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Ehhh no not at all. NATO isn’t stupid and it doesn’t take rocket science to see they have reaped crazy benefits from the protection of the US. NATO’s General Sec even said without Trump Europe wouldn’t pay anywhere near as much for their defenses as the are now. Greenland was going to have to be part of the Golden Dome over Canada even but it was stupid for the US to pay for it (even though they, the US, were able to do it) so they got mineral deals from Greenland to help cover the cost.
Its a fucking genius move if it was nda up working.
The US was already able to put whatever military assets they wanted in Greenland but without anything in return that would be stupid and burning money. So he’s apparently got a mineral deal which will help pay for it
Based off of what I have heard there is a deal over Minerals and the Golden Dome. The NATO Sec. came out and said NATO should thank Trump for helping boost defensive spending by Europe which is 110% true.
The starting donated amount was decreased it not a lack of traffic rather its the starting point isnt 50k sats anymore! Its much more sustainable I have to say!
It makes sense that they wouldn't want people to be able to box them into a corner so to speak politically. That being said some of them like less than 10% of NHL players being registered Democrats does surprise me given the locations and the outreach the league does with only a few Russian players pushing back on it.
Yeah I think this is a solid win all around. Gives both players the ability to reset and give their careers another shot in the arm!
Taiwan just bought $11 billion in military hardware just weeks ago.... Unless the CCP collapses Taiwan isnt going to ever want to join them. They clearly like being able to vote and chose their own government. Heck they have voted for both pro and anti China leaders and that isnt something they would be able to do in China.
No country that is prosperous and in good shape willingly caves and joins and authoritarian regime. That's not how it works at all.
Thats why Europe wont rush to join China either because even with Trump taking hard stances there are checks within the US government and thats not the case in China. Plus add in how everyone is taking a more Nationalistic stance.... thats not compatible to running to China. China would have to make significant changes to its monetary system including ending the whole onshore/offshore Yuan to take over the US's spot. Its much more likely we would end up with baskets of currencies used over one.
Not sure China or Russia is a country that has a "certain degree of moral fibre." I mean if they are then the US is Saintly. The US isnt dropping dumb bombs? The US also continues to cut emissions at a rapid rate while spurring new industries like in the next-generation geothermal space and the nuclear space.
Dang…. I was kinda hoping he would end up in Houston so I would know for sure if Stroud was good or not
SCOTUS was never supposed to deliver their decision today? They never announced today as an "Opinion Day." Today was scheduled and still is Trump v Cook. Opinion Days tend to be on Fridays as the announce them and then dip out of the city when people protest.
You understand that Canada has either the largest or second largest Taiwanese populations out of China and so socially it isnt going to work. China already was caught using its embassy's for the "police stations" and most importantly the car manufacturing sector, one of the most critical for Canada, has gotten screwed over in China again and again. Carney can say what he wants but the underlying social and economic facts show it isnt going to happen. Sure he can try but it will cost him and his party the government.
You understand why the Chinese Yuan use skyrocketed right? It's due to the Russian trade being done almost exclusively in it. When you factor in the rest of the world the number falls significantly
In 2025, the yuan accounted for 26.5% of China’s cross-border trade in goods, according to the People’s Bank of China, with 30% of all trade now settled in yuan—a milestone driven by geopolitical shifts and Western sanctions.
With the bombs.... Uh.... you slap a $50 kit on there and yeah no everyone wants the guild bombs aka the dumb bombs. They have been shown to pay a significant role in modern military fights with Russia's invasion of Ukraine showing how critical they are since they cant be jammed and can be dropped from friendly skys.
You continue to ignore the technology that no one can touch. Where is China with fusion? Where is China with AI that is not Han Chinese based? See that’s the issue China doesn’t have its own ideas. They still just copy and paste.
That is one of the stupidest things I’ve heard you say. Europe has shown it is willing to make itself suffer for its goals. Plus you mean to tell me the sharp rise in Nationalism somehow equals China?! No it equals going back to the US
Also the you can drop the whole petrodollar idea. The military and just so your happy the dumb bombs and other stock piles we have that don’t use rare earths can cover a war for months before more drastic means are taken.
This of course doesn’t include the cyber capabilities of the US which have been… missing…. That’s not good for China, Russia, or Iran.
I wanna know the like 3 or 4 Republican WNBA players lol