so, do you guys think trump will succeed in clawing russia away from china or what? is throwing europe under the bus after promising to see them through the war gonna pay off? why or why not?
i personally think trump will accelerate the decline of the us empire, anyone else as optimistic?
There’s zero chance of that happening. The US has no credibility at this point due to its growing political volatility. Any deal Trump makes has a 4 year horizon tops, because the next admin can just reverse it the way Trump reversed Biden’s policy on Ukraine. There’s also nothing the US can offer Russia given that Russian economy has already adjusted to the sanctions and it’s actually growing faster than it did before the war. If being cut off from the west economically results in minimal pressure that in turn means that being integrated back will have minimal benefit.
On the other hand, China has a stable political system and is able to make long term commitments. China and Russia also have many common interests and their economies are complimentary. Russia has a lot of natural resources and China has a massive industry that needs them. It’s a similar relationship to the one US and Canada have. Russia has shown that they are able to do long term planning, and they can see that their interests are much better served by an alliance with China than the US.
What I expect will actually happen is that it’s the alliance between the US and Europe that’s going to break apart as a result. We can already see the start of the break up happening, and it’s obviously in Russian interest to encourage this. So, I fully expect that the Russians will continue normalizing the relations with the US in order to drive a wedge between them and Europe.
Ben Norton did a pretty good take on the situation incidentally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRJIymzuRGU
While not angels during or after the war, Russia took the brunt of the Nazi war machine and deserves credit for their contributions for ending the war.
No country is an angel though, at the same time Britain was intentionally starving Indians and the US had Japanese American citizens (including children) in concentration camps
This is your chance America. Change the locks while he’s away, and pretend not to be in when he wants to come back in
You do realize he actually won the popular vote this time?
Didn’t something like a quarter of USians vote for him?
yeah that’s a conservative number for his support
That doesn’t mean he was actually popular though.
He clearly has a large base that’s pretty fanatical at this point.
He should check out some skyscrapers while he’s there. Make sure the windows are installed properly.
I think Peskov just said that there is no agreement yet actually
