Probably realized he can't sell a lot of those anymore.
He could sell a bunch of Tesla stock, crash the entire US economy and then buy a whole lot of whatever he wants because everything will be discounted (including Tesla, he could just rebuy his stock for a fraction of the price)
Rich people LOVE economic downturns. Best time to make money is when everything is on sale, just need to buy and wait. Stocks, property, everything.
The G8 already included Russia and the US, with Russia definitely being worse than China, even before the 2014 Ukraine invasion... And honestly, has the US ever been any better?
It's an economic alliance more than anything.
That's definitely true, and the thought has crossed my mind before.
Anything an European company manages to sell in China is going to be a huge boost too. It's the damn IP laws that are a pain to work with, though. A Chinese company perfectly clones your product? Well, you're not going to win if you sue them.
I think that's mostly an American stereotype, I believe Estonia and France and several other European countries get roughly the same amount of paid holidays as well as paid time off. Though apparently you guys also have a 35 hour work week, which I'm jealous of!
It was a thought I had too, but tbh I feel iffy about China.
If China's willing to stop supporting Russia, I could see the west sans US starting closer ties with China. That alliance would be an economic powerhouse for sure.
G8 expelled Russia for the original Ukrainian invasion in 2014. If need be, I suppose they can become G6. Or honestly, in this day and age, there are many more nations whose opinions should be considered. G7 is pretty eurocentric and I say this as an European (though not a citizen of any of the 7)
They also don't buy diapers, as per Marshall Mathers (2002).
So technically they were commissioned during the Obama era, Trump 1 threatened to cancel the program if the budget went over 4 billion, then Boeing appeased him.
Also the reason they were commissioned to save money. Aging aircraft are a bitch to operate. That's why cheap airlines like Ryanair only run new planes.
Also there are already two of them. I suppose one is probably a backup?
Also, fun fact, technically any plane that the US president is currently flying on, is at that moment, Air Force One.
I always thought this happened in the 00s because of how many people were talking about it then. Never bothered to look up the case or anything. Then again I guess the hot coffee lawsuit in Seinfeld was a reference to this so it must've indeed been in the 90s.
Even more disgusting is the fact that the woman everyone was making fun of and calling lawsuit happy, was 82. Not like she was trying to become a millionaire or something I reckon.
Certainly, but it's not like that'll get him in trouble or anything
On the plus side we have actual holidays and good luck bothering me outside of hours, haha!
I mean we have that here in Estonia too :P
He can, but if stocks fall 90%, he can buy 10x as much. If he shorts things on the way down, he can multiply his money first too.
If this is played right, he could be worth tens or hundreds of trillions a decade or 2 from now.