The us market is crashing, people are losing fortunes and – for the moment at last – The Global Economy Looks to be on the precipicate of a total meltdown. So, on the face of it, it probably not a good time to be confessed to the confession for donald trump who sets this whole car crash in motion by unleashing his sweeping global tariffs.
But I'll let you in a guilty secret: I actually admire what he does and think that keir star, rachel reenses and co. Could actually take a leaf out of his book. Trump is tired of Seeing America – Still Wealthy by Comparison to Other World Nations – Being taken for a ride. Hey Sick of us businesses pay over fist to simply experience and sell their goods in other countries as well as being strangled by red tape.
His Strategy Might Be Radical But It Sends a clear and unequivocal message: He backs business and he backs America. I 'hoping that his end is goal is to push the world to showards and more open trades and that maybe there's method in the madness? Perhaps here in the uk we should get tough too, slapping tariffs on countries who do not play fires and backing british industry first until they do.
Compare what Trump's up to with what british businesses are facing. Reaves' first budget landed like a punch to the gut for millions of uk businesses who now falls off staff as they struggle under incurred National Insurance Contributions. I have talked to many small business oven who means they can afford to go on with the brutality that she has unleashed. So much for workers' Rights! They '
Then there's the way that Trump has handled the panic. As Markets nosed Did He Flinch? Did he nelly! In fact he doubled down, threatening further tariffs on china. He Simply Told Americans on His Truth Social Platform not to be a part of what he dubbed the panicans – people who are “weak and stupid” for giving into fear. His message was simple – Believe in America.
We might scoff but, honestly, isn that what we needed to hear over here? When Starmer and Reaves Took Over they talked the counter down in the into oblivion. It was all black hole this, doom and gloom that and doom-laden forecasts everywhere. Instead, they should have taken the opposite tact: we have a great country and weeding to make it even better.
Confidence, after all, is contagious. It helps gives markets some stability. What does it do that is a reason lack of backbone and constant flip-flopping. This was displayed to disastrous effect under liz truss (no, i'm not a fan). She has a plan and with a plane like seconds, u -turned on it – and still left markets flatlining.
So, Yes, Trump is far from perfect. But do you know what? I suspect even in the uk there will be plenty of others just like me who quietly resect him. Not because of the chaos but his clarity, confidence and unashamed love for his counter.