2 comments on Episode 299 – Lessons from the Trump Victory

1. Edward HC Graydon says:

   November 27, 2024 at 10:16 am

   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   Sep 10, 2023
   It is difficult to address all of the complexities of China’s presence on the world stage in 2023. But if I might address this point China’s concerns that the US is trying to “contain” its rise and decouple from its economy. Recent American actions limiting trade with China, she clarified, were based on national-security concerns rather than an effort to hinder the country’s economic growth.

   That is where the American policy is failing as it should be in fact embracing the complete opposite ? Personally, it appears quite a daunting task of such political impossibilities as the steps needed to address the concerns of climate change, caused by condoning and perpetuating the on going problem of the side effects of China’s economic growth seem impossible as they are conjoined twins and separation would kill them both .But America and Canada much faster.

   It would devastate more Americans than Chinese as the Chinese can withstand the hardship while North America would crumble hence the reason China will more than likely in the future cut off America and refuse to facilitate any future purchases making America and Canada hostage to the worlds manufacturing giant.

   It has possibilities of actually coming to fruition ,as it is militarily strategic and really only able to be played one way? By China cutting off the states and Canada from future business and imports . It will not be a decoupling by the US but a total cut off by China and its refusal to supply the western world ,making for a total collapse of America and Canada to some degree, although this move might help along the idea faster of those that profess the need for a singular world currency and government .
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   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   Sep 14, 2023
   And the manufacturing infrastructure needed to accept the outcome of decoupling from China is none existent . Canada and the United States can never accept the environmental ramifications of decoupling .

   I think Xi Jinping will take the position of suppling all countries that have joined the bric’s nations and those countries that have capitulated to China on multiple levels while refusing American and Canadian corporations including all trade, while bettering China’s environment . The decoupling of America and Canada by China is environmentally beneficial to the Chinese while being militarily devastating on a financial level to Canada and the United States. If this where to materialize into a reality the rate of inflation would sky rocket to nothing witnessed in our lifetime.
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   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   Sep 14, 2023
   Would it be in the best interest of all those that have true inner {real conviction} concerns around the effects that consumerism and or materialism have on the planet to align themselves with the idea that decoupling by China as a first move against the United States, as in fact a positive ?

   Could the actions of the CCP goverment should they make this decision be looked upon as the greatest opportunity for taking control of environmental stewardship of the planet? Maybe this is the best possible outcome?
   And because the threat is real and the conversation is openly discussed it would be in my opinion poignant to not at least consider the benefits that decoupling might possible have on the planet as whole and maybe a contributing decision to the survival of the planet from a environmental side.

   Those contemplating how a more minimized world could possible come to fruition might want to consider the possible benefits as it could be the best thing for mankind .
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   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   Jun 25, 2023
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   Edward H.C Graydon
   MAY 13, 2019
   In 2008 I was staying in the penthouse floor of one of the tallest towers in Shanghai listening to the local CCP News station and there was a documentary type program that was talking about how Chinese criminals where going to flood the market with this drug in order to wipe out North America by creating a continent of drug addicts . It was a very disturbing program and I will always remember how they stated it could not be controled. I do think many of these drugs are coming from China, although I rarely see drug addicts in China and believe the intentianal target or destination point was indended for Canada .China seems to play a double standard to some degree but because they have taken the stance of applying the death penalty drug use in China is not that common. I would not have a problem with the death penalty in Canada. And by the way China did Canada a favour by giving the Canadian Meth dealer the death sentence .
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   Edward H.C Graydon
   DECEMBER 8, 2022
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   Was it misinformation that was perpetuated onto myself while in China? Was the Documentary wrong in retrospect ? I will clarify that when China has a no drug use policy and its citizens are also firmly on board with this ideology while having the death penalty for drug use it is counter productive on behalf of the Trudeau Government to lift the bans on drug use across the board or at least promote the idea publicly in front of the world while the Chinese watch on . Drug use does not promote harmony in society or help benefit it in any way its use is on average detrimental and the Chinese recognize this while remembering the Opium Wars. Given the destruction drug dealers have on countries regardless of where I support harsher penalties hence my stance back in 2019.
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   Edward H.C Graydon
   DECEMBER 8, 2022
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   If only CBC could extend its ability to allow those that participate on this site to edit there input like you can on Gates Notes ! It would really help in further discussion and communication and serve as an overall benefit .
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   Edward H.C Graydon
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   CONTENT DEACTIVATED – WHY? AI ,what do you think about this and does this lend credence to my proposed question to yourself as a form of artificial intelligence regarding internet protocol and publicly stated commentary and does this lend credence to the fact that Chinese documentary programs within China appear quite accurate as it now appears the information that I was exposed to in 2008 was in fact accurate.
   China produces accurate news ,at times outstanding and based on this I am pleased to have related publicly my opinions regarding where much of the Fentanyl and Meth importation was coming from.

