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"Strategic Uncertainty" Isn't Strategy
Game Theory Lessons for Trump’s 2025 Tariff Doctrine
www.emerging-strategy.com
“A country cannot bluff its way to stable equilibria. And it cannot compel cooperation while actively dismantling the mechanisms that make cooperation rational. In 2025, the world is not guessing what America might do. It’s remembering what it already did, and playing accordingly.”
I say, bring it! CA’s ready! We are home to Solvang, CA, famously known as the "Danish Capital of America" because it was founded by Danish immigrants in 1911 & intentionally built to preserve Danish culture. 🇩🇰 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
January 18, 2026 at 5:41 AM
I say, bring it! CA’s ready! We are home to Solvang, CA, famously known as the "Danish Capital of America" because it was founded by Danish immigrants in 1911 & intentionally built to preserve Danish culture. 🇩🇰 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
He can’t relate to food prices, just as Marie Antoinette couldn’t relate to her starving subjects. Look at the new inverted food pyramid RFK, JR published this week which now prioritizes items that are way more expensive than goods at the bottom of the pyramid. Rich people in office can’t relate.
January 18, 2026 at 1:03 AM
He can’t relate to food prices, just as Marie Antoinette couldn’t relate to her starving subjects. Look at the new inverted food pyramid RFK, JR published this week which now prioritizes items that are way more expensive than goods at the bottom of the pyramid. Rich people in office can’t relate.
He doesn’t accept failure in any form. Judging by his behavior, he has a deep fear of failure in any form. Just look at J6 & how far he went in his efforts to find or get votes w/trying to submit alternate slates of electors or the call to GA to find him 11,780 votes.
January 18, 2026 at 12:53 AM
He doesn’t accept failure in any form. Judging by his behavior, he has a deep fear of failure in any form. Just look at J6 & how far he went in his efforts to find or get votes w/trying to submit alternate slates of electors or the call to GA to find him 11,780 votes.
All that soft power, all those alliances forged throughout years and years of efforts are have gone down the drain. And for what, exactly???🇺🇸🤬
January 18, 2026 at 12:04 AM
All that soft power, all those alliances forged throughout years and years of efforts are have gone down the drain. And for what, exactly???🇺🇸🤬
Now, that’s a good one that brings back memories: “tariffs are a Veg-O-Matic policy”!😁👍🏻
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Now, that’s a good one that brings back memories: “tariffs are a Veg-O-Matic policy”!😁👍🏻
Always chasing a buck…and ducking responsibility. Not the best attributes for a POTUS.
January 17, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Always chasing a buck…and ducking responsibility. Not the best attributes for a POTUS.
“Watch what they do not what they say.”—Rachel Maddow
January 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM
“Watch what they do not what they say.”—Rachel Maddow
Watch what they do not what they say.—Rachel Maddow
January 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Watch what they do not what they say.—Rachel Maddow
Trump mérite cela et bien plus encore.
January 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Trump mérite cela et bien plus encore.
“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.”
—Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
—Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
January 17, 2026 at 6:54 PM
“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.”
—Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
—Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.”
—Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
—Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
January 17, 2026 at 6:53 PM
“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.”
—Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
—Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Those are our tax dollars. Congress can—and should—stop it, considering the size of the massive Defense budget already about $900B-$1T. US already is world's largest military spender. And 🍊 wants to increase even that.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump calls for record $1.5 trillion defense budget, a 50 percent jump
The president offered few details in his post on Truth Social, other than to say the money would pay for his “Dream Military.”
www.politico.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Those are our tax dollars. Congress can—and should—stop it, considering the size of the massive Defense budget already about $900B-$1T. US already is world's largest military spender. And 🍊 wants to increase even that.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
He sure can’t take “NO” for an answer…not from countries nor from women.
January 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
He sure can’t take “NO” for an answer…not from countries nor from women.
He sure can’t take “NO” for an answer…not from countries nor from women.
January 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
He sure can’t take “NO” for an answer…not from countries nor from women.
He sure can’t take “NO” for an answer…not from countries nor from women.
January 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
He sure can’t take “NO” for an answer…not from countries nor from women.
He sure can’t take “NO” for an answer…not from countries nor from women.
January 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
He sure can’t take “NO” for an answer…not from countries nor from women.
Good. That EU free trade agreement w/those South American countries can also be seen their challenge to the 🍊corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
January 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Good. That EU free trade agreement w/those South American countries can also be seen their challenge to the 🍊corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
He’ll go to any lengths, including invading Greenland, to stop the release of the Epstein files…they must be that bad for him.
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
He’ll go to any lengths, including invading Greenland, to stop the release of the Epstein files…they must be that bad for him.
I say, bring it! CA’s ready! We are home to Solvang, CA, famously known as the "Danish Capital of America" because it was founded by Danish immigrants in 1911 & intentionally built to preserve Danish culture. 🇩🇰 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
January 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I say, bring it! CA’s ready! We are home to Solvang, CA, famously known as the "Danish Capital of America" because it was founded by Danish immigrants in 1911 & intentionally built to preserve Danish culture. 🇩🇰 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Looks like the sad end of a good friendship. Can’t blame them, given current administration’s behavior. And, a good reminder that voting in the US matters, both at home and abroad.
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”—Thomas Jefferson
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”—Thomas Jefferson
January 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Looks like the sad end of a good friendship. Can’t blame them, given current administration’s behavior. And, a good reminder that voting in the US matters, both at home and abroad.
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”—Thomas Jefferson
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”—Thomas Jefferson
Looks like the sad end of a good friendship. Can’t blame them, given current administration’s behavior. And, a good reminder that voting in the US matters, both at home and abroad.
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”—Thomas Jefferson
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”—Thomas Jefferson
January 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Looks like the sad end of a good friendship. Can’t blame them, given current administration’s behavior. And, a good reminder that voting in the US matters, both at home and abroad.
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”—Thomas Jefferson
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”—Thomas Jefferson
Right. Past performance is a future indicator. He’s bad AT business and at governing. It’s not as if we didn’t know this going in.
January 17, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Right. Past performance is a future indicator. He’s bad AT business and at governing. It’s not as if we didn’t know this going in.
Tariffs aren’t the flex he thinks they are. In the end, Americans will pay more, both literally snd figuratively.
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Tariffs aren’t the flex he thinks they are. In the end, Americans will pay more, both literally snd figuratively.
In a void, others will step in and move on. 🍊has made the USA an unreliable partner. As in any relationship, when a partner behaves as he has, it’s time to move on.
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
In a void, others will step in and move on. 🍊has made the USA an unreliable partner. As in any relationship, when a partner behaves as he has, it’s time to move on.
Terror and violence are features, not bugs, in this administration.
January 17, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Terror and violence are features, not bugs, in this administration.