Summary
Stephen Moore, a senior economic adviser to US president-elect Donald Trump, urged the UK to adopt the US “free enterprise” model over Europe’s “more socialist” system, suggesting it would enhance the Trump administration’s “willingness” to pursue a UK-US trade deal.
Moore also defended US agricultural practices and Trump’s proposed 10% blanket import tariff, noting possible exemptions for allies like the UK.
UK leaders, including Keir Starmer, face pressure to balance trade ties with both the EU and US, with figures like Peter Mandelson advocating dual trade agreements amid Brexit challenges.
I agree, which is why I think no position of leadership, of which there should be absolutely as few as necessary, should ever be given if openly sought. People should have to nominate leaders, with valid and confirmable stories from when the nominees sense of justice, wisdom, fairness, compassion were on display. With more merit given when the right thing to do was particularly egregious.
I’m not saying heroism is the threshold, moreso a sense of honor, equinimity and respect for the living. But if heroism were the threshold, i don’t see how it could make a society, in comparison to ours, worse.