Trump Orders US Physicists to "Manipulate Space and Time"

Michael Kratsios appointed by Trump to be Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology to "make US physics great again", promptly delivered during a major science and technology conference the following message:

• The US now possesses technology that can “manipulate time and space” and “leave distance annihilated.”

No doubt that would bring US physics back to the leading position of the Manhattan Project producing "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" dropped on Japan on August 6-9 1945, followed by the Apollo Moon Project as "Big Step for Humanity", which was then lost as US physicists left real space and time to go into many-worlds quantum mechanics and string theory in 11 space dimensions.

This sends a message to the World that the US is now back to the lead with powers to create "Hell never seen before". 

But what is then the new physics of "bending/manipulating space and time" and "annihilating distance"?

Is it simply the 100 year old theory of relativity with its "space contraction" and "time dilation" all just appearances without substance, or the 50 year old string theory on its way out?

Or does "annihilate distance" mean that Einstein's light speed limit can now be overcome by a nuclear powered Musk space ship which can accelerate to any speed and so will be able to reach the nearest star Proxima Centauri in less than 50 minutes and the Andromeda Galaxy in under a year?

Will Trump Get Nobel Prize in both Peace and Economics?

In his election campaign Donald Trump promised the World to end US wars and bring never before seen economic prosperity to the working class, all in careful planning to get the Nobel Prize in both Peace and Economy, never seen before.

But after taking office Trump has reversed these policies into new US wars to boost war industry and the rich while delivering economic ruin to the working class. 

Trumps trade tariffs aim at bringing production of goods back to the US, for example jogging shoes to replace those now efficiently produced in Vietnam. 

This connects to the experience of my grandfather Edwin Johnson, who 18 years old emigrated to the US in 1888 with a three-year basic schooling, to start his working life making rubber boots in a factory in Millville Mass, up to 12 a day for 12 dollars. But Edwin had ambitions and evolved to become a respected engineer at General Electric inventing the famous "Johnson Breaker", to be recruited back to Sweden in 1908 by Sigfrid Edström the director of ASEA/ABB 1903-33, and then starting his own business in Gothenburg competing with ASEA. 

The rubber boot factory in Millville will now get a new start under the Trump tariffs as if that will bring prosperity to the US working class. Edwin would have said today that this is not a very good idea and that this would not be worth a Nobel Prize in Economics. Nor would starting new wars give a Peace Prize.

But wait: Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize and then started the US proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, and so the Norwegian Nobel Committee may well consider giving the Prize to Trump for finishing off the war by defeating Russia. And maybe the Swedish State Bank Nobel Prize in Economy will find Trump a worthy candidate for reinventing the so successful US trade tariff system 1861 - 1933 to give the West back its role as Leader of the World to a degree never seen before.

PS Later today Trump gave up his grand idea to change World economy by tariffs in a grand flash of intuition saving the World from economic catastrophe, which after all could be worthy of the Prize in Economy. Will a corresponding U-turn from war to peace appear in a flash of insight?

2nd Trump Talk to Putin

Who has the upper hand?

On March 18 Trump called Putin for the 2nd time since he won the November election on a promise to end the US/NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine in 24 hours. See also previous post.

To get a into a position of strength before the 2nd talk, T resumed military support to the proxy war, after a short stop to show good will to peace. In the talk P repeated his condition for progress towards peace as a return to a halt of military support from the US. 

P agreed to a proposal from T to have a 30-day cease-fire limited to energy infrastructure, and directly ordered Russian implementation, as a sign of good will. T did not say he was willing to stop military support, which could have been a sign of good will.

T suggested that the war possibly could be settled in ice-hockey matches between US and Russia, which was met positively by P.  But T did not say he was willing to stop military support, which would  have been welcomed by P as a sign of good will. 

T prides himself to be a man of quick action, but the talks with P follow a very slow schedule. It is still unclear if T really wants  peace or just seeks a way to prolong the war indefinitely giving in to neo-cons.

Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonsson declares that Sweden will continue to send weapons to Ukraine independent of any peace talks between US and Russia, and that peace will only create even bigger problems for Sweden and Europe. The stocks of Saab sky-rocket. Anything which is good for Russia like peace, is bad for Sweden. Russia won over Sweden in Ice-hockey WC in 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1981 and 1986.

Former Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson says that it absurd that T and P talk peace over the head of Sweden/Ukraine.

Sweden stands strong in its war against Russia. Finland lost to the Russian Empire in 1809 must be brought back under the Swedish Kingdom.

Why Trump Does Not Dare to Speak to Putin

This is a follow up of the post from Nov 28 2024 asking When Will Trump Call Putin?  

Since then Trump has had one telephone conversation with Putin (on Febr 12 2025). 

On March 12 Trump proposed to Russia an unconditional 30-day cease-fire of the war in Ukraine. Putin was given the ball.

On March 13 Putin responded that a cease-fire would be fine, but not unconditional allowing US/NATO to rearm for continued war after 30 days. Trump was given the ball.

On March 14 Trump responded that he hopes Putin will show good will. The ball went over the fence.

Trump does not lift the telephone to speak directly to Putin. Trump sends his buddy real estate mogul Witkoff to Moscow to do the talking. Witkoff left Moscow after a Thursday late night meeting with Putin. 

P nows the facts, T does not and so does not dare to talk directly to P again. The time for mutual congratulation to excellency of political leadership is over. Now it is time to talk, and T has nothing to say.

On March 15 T send P a message asking for mercy for the Ukrainian troops including mercenaries from the West encircled in Kursk. What dos that say about the weight of T vs P?