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> There’s tacit admission of defeat in this, it’s basically saying America doesn’t have the political power necessary to offset globalization and its forces. T
by retrac 11mo ago
> There’s tacit admission of defeat in this, it’s basically saying America doesn’t have the political power necessary to offset globalization and its forces.
That is a core theme of the admin. They seem to be radically pessimistic about US capabilities. Otherwise-inexplicable conduct like the sabre-rattling about control of Greenland only makes sense, if you imagine the United States becoming an isolated regional power cut off from the world ocean.
- nis0s 11mo agoThey’re operating under old world rules where you could say a bunch of stuff and hope no one would any better. It works sometimes, but it won’t work all the time. The key is knowing who it will and won’t work against.