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I didn't know the three had a free trade agreement, that is quite significant. I wonder how Taiwan feels about that :/

Deeping economic ties seems very vague, but free trade is good for maintaining peace in the region. Too bad US now want to make things worse with the tariffs...

I really do wonder where all this will end. US will likely face an economic recession like we haven't seen since 2007-2008, maybe even since 1933. Their recession will drag the rest of the world with them. Inflation will probably get back to high levels by summer and styme any economic recovery.

They will also become more isolated diplomatically, since it is impossible to deal with Trump, unless you give more than you get. Everyone will do what they can to be come more independent of US, including military tech, cloud services etc, which will hurt their economy even more.

You won't find what Trump is thinking by analyzing the works of Alexandr Dugin, nor the intentions of Europe/EU. Please don't read that extremist propaganda, it will not do you any good. He is probably clinically insane.

While Putin does like some of what he is writing, I am absolutely certain he is cherrypicking what he likes from it and ignores the rest. But Putin is probably also clinically insane, so that doesn't really help...

Also, Putin and by tradition Russia considers EVERYONE an existential threat, unless they completely submit to Russia and Putin. The Russians have a saying: "Russia only has two allies, the army and the navy." That probably tells you everything you need to know.

What is more interesting to me is what China thinks of Russia and EU. If you can find a credible work on that, I'd be interested.

Trumps adoration and wish to mimic anti-democratic dictators has long preceded the closing ties of China and Russia.

Geopolitical analysts are trying to rationalize the actions of a megalomanic narcissist who has no interests beyond making himself look good. It is a case of "If Your Only Tool Is a Hammer Then Every Problem Looks Like a Nail".

This is a case for a psycoanalyst, not geopolitical analysts. Trump is not trying to do some grand strategic reverse-Nixon, he just has a bro-crush on Putin and wants to be like him and be his friend.

EU and China are just acting as two rational geopolitical actors: "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". It should be noted that EU doesn't have any territorial beefs with China, it is all economics and trade issues. Which both are interested in solving or hitting pause on while they deal with Trump who contests territorial claims of both EU and China.

If anything, Trump is doing an inverted-Nixon, pushing US allies closer to China, and pulling Russia closer to US. Not in the interests of USA, but in all in an attempt to make himself look good and to live up to his dream of being a land-conquering dictator like Putin.

That my analysis anyway.

Well the difference is that EU tries to impose fair rules that will benefit (or hurt, as is too often the case) everyone equally, while Trump wants to impose unfair rules that only benefit US corporations and himself.

That's how he figured out the race thing. Jeans look equally good on all people no matter color or origin!

As the guy who filmed asked: why are they hiding their faces? Seems so shady.

True, but it is oh so satisfying when bad things happen to shitty people. Especially people finding out the true depth of their shitty. Even more satisfying when they complain about it.

Who are these centrists you all are talking about? I have realized that what you Americans consider far left is actually center-leftists/social democrats. By that skewed lens I can only assume that centrists to you are pretty extreme right.

You Americans need to calibrate your political compasses to global standards, because out here wanting universal health care is not far left, it is centrist, maybe center-left on a rainy say.

That was my point, if you go in either extreme, far left or far right, you end up with a lot of homelessness and starvation... And yes, in my European opinion USA is extreme right even on a sunny day. Thus the rampant misery.

I don't think you'll need a passport to go there though 😬 if anything they'll burn the one you have...

You Americans have such wacky ideas about what "far left" means...

Bernie Sanders isn't close to being far left, he is center-left, classic social democratic. He is a sound centrist by European standard.

Here is what far left really means: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-left_politics

Don't forget the Gaza Rivera.