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[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The article is a Trump hallucination.

He’s not wrong that leaders flatter him; but it’s not respect, it’s geopolitical strategy. They’re managing chaos, hedging with China and others, and responding to a weaker US position largely created by Trump himself. This isn’t strength; it’s a soft power collapse that’s opening dangerous doors, mainly for Americans most of all, but likely for everyone else too.

What Trump sees as deference is actually diplomatic triage. World leaders aren’t engaging him because they admire him; leaders are trying to keep the global order from unraveling faster than it already is. The cost of alienating the U.S. is high, but increasingly, so is relying on it. That shift is the real story, and it’s one that leaves America more isolated with each bluster.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 days ago (3 children)

At best, world leaders may be trying to salvage their current investments in the US and trade sources in the short term. But they are also immediately starting the process to divest from the US, maybe permanently. He may get a short term gain from a handful of countries, but is tanking us long term as everyone distances themselves from us.

Trade, investments, debts, these things bind countries together and promote better economies the world-wide. The point of Tariffs are to reduce or eliminate these connections to other countries in the effected markets, to isolate and insulate your domestic market from the international market at large. When you put a blanket tariff on all markets on all countries, especially when openly trying to use those as extortion tactics against other countries, you are guaranteeing this isolation. We are well on the way from being isolated from the world, like North Korea, all because of one man without any sense, decency, or limitations. We are fucked.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (3 children)

He's 78, do you really think he cares? He wants to be in history books, must have hurt a lot that nobody gave him any attention during Biden's term

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He's going to end up in the History books with roughly the same level of infamy as Nero.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Instead of a fiddle it'll be a Big Mac

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

"Oh what a gourmet dies in me."?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I miss those... what, 2 months(?) that he wasn't in the news cycle.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Short term burst that fuck the future is the Republican MO.

Then a Democrat will come in and fail to clean up all of the broken shit immediately, and the stupid electorate will swing right again.

It's a fucking endless circle

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He may get a short term gain

He was elected to run the government like a business; this is the CEO signature move.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Like a WWE Superstar suplexing the opponent (his own country) to show dominance? Gotcha

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago

He really has no idea what "diplomacy" means does he

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure that's what his handlers tell him while they're changing his diaper.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

As disgusting as it is, that seems to be exactly what most of the world seems to be doing, trying to get into trump's good grace and not get fucked by the tariffs.

Well except for China, who seems to have slapped back just as hard.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

People have been thinking Trump will let China invade Taiwan. Like, no. Trump is vehemently anti-China from the beginning in any shape or form. So, in that respect, China knows there is no pleasing the orangecrat and therefore doubling down on tariffs will not lose them with anything more. Besides, the tariffs is actually making China and EU come closer together-- as strange as it sounds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

As China boosts its internal consumption and increases standards of living, along with a growing highly educated population, I can see their values very much aligning with the EU. That sounds like a very decent world order...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

I'm mostly sure that they're only doing so as a stop gap. Re-alignment takes time, and we've sent a loud and clear message that we don't want to be anybody's friend anymore. Even if we get Cyber-Bernie 3000 for president in four years, the damage will still be done, and there will always be the lingering understanding that we may just turn around and directly elect Elon Musk as president (don't fucking talk to me about constitutionality without telling me you've been in a coma for the last year first).

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Pragmatism =/= Kissing ass

Its like a cop thinking: wow, people really respect me

No they don't lol, the moment you're not looking, they are gonna graffiti ACAB on the police car you're driving.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

He's trying to sell his tariffs to the choir, but the choir isn't listening any more

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

That is not how you spell kicking.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That's what a trillion dollar in "defense" grants you, everyone kissing your ass.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But now the military is looking to cut 90k of troops.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

they are still in the trillion range even after cuts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

hmmm I am increasingly believing how ineffective the USA would be against a real enemy... the USA loves to chicken hawk on third world countries on the other side of the planet... but now trumpf is poking China hard... WWIII is heating up

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

hmmm I am increasingly believing how ineffective the USA would be against a real enemy… the USA loves to chicken hawk on third world countries on the other side of the planet…

How do you think they chicken hawk people on the other side of the planet? Are you aware of the scale of USA army and what they do?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

meaning i'm not sure how well things would go against an anemy that is not fighting with smuggled 25 year old equipment and unable to strike usa territory

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I have no idea what point you are trying to make here

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Politicians must always aim to be statesmen and stateswomen… and use language representative of that role.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

But they didn't vote a politician as president this time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Feel like he mispronounced "kicking".

[–] [email protected] 180 points 1 week ago (11 children)
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