To Promethean or not Promethean (like SFP). It ain't a question... but a direction

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"Since the Republican's midterm convention, roughly 55 new or expanded factories have been announced with tens of thousands of new jobs on the horizon. Everywhere the President and his team go on the campaign trail, the announce new manufacturing activity." - Susan Kokinda

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The last time we discussed Susan Kokinda, SFP embarrassed himself. Don't be an SFP.


Editors Note: I'm glad she points this out. In my technology field, EVERY day there is an announcement, to bring back integration, design. manufacturing or support. It has been remarkable and It's stunning to watch. For instance, when Tesla started making batteries, they were scoffed at. Now their newest type, the 'mini coke-can' 4680, has surpassed 100 million manufactured. These are used in the Cyber Truck, the Cyber Semi and in mobile trailers to finally store power for the grid, And while no one has notice, he's created a major market and is singularly satisfying demand in order to make it more resilient. But I'm certain Lyawatha wants to stop Musk from making those as well.




1. Contrasting Economic Realities: US vs. Europe & Canada
The video opens by criticizing globalist rhetoric from EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrating multilateralism and trade [00:00].

Host Susan Kokinda contrasts major economic struggles abroad—such as massive layoffs at Volkswagen in Germany and manufacturing job cuts in Canada [00:37]—with US economic growth [03:48].

As an example of domestic growth, she highlights an announcement alongside Donald Trump in Georgia regarding a $4.2 billion investment by Audi to build a major US manufacturing plant [01:03].

2. The "Back-Channel" Strategy to Bypass the White House
The video claims that foreign leaders and think tanks are actively trying to undermine and bypass the Trump administration's agenda [02:02].

Citing a US Embassy fact sheet monitoring Canadian political activities, Kokinda points to targeted retaliatory tariffs on specific US states and political meetings held with state governors rather than federal leadership [05:00].

She connects this to a policy paper published by the British think tank Chatham House, which advised UK leadership to influence US policy by courting members of Congress, governors, state legislators, and industry leaders instead of dealing directly with the White House [06:16].

3. Why the Strategy Is Stalling
Kokinda argues this foreign influence strategy is failing due to two main factors:

The Trump administration's refusal to shift trade policies in response to targeted political pressure [09:14].

Severe domestic political blowback against the leaders promoting these globalist policies [09:24].

The video points to political shifts and electoral defeats in Canadian provinces (Quebec and British Columbia) [09:32], UK leadership changes [10:53], and conservative gains in Germany [11:04] as evidence of voter rejection of globalist and green economic mandates [11:26].