I mean, we’ve all already assumed US capitulation and cessation of any alliance tbh. It only took about two weeks.

Jog on.

Best of luck with China and that supply chain. They’re looking at how you’re throwing Ukraine under the bus and thinking “Oh hell yes”.

One. Absolute best offer.

Ok, ok. One bag potatoes too.

Ladas only for early sign ups.

That last part I fully agree with but very obviously enriching already very rich people at the cost of your child’s life (versus for example keeping oil prices low for the average Joe hidden behind a war of being the good guy aka gulf war 1).

I just don’t see it happening. I can’t see the average US soldier and especially their parents rallying around “they broke our contract!”.

No I don’t. What mother is going to happily send their child off to war over a contract?

My first thought is that payments are staggered and if they don’t arrive the contract ends. Bog standard clause. Wild man trump isn’t going to risk American lives over enriching his mates. Americans wouldn’t tolerate it either.

Having only local workers as part of the contract would also remove any boots on the ground to remove.

Second one that occurred is WTO.

Contracts like those always have extensive breach clauses for ass coverage for both sides.

I’m not sure they can spin their way out of this one. The number of new car manufacturers that are spinning up in the last ten years compared to the fifty before it is mind blowing.

I see Tesla getting swallowed whole in a very competitive market in the next twenty years. Their early mover advantage is all but erased.

Edit: and the European manufacturers are catching up fast. I heard the new Renault is a super little car. There will always be some bias to buying European in Europe (as I’m sure is the case with other places, but Tesla had genuine caché for a while). That God awful cyber tank thing will never sell well here.