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Re: [US Politics] US politics general

Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2025 6:45 am
by @Cicada3301AU
Expelling Canada from the Five Eyes alliance would harm US interests.
It's highly unlikely that any such proposal would gain enough support within the Trump Administration to be realized.

https://www.ft.com/content/2dfa3c11-64a ... 9b8d1cfb8e

Re: [US Politics] US politics general

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2025 5:51 am
by @Cicada3301AU
With the US now pausing military aid to Ukraine, by order of President Trump, I hope that President Zelensky understands the seriousness of the matter.
No more delaying and no more excuses.
An immediate ceasefire and peace plan must happen now.
If Zelensky continues to delay all efforts to bring the war to an end, then serious questions need to start being asked about his commitment to regional peace.
Whatever it takes, Zelensky must act, now.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-s ... e-980a71d1

Re: [US Politics] US politics general

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2025 6:08 am
by @Cicada3301AU
I completely agree.
The same arguments for a COVID reckoning in America also apply to Australia.
Everybody has quickly forgotten about this chaotic time, which might make everyone feel good in the short term, but it also proves that we've learned nothing from the pandemic and that no one will ever be held accountable for the terrible, ineffective, scientifically flawed, disproven, and outright unacceptable decisions that were made.
No one has been held accountable whatsoever, and they need to be.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-sti ... n-ee6a660d

Re: [US Politics] US politics general

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2025 1:49 am
by @Cicada3301AU
President Trump’s commitment to improving diplomatic ties with President Putin and Russia is a strategy based on ancient political philosophy.
As I’ve emphasized, it’s not about building the strength of the US, nor is it really about improving ties with Russia; it’s about forming a coalition that could diplomatically isolate China.

https://theconversation.com/safe-for-au ... ump-251246

Re: [US Politics] US politics general

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 6:00 am
by @Cicada3301AU
There's a lot to digest from this; however, one aspect that seems to be ignored is that of inherent American arrogance.
It's an aspect that Americans are blind to—and you can probably forgive them for that—as they don't understand why the world is becoming so angry at them.
For decades after WWII, the US has positioned itself as the world's police.
Now, President Trump is reversing that position in favor of isolating America, without recognizing the global upheaval it is responsible for.
They don't see it because of the aforementioned inherent arrogance.
What it will do, though, is create a global power vacuum, which will inevitably be seized upon by China.
The US must be careful.
If President Trump has decided that the US should no longer be the world's police, then they must be prepared for an increasingly assertive China to fill the void.
That won't be good for the US.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/opin ... urope.html

Re: [US Politics] US politics general

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:42 am
by @Cicada3301AU
An isolated America with a tanking economy, weakened economic prospects, which betrays its allies by treating them as adversaries and obliterating decades worth of diplomatic trust with global partners, this all sounds eerily familiar to the side-effects I've outlined of the isolationist approach America is taking under President Trump.
I understand what Trump is trying to do with unwinding the global order as we knew it, however I think it needs to be done with more precision and the side effects taken into consideration.
Because the nation that could see the worst of the pain from this unwinding will be the US.
It's lost international respect as a leader.
The most recent example can be seen with the Myanmar earthquake response.
Usually, the US would be the first party to offer assistance and aid.
But it wasn't.
It was China and Russia, among others.
The US has barely lifted a finger since the event.
The point I make is that where the US leaves an open vacuum of power, it will be quickly filled by China and Russia.
Strangely, that isn't what President Trump wants.
But he has underestimated how much desire China and Russia have to be world leaders in place of the US.
That's why now is the right time for nations like Australia to endorse and support China as a global power in place of the US.
The US can no longer be trusted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/worl ... trust.html