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> I don't see how it can't work at least short term, when the US is by a long margin the world military and economic power.

The 90s were ~30 years ago. American economic and military capacity ain't what they used to be, and alienating your allies and friends is starting to look like a poor strategy.

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>The 90s were ~30 years ago. American economic and military capacity ain't what they used to be

You're totally wrong about this when you look at the numbers. EU's economy was on par with the US about 20 years ago. Now it's only half the size of the US.

USA spends more in their military than the rest of the world combined. Also the only country which used nuclear weapons of mass destruction. You must fear them.

The US spends more on everything, those numbers need to be cost adjusted for "cost of a rifle for America v cost of a rifle for China", but never are.

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