Comment by jochem9
16 hours ago
I suggest to hope less.
The world order we knew is upended and it's likely to stay that way. Better to spend energy shaping that into something that is acceptable, then hoping it will all go away once DT is gone.
16 hours ago
I suggest to hope less.
The world order we knew is upended and it's likely to stay that way. Better to spend energy shaping that into something that is acceptable, then hoping it will all go away once DT is gone.
That's what Europe is currently doing. The US has indicated that it does not intend to lead the current world order or the Western world anymore so Europe is adapting and forming new bonds and alliances as fast as possible.
Just closed a trade zone deal with South America that was 20 years in the making. Now in deep discussions with Canada that itself is desperate to reduce the bonds with the US.
In a few decades, US will be at the same spot as Great Britain has been before. They will realize they lost a lot of their standing in the world and are now just one of many countries.
The only good thing about Trump is that he is stupid. If he had been clever, Europe would have ended up in a much worse position.
However, he was super transparent from the beginning and even started a war, giving Europe the opportunity for an easy united (non-) response. The war even showed the reliance of the US on Europe bases for their power projection. Making the reducing of man power that followed even more dysfunctional.
Only thing he could have done to destroy all bonds with the western world faster is to actually annex Greenland. However, there's still plenty of time for that.