• Jaysyn@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Why would they be?

    Trump has effectively handed all of the USA’s soft power over to the EU, China & Russia, depending on the part of the planet we are discussing.

    All of it.

    • Ledericas@lemm.ee
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      14 hours ago

      mostly to china, as they have the most leverage right now. russia is heavily codependant on USA surprisingly.

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      20 hours ago

      Not really “handed” over" as much as made it disappear. It’s up to other countries to fill the vacuum.

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      20 hours ago

      In Trump’s words, “he doesn’t have the cards” “he has bad cards”. Which also makes it fairly clear he’s never played poker or has and is baffled by the rules.