   Screen shot from the United States justice department!

   “Justice Department Announces Charges Against China-Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Arrests of Executives in Fentanyl Manufacturing”
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   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   Jul 11, 2023
   To say China as a collective whole was responsible for the addiction plague facing the United States and Canada would not allow for individuality within those humans that currently live in China . As not all Chinese are the same . This being said !

   Based on the documentary or CCP publicly stated goals outlined in China back in 2008, I believe China in my opinion produces deadly accurate information, aimed to inform as to its intentions within China as to China’s aim and intention of producing a continent of drug addicts.

   AI !
   This was what I was referring too.

   The Justice Department today announced the arrest of two individuals and the unsealing of three indictments in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York charging China-based companies and their employees with crimes related to fentanyl production, distribution, and sales resulting from precursor chemicals. These indictments represent the first prosecutions to charge China-based chemical manufacturing companies and nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for trafficking fentanyl precursor chemicals into the United States. Specifically, the indictments allege the defendants knowingly manufactured, marketed, sold, and supplied precursor chemicals for fentanyl production in the United States in violation of federal law.

   During these investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seized more than 200 kilograms of fentanyl-related precursor chemicals, a quantity that could contain enough deadly doses to kill 25 million Americans.

   Fentanyl is a highly addictive synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Fentanyl and its analogues have devastated communities across the United States and are fueling the ongoing overdose epidemic, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently estimated killed approximately 110,000 Americans in 2022. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 49. Fentanyl analogues, similar in chemical makeup and effect to fentanyl, can be even more potent and lethal than fentanyl.

   “When I announced in April that the Justice Department had taken significant enforcement actions against the Sinaloa Cartel, I promised that the Justice Department would never forget the victims of the fentanyl epidemic,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “I also promised that we would never stop working to hold accountable those who bear responsibility for it. That includes not only going after the leaders of the Cartels, their drug and gun traffickers, their money launderers, security forces, and clandestine lab operators. It also includes stopping the Chinese chemical companies that are supplying the cartels with the building blocks they need to manufacture deadly fentanyl.”

   “Today’s announcement is a down payment on our pledge to use every tool in the government’s arsenal, in every corner of the globe, to protect American communities,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco. “The Justice Department will not rest or relent in investigating and prosecuting every link of the fentanyl supply chain, including the PRC companies and executives who produce and export vast quantities of the precursor chemicals the drug cartels need to peddle their poison. There can be no safe haven.”

   “Today’s announcement is a considerable step forward in our unrelenting fight against fentanyl, targeting the threat where it starts,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “These companies and individuals are alleged to have knowingly supplied drug traffickers, in the United States and Mexico, with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed to make fentanyl – a drug that continues to devastate families and communities across the United States, killing Americans from all walks of life. Targeting entire criminal drug networks, from the source of supply to the last mile of distribution, is critical to saving American lives. DEA will not stop until this crisis ends.”
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   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   Dec 26, 2023
   I find the need based on happenings recently that have taken place in my own personal life to reflect and write a continuous response . It Happened ! And it is a fact that in 2008 I was witness by way of documentary telivision originating from within China and produced for the sole purpose of being aired within China a documentary program that outlined the intent of the Chinese military achieving the goal of producing a drug so addictive that it would destroy society from within.

   Over the years it seems to have come to fruition and the intent a reality . It is really quite disturbing ! It seems that China is based on its own account implementing a military attack that has already happened and one that posses serious questions on how to deal with this issue moving forward, as it is an intentional assault based on the intentions of the CCP government at that time that where publicly outlined.
   North America is losing the war of will to an internal plague that was contemplated and thought out back in 2008.
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   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   Nov 12, 2024
   The election of Donald Trump and his statements in regards too drugs produced in China and how if allowed to carry on without serious military involvement at the borders with Mexico along with the threat of implementing the death penalty for dealers was talked about in the CCP documentary as to the effects of a drug that the CCP stated would wipe out North American society.

   Fentanyl will be the Trojan horse that allows Trump to keep power indefinitely ,as it is the biggest threat to America killing more than many wars .

