OMG an amazing thought occurred about dogs, cats and their relationship with humans. Hear me out, hear me out:
Dogs were domesticated over 20,000 years ago to help with hunter-gathering, cats only 10,000 years ago as rodent control for grain stores after the invention of sedentary agriculture. 1/2
My Trade Secrets today. Trump has annoyed farmers by provoking China to block their exports while bailing out Argentina, home of their rivals.
Are the farmers right to feel betrayed? Is a pitchfork rebellion against his tariffs coming? Will farm country turn against Trump?
Answers: no, no and no.
[Don’t expect a farmers’ revolt...](https://on.ft.com/4oaM44W )
See also, though perhaps somewhat less high-profile, those Labour types gushing over DOGE and Musk and disruptive change even as he dismantled US aid programmes and left Africans to die of HIV-AIDS.
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My Trade Secrets today. Javier Milei's chainsaw deregulation (right direction but execution unclear) is his signature policy but not the big question right now.
Qu is if he's got the cojones & the political capital to break the endless Argentine macro crisis cycle & float the currency.
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[Trump’s lifeline won’t stop Ar...](https://on.ft.com/4pLrIR7 )
It’s almost as if - HEAR ME OUT PEOPLE - British politics continues to prioritise eloquence over reality.
One of my favourite observations is that a lot of Lobby journalists - the FT’s being honourable exceptions - are like dogs. They respond to tone but not to content.
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