Denixen

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What more precisely do you hate? There is a lot of things to hate about the situation 😅

The closing ties of South Korea, Japan and China, or the Trump situation?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I hate the fact that you have butter yourself all up and rub yourself against Trump and proclaim that he is the greatest thing that ever happened to you in order to get him to not destroy everything for himself and others.

I love the fact that there are other people out there who are capable of doing that and don't feel shame or discomfort while doing it. People like president Stubb, Nato secretary Rutte and others might just keep things from really turning bad. They are really good at pandering to Trump's ego. I just hope they don't end up completely selling themselves out, but I have confidence in that they know the limit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I didn't know the three had a free trade agreement, that is quite significant. I wonder how Taiwan feels about that :/

Deeping economic ties seems very vague, but free trade is good for maintaining peace in the region. Too bad US now want to make things worse with the tariffs...

I really do wonder where all this will end. US will likely face an economic recession like we haven't seen since 2007-2008, maybe even since 1933. Their recession will drag the rest of the world with them. Inflation will probably get back to high levels by summer and styme any economic recovery.

They will also become more isolated diplomatically, since it is impossible to deal with Trump, unless you give more than you get. Everyone will do what they can to be come more independent of US, including military tech, cloud services etc, which will hurt their economy even more.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You won't find what Trump is thinking by analyzing the works of Alexandr Dugin, nor the intentions of Europe/EU. Please don't read that extremist propaganda, it will not do you any good. He is probably clinically insane.

While Putin does like some of what he is writing, I am absolutely certain he is cherrypicking what he likes from it and ignores the rest. But Putin is probably also clinically insane, so that doesn't really help...

Also, Putin and by tradition Russia considers EVERYONE an existential threat, unless they completely submit to Russia and Putin. The Russians have a saying: "Russia only has two allies, the army and the navy." That probably tells you everything you need to know.

What is more interesting to me is what China thinks of Russia and EU. If you can find a credible work on that, I'd be interested.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Trumps adoration and wish to mimic anti-democratic dictators has long preceded the closing ties of China and Russia.

Geopolitical analysts are trying to rationalize the actions of a megalomanic narcissist who has no interests beyond making himself look good. It is a case of "If Your Only Tool Is a Hammer Then Every Problem Looks Like a Nail".

This is a case for a psycoanalyst, not geopolitical analysts. Trump is not trying to do some grand strategic reverse-Nixon, he just has a bro-crush on Putin and wants to be like him and be his friend.

EU and China are just acting as two rational geopolitical actors: "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". It should be noted that EU doesn't have any territorial beefs with China, it is all economics and trade issues. Which both are interested in solving or hitting pause on while they deal with Trump who contests territorial claims of both EU and China.

If anything, Trump is doing an inverted-Nixon, pushing US allies closer to China, and pulling Russia closer to US. Not in the interests of USA, but in all in an attempt to make himself look good and to live up to his dream of being a land-conquering dictator like Putin.

That my analysis anyway.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Well the difference is that EU tries to impose fair rules that will benefit (or hurt, as is too often the case) everyone equally, while Trump wants to impose unfair rules that only benefit US corporations and himself.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago

That's how he figured out the race thing. Jeans look equally good on all people no matter color or origin!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

As the guy who filmed asked: why are they hiding their faces? Seems so shady.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

True, but it is oh so satisfying when bad things happen to shitty people. Especially people finding out the true depth of their shitty. Even more satisfying when they complain about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think you'll need a passport to go there though 😬 if anything they'll burn the one you have...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

You Americans have such wacky ideas about what "far left" means...

Bernie Sanders isn't close to being far left, he is center-left, classic social democratic. He is a sound centrist by European standard.

Here is what far left really means: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-left_politics

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Don't forget the Gaza Rivera.

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