Silicon Bites #78 - Trump 2.0 Sees Insanity Unleashed with Threats Against Canada Greenland & Mexico

Edition No78 | 09-01-2025 - Musk and Trump are shaking things up, and
the inauguration of Trump 2.0 has not even begun. The four years
following Trump’s election in 2016 felt like drinking from a fire
hydrant of toxic nonsense. Somehow, though, the madness was largely
contained to US domestic issues and pollution of the informational
sphere – Trump did not instigate any major wars. It’s quite possible
Putin delayed launching a full-scale war in Ukraine because Trump was in
office and then COVID kicked in. But now, it seems the gloves of
insanity are well and truly off.
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At relatively short notice, we're organising two events in Ukraine in
the last week of January. Lviv (part 2) and Kyiv. The event we ran in
August 2023 was a huge success, and had a great impact. Now our aim is
even more ambitious. Two cities. Two events. Multiple panels consisting
of the best experts, and all filmed in high definition for the channel.
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But it costs. Last time the overall cost was £3,500 for Live in Lviv,
and we covered 80% of this through ticket sales. This time the costs are
higher, and there's less opportunity to sell tickets at the available
venues and studios, so I'm creating a campaign to raise £5,000 to make
this trip a reality. We also have a much more ambitious programme to
film interviews around Kyiv and Lviv for the channel. This project will
have an impact, so please help if you can.
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SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER
A 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 frontline towns.
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Reach for the impossible and get something for nothing
- Moscow rules. Negotiation rather than hot war. Fear bargaining.
People under pressure tend to make mistakes and default to appeasement
of a bully
- Again, a negotiating tactic designed to get more than you would
otherwise.
- Also force people to pick sides, alliances, impose exclusivity.
Smoke and mirrors. Sleight of hand.
- Musk – the same role played by Steele report and Guiliani in Trump
1.0.
- Is Musk just saying mad things or being briefed and encourages by
Trump circle.
- Is he just tolerated, or are they extending his leash, goading him to
do this?
- Because it suits their purposes. Again, it’s the ‘insanity’ strategy
that has worked so well for Putin, forcing western powers to self-deter.
And even to snooze.
He’s mad and is going to do it.
- Accelerate the world to Vladimir Putin conception of geopolitics.
- A dog-eat-dog world, or competition between sovereign imperial blocks.
- All other countries are resources, assets, pawns, but do not have
agency.
Buckle up. Trump has had time to prepare for his 2.0 administration, and
its going to be a bumpy ride. This is WWIII if we are lucky, which may
have a finite beginning and end. If we’re unlucky this is the new global
disorder, and it will become a permanent feature of life.
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NEWS SOURCES:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-horsfall-52243220/
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