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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/37237712

Great powers often decline through self-inflicted blows. By starting a trade war he was unable to follow through on, Donald Trump may have just dealt a severe one to the United States.

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

And this is why I support the tariffs

The world needs to be free of the US and their oppression.

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 4 points 20 hours ago

"Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself?..."

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 82 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It has been obvious for many years that the Trump movement aims at the downfall of America, through the promotion and exaggeration of America's flaws and the increasingly violent suppression of its virtues.

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s why Putin bought him.

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

And all the MAGAts are behind him. And they’re not even getting paid lol

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The world applaudes the downfall of america

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don't think the world applauds that at all. The US used to be the good guys. Very flawed but still "good" as things go. Now they're just dangerous and thrashing wildly...

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml -2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The US has never been the good guys.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

I dunno, the US kind of set and perpetuated a trend of democratic reform (not to discount the many great European philosophers and of course the French Revolution as well).

And no, they haven’t kept up with the rest of the world’s democracies, but I think they really were a driving force for democracy at one point.

[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago

*Putin's tariffs.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except, being controlled by Putin makes trump an adversary.

[–] Ilixtze@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is erasure of the unique grassroots brand of American stupidity.

Hey man, it’s called “American exceptionalism”