But we are talking about sovereign states here that have been around for centuries- they are neither amused nor cowed.
But we are talking about sovereign states here that have been around for centuries- they are neither amused nor cowed.
Simply put, they did it twice, who’s to say Trump 2.0 won’t be worse.
This whole “Democrats will take the house and it’s back to normal” attitude they have when it applies to foreign politics is naïve, oh we’ll continue to trade and we may still buy some military stuff and so on but that’s simply because the US is so large and integrated that decoupling isn’t quick or entirely necessary/possible immediately.
The paths pretty clear at this point, it’s just early enough that it hasn’t become widely obvious that the existing world order since post WWII is gone.
You're already seeing this as some MAGA people split and even go so far as admitting they were duped, MTG in particular.