Great powers often decline through self-inflicted blows. By starting a trade war he was unable to follow through on, Donald Trump may have just dealt a severe one to the United States.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/37237712

Great powers often decline through self-inflicted blows. By starting a trade war he was unable to follow through on, Donald Trump may have just dealt a severe one to the United States.

    • NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      I don’t think the world applauds that at all. The US used to be the good guys. Very flawed but still “good” as things go. Now they’re just dangerous and thrashing wildly…

        • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 hours ago

          I dunno, the US kind of set and perpetuated a trend of democratic reform (not to discount the many great European philosophers and of course the French Revolution as well).

          And no, they haven’t kept up with the rest of the world’s democracies, but I think they really were a driving force for democracy at one point.