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It's naive to think that huge geopolitical shifts could happen in otherwise stable democracies in a couple years, short of some cataclysmic event. So far no suc
by pllbnk 6mo ago
It's naive to think that huge geopolitical shifts could happen in otherwise stable democracies in a couple years, short of some cataclysmic event. So far no such event happened and everybody understands that the USA hasn't fallen, that Trump is a more or less temporary disaster. But thinking in terms of decades makes things much more unpredictable but the general direction rather clear. Before Trump, voters from many European countries, while understanding the shortcomings of EU, were welcoming pro-American policies with open arms. Starting recently (take Hungary for example) and likely for many years in the future any kind of dependency from the USA will be viewed suspiciously. European (and Canadian, though their geography is arguably a little less forgiving) voters also know that looking East is also not an option, neither South, so they will likely keep turning inwards, with the USA having less and less influence.