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> And surely "everybody else" is working on alternatives.

Well, it really depends on the competence of "everybody else"...

Can you be more specific in what you mean by that?

If I were a lazy incompetent politician I'd do the short sighted thing (kiss the Trump ass to placate my voters) and leave the long term thinking to whoever unfortunate enough to succeed my position.

> kiss the Trump ass to placate my voters

Why do you think that placates voters? Quite the opposite for most I believe..

Placates the "stonks go up crowd" at least.

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