<nettime> View from this side of the pond

[David Garcia via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

I keep hearing thumb-sucking line from business people and MPs that 
Trump is "transactional" as if that is the key that unlocks a strategy 
for dealing with him in a way that feels familiar. But extortion isn't a 
transaction. 'Submit or suffer' as opening bid in pursuit of a 'deal' is 
effectively the end of the old diplomatic alliances and strategic 
relationships. There is a lot of denial of this in Westminster, I fear. 
[Rafael Behr posting on BlueSky]

"Where once there were treaties, now there is a mafia-style protection 
racket. Pay tribute to the boss in the Oval Office, or take a punishment 
beating in tariffs." [Rafael Behr writing in Guardian]
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