09-03-2025, 10:51 AM
My son is not advocating kowtowing to anybody - but as Mexico has proved dealing with a lunatic the way they have has been advantageous to Mexican workers - Trudeau on the other hand has put his workers jobs in serious jeopardy- OK for him as he has already quit. My sons factory that manufactures those stairs employs 139 rural kiwis - 8 have completed their apprenticeships- there are 3 families with 3 generations working there - they don’t have high value homes they can sell and move elsewhere - if that factory closed the school would close plus the local mechanic and the 4 square - these jobs are typical of those at risk all round NZ absolutely reliant on exports .It’s not kowtowing in my opinion keeping your head below the parapet when a lunatic is at the controls - delaying the tariffs on Mexico but not Canada has proven that he isn’t driven by logic but purely by power and the few manufacturing jobs we do have left in NZ in my opinion are worth keeping our mouths shut for - but obviously I am biased I have seen the good that has come from that factory and the pride of the men - including my son -who developed the machines that can turn a pile of waste wood into stairs that Americans really want -they also export to China furniture kit sets again using what normally would have been dumped. I think Trump will be taken out - lucky if he lasts a month - his administration is already turning on Musk - Trumps govt will implode for sure
But what a great world we live in Hunni where we all have our opinions and are free to voice them - I admit I am biased but there is a lot of pride and hard work that goes into those exports and let’s hope that orange haired lunatic doesn’t destroy it
But what a great world we live in Hunni where we all have our opinions and are free to voice them - I admit I am biased but there is a lot of pride and hard work that goes into those exports and let’s hope that orange haired lunatic doesn’t destroy it