Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "" video.

Let's be honest, to a lot around the world, the US isn't that great, it's just the lesser of two evils and China is worse, but honestly, I suspect most would prefer a third option around the world, which realistically, there are only two options, the EU or India and to be fair to the EU, it does a better job at soft power then the US does, but it's much weaker on hard power when needed. We should also remember that in the developed world, the US is the odd one out in so many areas from social programs, health care, workers rights, food standards, sports we play and lots more, something the EU is doing a much better job on then the US in exporting around the world, simply put, it looks a lot more appealing as a social model over what the US offers, but soft power works in many ways, both the EU and US are good at that but clearly, the EU is winning the hearts and minds of countries in what kind of system they want to develop, which like I said, the US is the odd one out in so many areas compared to almost every other developed nation. At the end of the day, soft power is very effective when you're liked around the world, it's much harder to do if you're not liked, the US have been slipping on that one over the last two decades, but are still better than what China offers, that's left an opening for the EU to take that role. As for China, I think it's zero policy on Covid did the countries reputation a lot of damage, after all, it's all well and good saying you're going to shut down your economy, but China took it way too far that many countries are not actively looking for alternatives to set up a lot of their manufacturing or planning on bringing a lot of it back home, basically, China's zero policy on Covid, made them an unrealieable trading partner and that, as well as lack of trust in China, is pushing many to pull their business out of China to safer options.
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