> - Do we want China or Russia or America to most shape the global order? Those are the choices
As things stand now it won't be Russia, they've gotten themselves into a mess in Ukraine that's significantly draining their economic and military resources.
Between China and the US, China is not the one currently burning bridges around the globe. US hegemony relied on mostly positive relations and power projection (both soft and hard). Scrapping our soft power and trading it for a bigger stick that's also being threatened with dismantling is unlikely to help the US retain its hegemony. Not to mention the military is an expensive stick and the cuts to revenue will result in even bigger deficits if it's maintained at its current level.
> Trump has an incredible track record of deal making, his entire career is built off rubbing shoulders and negotiating and making deals.
Certainly he makes a lot more deals than me. He also ends up with bankrupt companies and defaulting on payments a lot more often than me.
I've lived through a County bankruptcy [1], and I would rather not deal with a federal bankruptcy because someone wanted to make a deal, without worrying about the long term consequences.
Doing big impactful things is hard, of course he’s failed here and there. On balance, it’s made him a billionaire.
His successes minus his failures still far and away surpass your abilities in this area (deal making). Any argument that rests on “Donald Trump is not doing a good job at negotiating here” is suspect by default
Jtsummers|1 year ago
As things stand now it won't be Russia, they've gotten themselves into a mess in Ukraine that's significantly draining their economic and military resources.
Between China and the US, China is not the one currently burning bridges around the globe. US hegemony relied on mostly positive relations and power projection (both soft and hard). Scrapping our soft power and trading it for a bigger stick that's also being threatened with dismantling is unlikely to help the US retain its hegemony. Not to mention the military is an expensive stick and the cuts to revenue will result in even bigger deficits if it's maintained at its current level.
thomassmith65|1 year ago
narratives1|1 year ago
toast0|1 year ago
Certainly he makes a lot more deals than me. He also ends up with bankrupt companies and defaulting on payments a lot more often than me.
I've lived through a County bankruptcy [1], and I would rather not deal with a federal bankruptcy because someone wanted to make a deal, without worrying about the long term consequences.
[1] https://www.ocregister.com/2019/12/06/heres-how-orange-count...
narratives1|1 year ago
His successes minus his failures still far and away surpass your abilities in this area (deal making). Any argument that rests on “Donald Trump is not doing a good job at negotiating here” is suspect by default