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How can we make sense of the way the world just changed? “There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen.” The quote is often misattributed to Vladmir Lenin, but it seems appropriate nevertheless this week. Normally, we scramble to keep up with the flotsam and jetsam of the daily news cycle, but sometimes we need to step back and recognize that the tectonic plates of the world order have just shifted.¹
What happened in the Oval Office on Friday was not a random act of boorishness. It marked the end of the post-WWII world. The United States has switched sides. Over the weekend, the leaders of the Free World gathered in London.
We weren’t there.
The world order is being reshaped, but no longer with American leadership
Of course.
We’re Putin’s bitch. We’re not expected to lead.
We’re expected to follow Putin.
And Pimp Daddy Trump will enforce that.
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Wait till I have your European Masters seriously UP their defense spending.
I'll have them get the money by going further into debt, AND taking money from their colleges, pensions, and health systems.
Even you know - this is what will have to happen :)
And a bit of constitution tinkering in some of their countries like Germany in order to do this :)
Shifted?
I've only started to shift them.
I told you so.......
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I wouldn't have invited us, either.
Perun laid this out quite well in the video I linked yesterday. MAGA seems to think we're just giving stuff out of the goodness of our hearts. Which is absurd. We get a lot in return (e.g. stable trade, support in wars that weren't theirs -e.g. Iraq-, greater influence on events, partners in opposing autocracy -e.g. sanctions-, and more). If we didn't, we wouldn't do it.
America is the big loser in this. From jobs (defense industry is a major employer), to alliances, to our position as a world leader. All gone. I wouldn't be surprised if we were excluded from the G7, too. I wouldn't invite us. Not as long as the Felon is in office, and not even after that unless US policies change.
