*  "Jack" refers to a small flag flown on boats and ships. "Union" refers to when the king of Scotland included England under his rule.   ** Because China has no reason to "pose a threat", but a R&D superiority that no other country or coalition can get even close to (a fact politicians and media either are ignorant about or deliberately hide), then the only reason to push for more "defense" spending is not only shortsighted but also detrimental for the people. After all, this waste of money excludes itself from using Chinese high tech, and therefore will always lie behind. And this doesn't really matter for Western arms companies because the idea for them is just selling as much as possible. This means that people in the West are forced to pay for underwhelming products that will probably never even be used and tested - but of course continue to pay off through endless provocative drills etc. And while US "defense" ...

* The original dollar was European (Spanish) and after 1944 it was made the world dollar pegged to gold, i.e. eqaully anchored against all other currencies. However, because US cheated by living over its means, i.e. printing more dollar for itself than it had corresponding amount of gold, this led to US being unable to deliver gold against dollar on demand. So Nixon just robbed the world dollar by disconnecting its gold pegging while keeping all control over its printing and use. US is the bad guy* and China the good (i.e. normal) one - how could anyone miss to see something so obvious? And don't fool yourself by focusing on Trump when the real problem is US 1971 $-theft. Where Biden stupidly thought he could win over China, Trump knows better but wants to use all US stolen means possible - incl. extorion of "allies" and anti-China campaign - to prolong US inevitable economic and hegemonic collapse. The top duty of the world is now to tell US to behave and settle as a nor...

* China ticks all the right boxes. China is probably the most trustworthy country in the world, simply because it is in a situation which is the very opposite of the now desperate $-thief (since at least 1971) US. The former European colony has grown too fat to fit its economy jacket, while one of its former colonizers UK is now on the verge of anorexia because UK politicians and BBC boost more militarism while cutting down on people's well-being. Moreover, there's absolutely no country planning to attack UK - unless of course, UK manages to stir up something precisely because of its militarization far from its own borders.  So the empty lies about a "threat" that demands more money from an already empty treasury are hypocritical and bad for UK to the bone. Lars Bern (former Swedish industry leader and geopolitical expert): The Brits are Devil himself, and have been so for hundreds of years. They want to have wars all the time. And even as they don't hav...

* Because of 1971, US is now the slave under its own crime. Dear reader, do realize the bottomless emptiness when politicians and media feed you with the "China threat" lies - wrapped in insidious "authoritarian Communist dictatorship" propaganda - which actually constitutes the worst form of racism and anti-people wellbeing and security. Except for understandable defense preparations, modern meritocratic China with all its own flaws now easily beats Western "liberal democracies" in every aspect. Solution? Cooperation - not hostile unfounded Sinophobia! ** This transition is the real pain Trump talks about. And of course he uses everything he can to benefit from US previous theft in its adaptation to a new world order - not under but with China. $-freeloader US is a ravenous criminal paper tiger kept standing by idiots continuing to feed it despite it was already 1971 bankrupt because of having embezzled from the world dollar for wars, arms race etc. $-fre...