European leaders push back against Washington’s proposal for a broader security framework, warning that Moscow cannot dictate the continent’s future as US-led peace negotiations over Ukraine prepare to resume in Abu Dhabi.
European leaders push back against Washington’s proposal for a broader security framework, warning that Moscow cannot dictate the continent’s future as US-led peace negotiations over Ukraine prepare to resume in Abu Dhabi.
China, at least, has to be thrilled. Trump ceded so many economic sectors to China. EVs, solar power, nuclear power, among others
Not only that, but his war on Iran pushed the world towards those technologies much faster than it otherwise would have
Trump only really gave Putin a bit more time to draw out his war on Ukraine
Yup, I’m sure China is over the moon. A lot of his decisions have basically just boiled down to “hand {soft power} directly to China.” Because the slimy sack doesn’t understand the concept of long-term planning and soft power. Hell, he doesn’t even understand quarterly business planning, because he bankrupts every business he gets his tiny mitts on.
Still not convinced that’s not what he’s doing on purpose. Thats what mob bosses would do around new York in the 70’s and 80s. I think it was called a bust out. Just he’s doing it with iran and russia.
Like he’s just got the Iranians to go along with it, or some group or iranians, and in the end they and kushner in sauid arabia get the gulf, with all of the US bases destroyed like the sand nations want. And with the entire conversation getting turned in the media into being about israel all the fucking time, they managed to get domestic support to stop wanting to funding them, so Israel would be out if the picture. And then now they’re just liquidating everything to the rich guys, with the bullshit stock manipulation and scams.
I think he understands long-term planning, he just doesn’t care about it. He only cares about money, power, and in a distant 3rd, his own legacy
As long as a problem won’t happen before he’s out of office, he doesn’t care
Half of those are due to cultural differences.
EVs, Americans wants big shiny difficult to build thing. Chinese wants small, simple, effective car.
Hence American EVs started with big stationwagons, while Chinese EVs began with small hatchbacks. Then they built the larger models after, ontop of the knowledge from the smaller builts.
Solar power, American power grids always favoured reliable production output and never had a boner on for renewables due to the peak and no production cycles. And arguably, the reason everyone is talking about renewables again is due to improvement within battery tech, which positions China nicely due to their willingness to exploit rare earth materials
Been sayin’ since the 90s that the 21st is China’s century. Didn’t expect an American President to put his foot on the fucking gas to get there.