Checking in on the dumpster fire that is world politics.

This week:

South Korea’s president declares martial law in what is clearly an attempted self-coup.

Trump threatens to annex Canada.

Trump threatens 100% tariffs on BRICS nations for a non-existent alternative currency.

New Zealand’s Labour Party declares its independent foreign policy.

Let them eat nuclear subs—Americans are struggling while the White House tries to add $7.3 billion to the defense budget for nuclear-powered submarines.

Further Reading:

Sh*tting BRICS: Trump, Dollar Primacy, and Multipolarity

Burger King and Popeyes franchises fined for child labor law violations

South Korea’s Conservative Government Is Cracking Down on the Country’s Militant Labor Unions

Release: A Labour Government will not join AUKUS