Martin Wolf (FT) on how the world see the USA (right now):
'What is far clearer now... is that the US is no longer a credible world leader. If it can elect this man twice, it has lost the plot. Why would it not elect someone even worse? Such a country is incapable of providing reliable global hegemony. What it provides instead is an unpredictable wrecking ball'...
and hence, as I've remarked before, the slow but sure pivot away from the USA as an economic partner is well underway!
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"Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake."
Thank you. That is much preferable to say in polite company than "never get in the way of man trying screw himself in the ass.'
Yeah, basically the America voted out its own superpower status. The really rich guys out of Silicon Valley and the guys from project 2025 always hated international cooperation. They’ve been extremely successful toppling the nation in a lot of different ways.
Dismantling dollar dominance could have a real value to it in terms of rebuilding local business, but the people behind it aren’t interested in that
I think it is entirely possible.
He has no stamina, no attention span, and he is really mad no one is coming to clean up his mess.
It would be very in character to just break the world economy and then storm off in a huff blaming everyone else for his mistakes.
USA/Russia 2.0
@ChrisMayLA6 The US as a functioning democracy is for all intents and purposes, done.
It will continue on like a bloated whale corpse in a current for a decade or two, but it being a 50/50 shot to regress every 4 years means it will break up. At some point the Red state minority will have to enact measures so onerous the Blue will simply leave.
Quiet Quitting - The National Version.
@ChrisMayLA6 I'm grateful for the spreading mid-Atlantic ridge.
Me too, anything that puts the Tangerine Tyrant further from the EU is fine with me. Although maybe hit the brakes in that section with Canada?
Otherwise The Mid Atlantic Ridge is doing Gods Work.
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