True.

What I meant to say is that this is no clash of ideas about "what is best for the country" anymore, as between rivaling political parties, nor even an ideological "culture war." The #TrumpCoup is a hostile government takeover, planned decades ago and executed step by step:

mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1125…

While the economic-theory foundation was masterminded by #JamesBuchanan, the legal strategist was the (later on) SCOTUS Justice #LewisPowell:

mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1132…
@TonyStark

@proscience

#DefenseUnion
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

[3/3]

...though international trade integration has proven to be a great success, it has not stopped the polarization of the globe. In contrast, it has given rise to another dimension in antagonism, that if multinational corporations .

//

#DefenseUnion
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

[2/3]

....so it was never seriously developed.

Lastly, in my view, even though the #DefenseUnion seems to have been the most difficult dimension for #EU to integrate, this mustn't be the case for the #EU and the non-US #NATO members.

In fact, #NATO proves that a Defense Union can be pursued independently from all other dimension.

Even...

@proscience

@proscience

#DefenseUnion
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

[1/3]

Agree on both points.

It is very hard in Mastodon to amend a thread due to the quite severe character limit.
I tried anyway, though.

Also, I think the defense dimension is included now, as I'm talking about a #DefenseUnion.
This neglected foster child of #EU integration, due to the #US' #NuclearUmbrella and #NATO had made all members non-American members too complacent for decades,..

@proscience

#DefenseUnion
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

[1/2]

Agree on both points.

It is very hard in Mastodon to amend a thread due to the quite severe character limit.
I tried anyway, though.

Also, I think the defense dimension is included now, as I'm talking about a #DefenseUnion.
This neglected foster child of #EU integration, due to the #US' #NuclearUmbrella and #NATO had made all members non-American members too complacent for decades,..

@proscience

#DefenseUnion
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

[1/2]

Agree on both points.

It is very hard in Mastodon to amend a thread due to the quite severe character limit.
I tried anyway, though.

Also, I think the defense dimension is included now, as I'm talking about a #DefenseUnion.
This neglected foster child of #EU integration, due to the #US' #NuclearUmbrella and #NATO had made all members non-American members too complacent for decades,..

#CEUM
#CETA #TrumpTradeWars
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

(11/11)

...to now include the renegotiated #FTA with #Mexico:

policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-t…

... and clarifications of some ideas.

Please note:
This key thread will be updated occasionally.

EU-Mexico

Modernised Global Agreement with Mexico

^{Trade and Economic Security}

#CEUM
#CETA #TrumpTradeWars
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

(10/11)

Once again, a horse from Asia Minor might be a Trojan one, even if it is reared in #Ankara.

Hopefully, #Türkiye "s president has seen the same glimpse of the future and remembers the conflicts with Czarist #Russia. Making #NATO independent from the #US has suddenly become a central #NationalSecurity 101.
//

Updated..

#CEUM
#CETA #TrumpTradeWars
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

(9/n)

...latest utterance must be viewed with suspicion:

"The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’s (#FDD) #Turkish expert #SinaCiddi writes that under President Recep Tayyip #Erdogan, 👈“#Ankara is not only distancing itself from the West, but consciously working to undermine its core security interests.” 👈...

m.jpost.com/opinion/article-83…

#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

You are very welcome.

Do you think such a Euro-North-American #FreeTradeArea, omitting the #MAGAmerica, would get a majority in #Canada?

My idea is to start deepening it towards a #DefenseUnion and other areas, similar to precursors of the #EU.

mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1141…

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

2025-03-06 21:58:50

#CEUM
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

(6/n)

... security wise deteriorating global environment.

👉How to integrate swiftly: #CEUN👈

A new #FreeTradeArea (#FTA) encompassing #Canada, #Europe, and #Mexico could offset the #TrumpTradeWars induced #Recession going forward.

Time is of the essence.
It might be an idea to ratify #CETA and the newly renegotiated #GlobalAgreementWithMexico ASAP.
Then, a deepening of this FTA, similar to...

#CEUM
#CETA #TrumpTradeWars
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

(8/n)

...must be revived and pursued at full speed.

Interestingly, #Ankara declared that it would like to join such a structure. Good.2)

Now is the time for huge reforms, this is a #TippingPoint in world history (#Zeitenwende.) The momentum...
...might cary the world in either direction.

2) Given #Erdogan's previous behavoir, the...

1)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compre…

#CEUM
#CETA #Turkey
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

(7/n)

...precursors to the #EuropeanUnion, like the #EC, as well as (finally!) a #DefenseUnion, should be on the table. Non-EU neighbors, such as the #UK and #Turkey should be considered as further partners. Too many different treaties are red tape slowing down decision-making processes and thus resilience in a chaotic environment.

Concurrently, the project of a #EuropeanArmy...

#CEUM
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

(6/n)

... security wise deteriorating global environment.

👉How to integrate swiftly: #CEUN👈

A new #FreeTradeArea (#FTA) encompassing #Canada, #Europe, and #Mexico could offset the #TrumpTradeWars induced #Recession going forward.

Time is of the essence.
It might be an idea to ratify #CETA and the newly renegotiated #GlobalAgreementWithMexico ASAP.
Then, a deepening of this FTA, similar to...

#CEUM
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

(5/n)

... #Rejoin the #European economic block.
#Brexit, a project by international rightwing organizations, was an utter failure. To withstand a sandwiched position by/a an imperialist, expansionist #Kremlin and a likeminded #Washington (#Panama, #Canada, #Greenland,) a renewal of the "ever closer union" is of the essence.

#EU processes take far too long in this rapidly changing,...

#CEUM
#TrumpTradeWars
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

(4/n)

... more than make up for the #Transatlantic trade with the #US.

#CETA, the #FreeTradeAgreament, a project started in 2014, should now be rapidly brought to completion:

"As of 2023, only 17 of 27 EU countries have ratified (as did the #UnitedKingdom before leaving the #EU), and #Cyprus has voted against ratification." 1)

Also, the #UK. Must...

@EUCommission
@EUCouncil

#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli

(3/n)

#CEUM
The rift b/w the #US and its #NorthAmerican, neighbors, #Canada and Mexico, offers huge chances for a new world order.

As #MAGA #DonaldTrump singlehandedly keeps alienating the US stauchest, quite like erstwhile Allies, the remaining #NATO members can reshape the Alliance to their purposes

Furthermore, amalgamating the economies of the other 2 erstwhile #European colonies to the #EU might even...

#TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #CEUM

(1/11)

Must watch: PM #Trudeau address #tRump and the #American people on TV.

The #PM and former US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (#SACEUR) of #NATO, #WesleyClarke, concur with the #WallstreetJournal editorial:

youtu.be/wz_42pckM7w
(#MustWatch) 07:46 min

👉"Donald... Even though you are a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do!" 👈

I disagree, but only with the former.

It's not the 1st time:

"The...