Trump 2.0 official thread
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Scrapping the nonbinding MoU is purely symbolic, especially when done under blatant coercion. Beijing is doubtless more than happy about the hit to US soft power in exchange.
If the US is willing to , then they will make real progress (just the same as before today).
If not, well, there's always Chinese money (which often, but not always, comes under the BRI label).
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Maybe they got something/leverage on Panama President?
They all have to be. The way that the Deep State operates is they have serious stuff on all of those leaders and will blackmail them to death if they don't obey. Usually in the form of incriminating pedo/rape videos.
If you watch any of the Satanic ritual abuse survivor interviewers, they spell it out how it's done. Truly evil stuff.
If by leverage, you're talking about the ability to ruin or kill him at a moment's notice, sure.
During the Cold War, the US They have a sophisticated system of intelligence, influence, and control in the region, such that any opposition to the US is better thought of as "controlled" or "managed" opposition, than actual opposition.
Besides which, China can hardly defend any South American leader from the US. It doesn't have the intelligence chain and it doesn't have the blue water navy necessary to be a viable protector. This is why, push comes to shove, South American leaders will always bend the knee. It's just a matter of how much tolerance for risk they have - and in this case, we found a leader whose tolerance for risk is rather low.
People are cheering the collapse of the US too early. The imperial core might be in trouble, but the fact is, the US still has a lot of power, influence, and control around the world. Trump is just more willing to make use of that power than Biden was - he's the sort of president to abuse it to the limits.
Of course, whether any of this can save the US empire is a different story, but whatever the result, Trump 2.0 is going all out.
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Arnaud Bertrand writes a pretty good thread about how the gesture is mostly symbolic since BRI is moreso an understanding for infrastructure projects, rather than a concrete economic bloc. Fact remains Panama still exports four times as much to China than America, does not recognize Taiwan, and Trump's no closer to his supposed goal of having the Panama Canal back under American control.
He's also distracting the public with talk of Chinese influence, since the most influence to be found is a Hong Kong company owning two ports in the country.
Someone suggested that Musk could be behind Trump's sudden obsession with making Canada 51st US state. Because if that happens Musk becomes a natural-born-citizen via ius sanguinis and is therefore eligible to become President. Does that theory hold water ?
Also there is this:
Musk-Trump honeymoon period can't end soon enough. I genuinely hope I won't have to witness Musk act like the emperor of the universe for the next 4 years. Hopefully, Trump kicks autistic tech nerd to the curb sooner than later. What I am counting on is that two men like Trump and Musk with gigantic sized egos won't be able to coexist long term and Trump's propensity to fall out with his associates.
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Also there is this:
Musk-Trump honeymoon period can't end soon enough. I genuinely hope I won't have to witness Musk act like the emperor of the universe for the next 4 years. Hopefully, Trump kicks autistic tech nerd to the curb sooner than later. What I am counting on is that two men like Trump and Musk with gigantic sized egos won't be able to coexist long term and Trump's propensity to fall out with his associates.
Don't bet on Elon doing this without Trump's approval. There's a high chance he's acting as Trump's executioner in the grand bargain they've struck. Trump needs a guy like Elon to bull doze through the bureaucracy and the red tape, so that he can reshape it the way he wants.
What we're witnessing is a hostile take over of the US system by Trump and his allies, both inside and outside the "deep state." Without question, Trump has backing from factions within the US power structure that are largely invisible to the public eye, factions that have decided "enough is enough" and are moving to destroy opposing factions and take the country into their own hands.
The birth of a new America is here.
What we're witnessing is a hostile take over of the US system by Trump and his allies, both inside and outside the "deep state." Without question, Trump has backing from factions within the US power structure that are largely invisible to the public eye, factions that have decided "enough is enough" and are moving to destroy opposing factions and take the country into their own hands.
The birth of a new America is here.