cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/56756497
By embracing Russia and castigating Ukraine, President Donald Trump has rattled U.S. allies around the world, causing them to question if Washington is still a trusted partner.
Governments in Europe and democracies around the world are treating Trump’s actions and statements not as provocative posturing, but as an earthquake.
With American reliability in doubt, some European nations and other countries may seek alternative partners and markets, possibly in China, Bindenagel said.
Headline is similar to how Netanyahu talks: “If we don’t genocide them all then Iran wins”
Ukraine was always set up, as the US provoked war it always was, “If we don’t keep spending, and succeed in killing every Ukrainian for US triumph, then how will we nazify Taiwan to do the same?”
“The loss of trust in America creates a vacuum, and that vacuum is likely to be filled by cooperation between Moscow, Beijing, Pyongyang and Iran,” said Bindenagel, professor emeritus at the University of Bonn.
The actual trust breaking acts of US are the economic extortion of NATO allies. New alliances/neutrality is what self respecting nations would do, and in the case of those nations being helped by China and Russia, then whining about Russia or China also winning/being helped is just a brainworm that made you previously committed to evil winning.
it would be super funny if China aligned with the EU and came in to support Ukraine
Help as in rebuild? Hopefully it will. Help as in fight Russia? That’s delusion.
The US is winning over Russia and North Korea. Who needs Canada and Europe.
China’s self interest in maintaining access to raw materials and markets could make them an interesting regional security partner in Asia if Taiwan was peacefully resolved. Being a single party state with a president for life is definately a negative but we are only 4 years out from finding if the US is going to be the same deal.
a president for life
Western liberals try not to arrogantly talk on subjects they are objectively incorrect about challenge (impossible)
Xi has just been handed Taiwan on a platter. As long as he doesn’t endanger the semiconductor factories the US rely on, Trump isn’t going to lift a finger to help them… unless they sign over control of said semiconductor factories, in a “joint” partnership.
