The long-term damage Trump is doing that doesn’t get enough emphasis is: He has very rapidly convinced the world that it can no longer AFFORD for the U.S. to be the “indispensable nation,” and other countries are in the process of restructuring their affairs accordingly. https://www.ft.com/content/c2ebc194-790f-4b9c-a1d9-3e0840f0ee38
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And yes, without ideals the United States is nothing.
Democracies are getting eaten in hostile corporate takeovers
This is the Putin plan. He was doing it in 2017-2020 but covid stepped in & ruined everything for everyone else too.
This IS the plan
It may take time, but there is a momentum in it that now, will be very hard to stop
Soft power is so much cheaper and easier to deploy, but it lacks that big swaggering dick energy they crave.
I think from the perspective of future historians the USA in 2025 will be looked at as a decadent empire in the initial phase of collapse and Trump will be viewed as both a symptom and a catalyst.
While ignoring the fact that, for the first time in a decade or more, a Republican won the popular vote.
I don't say that to be insulting, but simply to be descriptive.
Just goes to show you how handy quotes get recycled! 🤣🤣
The point of both quotes is a good one and should be spread far and wide.
We can't rely on such untrustworthy winds to fill our sails and guide us to a stable and safe future.
Considering the US’s biggest exports are genocides and forever wars, maybe we should have done with Unipolarity.