Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Is Trump Pushing the EU Towards China?" video.

  1. It's hard to say, but I don't think Trump is doing the US any favours, and I don't think it's just the EU that will want to distant it's self from the US but many US allies will likely want to do the same thing. Trump 2.0 is a clear indication that Trump isn't just a one-off, so in other words, even once Trump is out of power in 4 years, there's clearly something wrong with US politics and allies need to take that into account by distancing themselves from the US and looking at alternatives. In the case of China, they are not really trusted, but there's no reason why the EU and other countries can't play China and the US off each other, after all, it's clear that China wants to pull the EU away from the US as that would weaken the US, Trump is perfect for that, but it also weakens all the west. The simple truth is, we need an alternative to the US as US capitalism is going to the extream and US politics is becoming dangerous that it wouldn't surprise me if the US becomes a dictatorship over the next 30 years or sooner, after all, the warning signs are all around. The only credible alternative is the EU, they are big enough as a power to contend with both the US and China, but the EU countries need to get their act together and fast when it comes to speaking with one voice in many policy areas, if they don't get there act together, they will get marginalised and squeezed by the US and China and I don't think most of the world will want to live under a system that the US and China offers and we already know that because all modern countries beside the US have adopted a European social model, that could be under threat in Europe and by all other countries that have that kind of model as the US and China push their own model onto others. To put it bluntly, the EU is the only power left that other countries around the world that wants some kind of normal democracy that they can turn too, and it's probably why so many countries over the last few years are trying to increase trade with the EU, probably because they are the only other big alternative and many want to distance themselves from the US when trade is being used as a political weapon, after all, not many countries will want to do too much trade with a country that uses trade as a political weapon like the US is starting to do, and in any case, the US is playing a dangerous game that could really hurt the US if they are not careful and I think the ones that could benefit the most thanks to Trump is the EU and China if they play there cards right.
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