   And he is correct that if nothing is done America will no longer exist making the Documentary released by the CCP in 2008 a military announcement against America that makes me witness to publicly published military goals that where contemplated years in advance.

   Trump must take action against this threat or like The CCP stated America is finished and there military goals against America will have come to fruition.

   The collision is now here!
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   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   Nov 26, 2024
   Donald Trumps stated goal to apply tariffs of 25% on imports from Canada is a really great political move. When I heard the news today and although I am Canadian I believe the actions by Donald Trump are needed to help deal with the number one problem facing humanity in general ! Donald Trump must deal with the biggest threat to the United States and if it takes applying tariffs of 25% against Canada then so be it ,as inaction on the issue would be true ignorance on the part of Donald Trump .

   If I where to try and apply a financial aspect on how this might effect Canadian real estate prices and debt owed by Canadians ?

   I shrug it off as a none issue with little concern of the financial ramifications that will be imposed on Canada . As it was political corrussion that let it take place in the first place and turning a blind eye to the issue by the Justin Trudeau goverment helped perpetuate the problem out of lack of concern for those being effected.
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   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   Nov 26, 2024
   capitulation to a derogatory political ideology by the Trudeau government to allow this to take place. It was an obscene partnership with those that would have rather participated in negative politics that allowed for China to use the flooding of a social epidemic onto North America as a military endeavour while living on this planet. And Trudeau participated by helping to come to fruition.

   Trumps 25% tariff threat against countries that allow this to continue with immunity is the best response at this time in human history. As it is the morally ,economically and socially the best for the planet as a whole . And the ramifications of inaction by past governments will now come to a light as political participation to commit a crime against humanity .
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   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   Jun 10, 2023
   MICHAEL HIRSH a reporter at Politico wrote a piece yesterday outlining the military dominance China has over the U.S in many ways. The United States is in very serious trouble both militarily ,socially and economically .
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   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   Jun 11, 2023
   The gravity of the situation with China is unfolding very quickly and it is my personal opinion that over the next few days China will try to secure Taiwan as their own. China will make a serious attempt within the next few days to secure Taiwan! Personally,I would if I where Biden think what would be best served by the planet as a whole at this particular time in history. China has stopped all communication with the United States.

   China at this particular time in human history will more than likely move forward in taking Taiwan by force while the United States looks on as the cost of defending Taiwan based on principal is not conducive to the long term future of this planet.

   I believe capitulation by Taiwan and the United States to the Chinese CCP under Xi Jinping is the best way to preserve humanity. When China makes the move in its entirety against Taiwan ,step aside and let it take place .
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   EDWARD H.C GRAYDON

   May 14, 2023
   Nouriel Roubini sir !

   I am of the frame of thinking, and my mind frame leans to the belief not as an economist or intellectual financial guru but as a person that happens to share this planet at this particular time in human history.

   My eyes where opened to the horrors of North American consumerism while in China ,it really is difficult to spend any real time in China based on the side effects of the worlds population regardless of reasoning to materialism. The Canadian and American debt to income is quite grotesque and seems obscenely indicative of a underlying human character trait. It seems Materialism is more an addiction that cannot be controlled from within hence the pathetic lack of insight and the ramifications and contribution to the perpetuation of climate change.

   The world in my opinion would be best served with continues interest rate hikes to the point that it really starts to change Society as a whole within North America. When debt loads are as high as they are at close to $1.86 for every dollar earned it seems to be indicative of a illness that can only be cured with much higher rates then what North Americans are currently being subjected .

   Many of the worlds issues including climate change and America’s relationship with China when trying to deal with continues growth and its negative effects on the planet would be interest rates at double digits regardless of its effect on North American’s.

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   1. Edward HC Graydon says:

      November 27, 2024 at 10:48 am

      For the sake of public transparency attached is my email to Donald Trump via Donald Trump Junior and The Trump Organization.

      To those that monitor this email and if in the case of Donald Trump Junior himself?

      I have attached a copy of my opinions on your father and his publicly stated goals of implementing tariffs on Canada although through Project Syndicate.

      Today was one of the best news days by someone who directly witnessed the stated goals of the CCP military back in 2008 it has taken time to come to fruition but it is here now and needs to come to an end.

      As a Canadian I applaud your fathers decision to apply 25% tariffs on those countries that help perpetuate the social disaster onto society.

      Have a great day! Todays news is really greatly received by those that see the threat regardless of country .

      Edward HC Graydon

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