
To protect against…
China’s use of arctic transportation routes.
China’s domination of the Panama Canal.
And China’s burgeoning economic, and technological capacity challenging the value of the US dollar.
As it turns out, Trump may not be able to buy Greenland. In any event, it seems like he’s getting what he wants anyway – a close ally.
Brietbart reports:
Greenland PM: We Want More U.S. Partnership on Minerals, Support Boosting Arctic Defense
“On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede stated that while they don’t want to be a part of America, there are a lot of areas for cooperation, including on boosting defense in the Arctic region and greater American partnership with regards to Greenland’s minerals.
Egede said that a strong partnership between the U.S. and Greenland is crucial, but “We don’t want to be Danes.
We don’t even want to be Americans.
We want to be Greenlanders. But we know that we have a lot…to cooperate together with, especially with the defense and security for the last years, we also have a strong partnership between our countries.
So, I believe we have a lot to cooperate with.”
He added, “We will always be a strong partner for [the] U.S. We are close neighbors.
We have been cooperating in the last 80 years.
And I think, in the future, they have a lot to offer to cooperate with.
But we want to also be clear, we don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be a part of [the] U.S., but we want strong cooperation together with [the] U.S.”
Unfortunately, America has one problem Trump can’t possibly solve instantaneously:
Someone pushed the big red button at the Federal Reserve a long time ago – over twenty-five years.
Say, just before the “dot com” bubble was bursting.
That’s when the Clinton administration loosed the restraints of Wall Street for the first time, and gave a clear signal to every trader, banker, and CEO that consequences were no longer a thing.
By bailing out over-leveraged banks, and sending money over to Mexico so they can pay their debt off everyone on the inside knew there was nothing that could do wrong.
Then the money printer clunked into full-throttle.
Surpluses were no more, and deficits became another day in the swamp.
When Trump returns to his old gig this Monday, he’s going to have to figure out how to turn the big, red debt button off.
Sure, there are lots of other things to solve, but this one’s the most important.
