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The U.S. initiated a probe against more than 16 major economies, including Singapore, focused on alleged excess manufacturing capacity. This triggered the usual backlash of Trump-hate rhetorics with no one interested in seeking a proper understanding. Trump imposed blanket-wide tariffs on many countries under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). In the Learning Resources Inc Vs Trump case, the Supreme Court of U.S. struck down these tariffs on grounds the president has no authority to impose blanket tariffs on imported goods for economic reasons. It did not rule the Executive cannot impose tariff, just that the IEEPA framing is illegal. Chief Justice John Roberts actually alluded to the fact the president has other workaround means to reframe the tariffs legally. And here's to those who call Trump a fascist -- how do you call a fascist who's hands are bounded by the judiciary? Not a very good one, huh? The Office of the U.S....

In my preceding posts ( here and here ) I pried into what I term Blue Collar-wired and Elites-wired mindsets and how they view reality differently. People tend to talk over each when they see the world differently and that fundamentally causes societal schism. Blue Collar mindsets think operationally; Elite mindsets think procedurally. This is not about income and education, but people's exposure to consequences.  There are some wealthy business class folks who think like operators (Elon Musk definitely) while some working-class liberals think like process designers. When I map this onto Singapore politics in general, the reactions to some controversial local events suddenly become understandable and predictable.  Blue Collar mindsets value outcomes over narratives; prioritise enforcement over intention; trust experience over expertise; prefer clear boundaries and are tolerant of rough execution if it works. You are Blue Collar if at times you think like: "Stop talkin...

Why is it OK to show one video and not the other? The Wild Wild West of leftist media all happily laughed at the prank of lunatic comedienne Kathy Griffin holding the severed "head" of Trump with dripping blood, Democrat California Governor's Office posting the "pig" on X, but hearts bleed for the caricature of the Obamas in ape skins that was not even posted by Trump. As usual, the Singapore liberal crowd joined in the condemnation. All highly educated Singaporean Trump-haters jump into the bandwagon of Trump-bashing without a seconds thought of finding out what it's all about. A 60 seconds video about 2020 election fraud was posted on Trump's Truth Social media account by his publicity administrator. Unbeknownst to them, many viewers reported seeing a 2 second clip of the Obamas in ape skins at the end of the video. A few hours later that video was taken down and Trump explained he didn't see the end part so he wasn't aware of the Obama clip....

Left-brained vs right-brained theory refers to personality and thinking styles dictated by the dominance of one brain hemisphere. The left brain handles language and logic, and the right handles creativity and emotion. This theory has been largely debunked by modern neuroscience. The hemispheres function in collaboration. The Trump phenomenon has thrown up a fascinating undeniable and observable split in human behavior. There is no middle ground, one either hates him or loves him. Leaving aside people who has to treat him as their interest dictates, it seems to me there is some personality trait that can explain the way disinterested people behave towards Trump. I discern that people whose brains are blue-collar wired have a different take on Trump from those who are elite-wired. Blue collar-wired and elite-wired are simply terms I coined which has nothing to do with pay scales or positions in life or how credentialed, how many certificates a person has on the wall. It's a...

You have heard world leaders, professors, even our ministers, media etc use such labels, or characterisation, on Trump, as populist, transactional, performative, even fascist. These labels, or more precisely, slogans, are compressed moral judgements pretending to be analysis . Many are those who think they know what these words mean, and join the bandwagon of apes in appeal to authority. Hold onto your ego and walk with me, and be surprised at what I am very certain you never realised. "Category" - the hidden Engine of Reality "In the beginning was the Word.." (John 1:1). The Septuagint uses "Logos" which does not mean the neutral "word' in the modern sense. It leans towards ordering principle, rational structure, articulating reason -- an intelligent pattern that makes reality coherent. God spoke the Universe into existence in a coherent manner out of chaos. In the dual states of quantum physics, actualisation comes from measurement (obse...