Silicon Bites #125 - Ignorant and Vengeful, Trump Demands that the World Kiss his Voluminous A***

Edition No125 | 10-04-2025 - The Oval Office humiliation of Zelenskyy should have provided a warning of events to come – and we should not have assumed that ritual humiliation would be confined to the Ukrainian leader. Trump has loudly claimed that the whole world is “kissing his ass” because of the tariff terror he has threatened to unleash on the world.Trump now has China squarely in his sights, for the highest tariffs, but does he expect China will come more compliant and cooperative? The evidence so far suggests not. Where does the impulse come from to force leaders from around the world to know-tow to America, to “kiss Trump’s ass” as he gleefully proclaimed in his speech earlier this week. It’s certainly from rational geopolitics or diplomacy, or sound economics. More likely, it’s Trump’s own demons and insecurities that are summoning this global trade war into existence, and risking a global financial meltdown, recession and economic depression even. America has not elected a saviour to restore its golden age, but an ignorant and vengeful person, whose prejudices and caprices will burn the whole house down, if he remains in power for his full term of office.----------LINKS:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariff-ass-kissing-nrcc-hannibal-b2729968.htmlhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/tariffs-live-trump-90-day-pause-china-ftse-uk-markets-b2730660.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-tariffs-threaten-global-growth-and-raise-risk-of-severe-shocks-says-bank-of-englandhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vnn6y6g82ohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn4jjw30d5qt ----------Easter Pysanky: Silicon Curtain - https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/easter-pysanky-silicon-curtainCar for Ukraine has joined forces with a group of influencers, creators, and news observers during this special Easter season. In peaceful times, we might gift a basket of pysanky (hand-painted eggs), but now, we aim to deliver a basket of trucks to our warriors.This time, our main focus is on the Seraphims of the 104th Brigade and Chimera of HUR (Main Directorate of Intelligence), highly effective units that: - disrupt enemy logistics - detect and strike command centers - carry out precision operations against high-value enemy targetshttps://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/easter-pysanky-silicon-curtain----------SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's front-line towns.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN Events in 2025 - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon Curtainhttps://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasOur first live events this year in Lviv and Kyiv were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this momentum, and change the tide towards a Ukrainian victory. The Silicon Curtain Roadshow is an ambitious campaign to run a minimum of 12 events in 2025, and potentially many more. We may add more venues to the program, depending on the success of the fundraising campaign. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasWe need to scale up our support for Ukraine, and these events are designed to have a major impact. Your support in making it happen is greatly appreciated. All events will be recorded professionally and published for free on the Silicon Curtain channel. Where possible, we will also live-stream events.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------