- cross-posted to:
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- news@beehaw.org
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25054328
Summary
Trump’s confrontational approach to U.S. allies—threatening tariffs, pushing Canada and Mexico, and pressuring Colombia—risks alienating key partners.
Analysts warn this could push nations toward China, which is eager to capitalize on diplomatic rifts. Panama, after Trump’s canal threat, opened talks with Beijing.
Critics argue Trump’s aggressive diplomacy weakens trust, while supporters claim it reinforces U.S. strength. Despite the rhetoric, some policies, like repatriation flights to Colombia, remain unchanged.
Experts caution that isolating allies may bolster China’s global influence at America’s expense.
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If Trump’s actions finally make westerners realize that China is a better partner, then that’s an absolute win.
I mean, even many US TikTok users jumped straight onto Red Note. I’m not saying I trust China, but living in a US-allied country, I most definitely don’t trust the US right now.
“Our administration got the Colombians to take between 100 and 200 repatriation flights of Colombians back to Colombia,” the person said. “That’s not a new thing. We did that over and over again. What’s different is Trump wanted to do this with military flights. Colombia initially said no to that. Now they’ll take the flights. In terms of limiting migration, it doesn’t matter if the flights are military or civilian.”
We (dems) had the exact same policy as trump, but with better pr!
Fucking clowns.
It’s time! Ready, the clippers fire up the East Indian Trading Company
Oh no
Anyway
Everything we hoped for and then some. If Harris had won the US will have its soft power mostly intact to commit yet another genocide with the approval of the Western block. Trump though can destroy its soft power and even if the Democrats win four years from now, there will be another Republican president in eight to twelve years. The rest of the world better be careful and better seriously consider multipolarism.
Fuck around and find out I guess. America will become a land locked economy soon enough as no other nations will want to do business with them since they can’t be trusted.
Self sanctioning is a bold move on their end. Let’s see how this plays out cotton.
Finally some good news.
USA: “we can do whatever we want, everyone fucking loves America! They will pay whatever we want to stay on side, they don’t have any other options”
Other options: *rubbing hands together and cackling menacingly
Why are they cackling menacingly?
Schadenfreude.
Because they are evil foreigners obviously.
Which is exactly what Russia wants. This whole thing is organized by Putin for this reason.
Sure, everything over the past decade is just Putin playing 4D chess. The mastermind genius effortlessly maneuvers, puppeteering clueless Western leaders into self-destruction without them even noticing it.
My brother in crisps, the Russian budget for all military which necessarily includes their clandestine influence campaigns is so so so much smaller than the USA’s budget for the same things. Are you saying that dollar for dollar the Russian military is something like 8x more effective than the US military when it comes to strategy, tactics, media, communication, and influenc?
No outsider needed to do anything to get the genocide riech to elect a hateful lunatic. That shit happens on its own.
Sarcasm, right?
Because tbh, most of the world would like to see the us empire destroyed.
