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US has this clout because it controls a large part of the organizations for international cooperation. With Trump, it is clear that he only wants to exercise s
by tanilama 8y ago
US has this clout because it controls a large part of the organizations for international cooperation.
With Trump, it is clear that he only wants to exercise such power without considering the consequences of it.
With the trust towards US fading, in and out of West, a complimentary mechanism will be created. US will control/influence where its hard power can still reach, but not beyond.
- IBM 8y agoTrump is an aberration and will likely be out of office in 2020, worst case 2024. No one is going to blow up old alliances because of Trump. Every foreign capital is just trying to ride out the storm.
- tremon 8y agoAberration or not (I think it's not), the rest of the world isn't going to twiddle their thumbs until 2020, worst case 2024.
- dagw 8y agoEvery foreign capital is just trying to ride out the storm. True, but they're also starting to think seriously about building storm shelters for the next time a storm blows through.
- ionised 8y agoTrump may be an aberration but the people that voted for him are not.