A Weekly Dose of President Trump- Trump Family Train April 1, 2022

1,681 posted on 04/10/2022 3:05:11 PM PDT by jennychase ( )

food riot in shanghai—china’s largest and wealthiest city—under covid lockdown. pic.twitter.com/w0kBR2Pbmp— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 9, 2022

1,682 posted on 04/10/2022 3:08:03 PM PDT by jennychase ( )

So...my cautious thoughts Shanghai/COVID-Zero-in-China. Yes, I am self-censoring on this one, so this is one of those threads where those of you who need explicit statements and can't read implied meaning and nuance are going to have a tough time.
🧵— Naomi Wu 机械妖姬 (@RealSexyCyborg) April 9, 2022

Things are quite bad in Shanghai. China has a long and ugly history of famine, displacement, and civil unrest. The social contract we have is basically; no more of that, and a steady improvement in quality of life, and we won't quibble too much about the path that takes us there.

The general answer to why Chinese don't rise up against this or that, is because *overall* there's constant incremental improvement. Bad as something is, our parents had it better than
Some countries were founded in a fight against fascism, freedom from colonial powers- every nationality has its buttons you do not push if you don't want people in the street. In China, our fight was against the humiliation of colonialism, but also the of humiliation of poverty.

Jokes about our conduct at seafood buffets abound, but plenty of us grew up with ration tickets, and before that, if you did not fight your way to the front of the line- your family didn't eat. Now a great deal of our culture revolves around showing off there is too much food.

There's a trick from old Shenzhen, a woman with a baby used to carefully clean the edge of a plastic garbage bag in a public bin. Put some rice on it and appear to eat out of the trash while holding her baby. Within minutes a horrified passerby would give her money for a meal.

We absolutely cannot abide any hunger*. You can do a lot to Chinese- you've seen us put up with a lot, but hunger we will not. Whether it's an epigenetic legacy I can't say but the memory of famine is firmly burned into the Chinese collective consciousness

Shanghaiese will not starve in their homes- the powers that be are well aware of it. The only reason they have not taken to the streets in greater numbers is the population is highly educated, well invested in the current system, and aware that doing so will make things worse.

We've already seen the Shanghai authorities ease the lockdown today, but this will also likely speed the spread of this variant. If COVID escapes local lockdowns into the general population, any reasonable estimate puts the death toll at upwards of 5 million people.

So in the next few weeks, if there is no major progress, we are faced with the possibility of civil unrest caused by scarcity- either from lockdowns, or by a shortage of workers able to deliver supplies due to illness.

Food shipments in China are very time-sensitive due to our poor cold chain. Most Chinese want "fresh" not frozen or refrigerated foods. This is why massive amounts of food has been lost to spoilage in Shanghai as trucks could not make timely deliveries.

Few Chinese eat canned or frozen foods in any quantity, many rely on takeout. Overall, with the exception of rice, I would estimate 80% of our average caloric intake is perishable foods with a fragile, time-sensitive supply chain. We've seen even modest delays are a huge problem.

Add to this, most Chinese watching Shanghai are extremely upset by the situation there but almost none I have spoken to has acted on that awareness and begun to stock up on dry goods. Many of my friends in Shenzhen still rely on takeout and don't even have a sack of rice on hand.

The fact that many Westerners have a relatively unhealthy diet of processed, pre-prepared foods with an extremely long shelf-life actually serves them well here and makes the time-sensitive and precarious nature of the Chinese food supply situation a little counterintuitive.

I genuinely hope that ample supply trucks will get through, health care shortages eased, and people patient. Civil unrest is called for in some cases, but here it would only make things vastly worse, very, very quickly. But you should understand why this is such a delicate time.

*Yes I understand no one can abide hunger, some react more rationally to the prospect of it than others. If your take is some "everyone culture is the same" bullshit because you can't grasp that differences exist it will be the last thing you post in my feed.

1,683 posted on 04/10/2022 3:18:39 PM PDT by jennychase ( )

Thanks for the post, that kind of thing is one reason I hang around FR.

1,684 posted on 04/10/2022 3:26:52 PM PDT by nomorelurker

jenny, thanks for the Shanghai insights.

1,685 posted on 04/10/2022 3:32:50 PM PDT by exit82 (Either the Democrat Party will survive or America will survive. But not both.)

1,686 posted on 04/10/2022 3:58:40 PM PDT by jennychase ( )

This is from CBS......

1,687 posted on 04/10/2022 4:02:56 PM PDT by Lakeside Granny (Vote RED~R.emove E.very D.emocrat~D&S)

To: sweetiepiezer

I don’t know what to believe. I couldn’t find anything on the author.

1,688 posted on 04/10/2022 4:33:48 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)

🇫🇮❤️ Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said the country is ready to quickly give up Russian natural gas and oil

1,689 posted on 04/10/2022 4:50:23 PM PDT by jennychase ( )

Haha!
I don't do that often but it was worth being with family and we all love Trump and glad I went!

Work was busy and easy at the same time!

Now home and waiting for another storm to come through our area of East Texas!
Wind is really strong this eve.
Hope all is well with you!
Watching a little Levine after talking to my mom on the phone visiting in Dallas with my sister.

1,690 posted on 04/10/2022 5:43:33 PM PDT by djstex (All I Have to say.... Trump Was Right About Everything)

Thanks lysie!

Thanks for the stack of cakes with bacon! :)

1,691 posted on 04/10/2022 5:47:53 PM PDT by djstex (All I Have to say.... Trump Was Right About Everything)

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Umm. The Hunter Biden scandal shouldn’t just go away because the media confessed it was real. He was laundering money from Ukraine to his father who now happens to be the President of the United States.

1,692 posted on 04/10/2022 5:51:25 PM PDT by exit82 (Either the Democrat Party will survive or America will survive. But not both.)

Thanks for the ping!
Good and About Time Abbott!
Maybe them phone calls to his office actually got through!
We as a State sure are hurting from this illegal traffic!

Home now after work!
Watching Levin and hoping we don’t get a big storm tonight.
Wind blowing hard this eve.

1,693 posted on 04/10/2022 5:53:38 PM PDT by djstex (All I Have to say.... Trump Was Right About Everything)

To: sweetiepiezer

Were you ever able to get a confirmation on you Hunter plea info?

I’ve been out all day, so, apologies if I may have missed it.

1,694 posted on 04/10/2022 6:03:06 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)

We’ve had wind all day, too.

Up to 25 mph, I think. Felt stronger!

1,695 posted on 04/10/2022 6:04:24 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)

😂

Why are you apologizing for your great memes?

1,696 posted on 04/10/2022 6:11:03 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)

Have a good evening!

1,697 posted on 04/10/2022 6:13:48 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)

Hi, Spunky! It’s good to see you. It’s been a while and I’m hoping all is well, with you.

Thanks for the trucker mandate rally, and dr Malone links!

1,698 posted on 04/10/2022 6:14:07 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)

1,699 posted on 04/10/2022 6:15:20 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)

1,700 posted on 04/10/2022 6:19:22 PM PDT by djstex (All I Have to say.... Trump Was Right About Everything)

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