A trade deficit is not actually a bad thing in all – or even most – circumstances. Countries with trade deficits are rich.
Concern around Trump’s trade policy
It is a mistake, I think, to imagine that a public conflagration with Mr. Trump would be meaningfully harmful to Micheál Martin.
“Choosing to be a discreetly parasitic fluke is one thing, but quite another for the fluke to perform a Michael Flatley-type liver-dance in public, effectively taunting the Americans over their stupidity.”
Grown-ups know not to light matches in the airing cupboard where the linen is tinder-dry or to go searching for a gas leak with a lit candle.
Attack, everywhere, in all directions, at once.
“Insane priorities”
Tariffs promote foreign ingenuity at the expense of American ingenuity
Readers who observe these things will also perhaps note the grovelling being done by the Irish Government towards the new Trump administration
While the snobbish hostilities of Taoisigh Enda Kenny and Leo Varadkar towards the first Trump Administration did much for their egos, it did little good for Ireland as a whole.
Establishment hissy-fit
“….a power-mad inadequate who would sacrifice anything to feed his addiction.”