• Sludgehammer@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    IMO there’s a good chance that Trump’s second term will mark the end of the United States as a super power.

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      25 days ago

      A has-been empire with a massive military and an aggressive desire to get back to the days when everyone respected them.

      They’ll probably decide, fear is as good as respect…

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      25 days ago

      If only there were signs that a spoiled, deranged imbecile, pedofile who bankrupted so many companies that he ended up as a game show host wouldn’t be a great leader

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      25 days ago

      The dismantling of NATO, all of the “soft power” has gone down the drain, the US being subservient to Russia. It has basically already happened. We are just waiting for everyone to acknowledge it, because every leader in the Western world are desperately clinging to a world view which no longer exists.