They run the world because the rest of us wanted them to, because Europe had proven twice that it couldn't be trusted to. It was the free nations of the world de risking their futures because the US was stable.
vance does not want peaceNot sure if true, but I read the first 30 mins was a calm discussion but things went off the rails when Vance got more involved
They run the world because the rest of us wanted them to, because Europe had proven twice that it couldn't be trusted to. It was the free nations of the world de risking their futures because the US was stable.
Canada has to be strategic here.China is about China and China is about Chinese business. For them this would be simple math. USA market = 29 Trillion, EU Market = 20 Trillion, Russia Market = 2 Trillion. They want to be "friends" in that order.
Trade between Russia and China has gone pretty fucking terribly. Russia sold them a bunch of weapons systems and China cancelled the programs because they found out that their domestic systems were already better. China "supports" Russia for the reason we're seeing right now, they just fucked the guts out of the US with Donnie.
Let china launch the weather balloons from hereCanada has to be strategic here.
We had pretty good relations with China up until about 2016. Yeah, our ambassador would sometimes post a pensive picture outside Tiananmen Square on June 4, but things were on the upswing bilaterally.
Then we started being in super alignment with the US on everything China-related as the US got more fearful, and things have gone steeply downhill.
US interests aren’t ours anymore. In some cases they might be the opposed. Everything has to be back on the table.