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

  1. Pretty much and it's ironic that throughout history, a lot of empires that fall or go into decline are self-inflicted, the US is going through the process of that and like most self inflected things, most won't be aware it's happening until it's too late. Before Trump, there was already a shift in the balance of power in the world, mainly from west to east, what Trump is doing is speeding up that process and the ones to benefit the most are the EU and China, the EU because countries around the world are seeking an alternative big power that's stable and reliable, then we have China that have been wanting to pull the EU further away from the US for some time now, knowing that pulling the EU away from the US creates a divide in the west, which especially weakens the US and isolates them. Trump has a reputation of doing policies and actions that keep backfiring on the US, but unlike his first term that was quite tame, the damage he's doing to the US in his second term is far higher and long-lasting that even if Trump were to be kicked out of power today, it's probably going to take decades for the US to repair its ties with the rest of the world, and that's assuming future governments even try, but as it is, the longer Trump stays in power, the worse off it is for the US, we are witnessing real decline in motion with the US and it's going to be a slow burn that most Americans will probably not notice until it's too late. In any case, where the US stands to lose out, others stand to gain with the EU and China likely to gain the most from the mess Trump is creating, which is ironic as Trump wanted to hurt those powers the most, his actions are likely to help them over the long run, so in some sense, it might be in the interest of the EU and China that Trump stays in power for longer so the EU and China can capitalise on it, short term pain for long term gain, and whiles all that is going on, countries will continue to shift trade away from the US which will weaken the US and isolate them more, also by being less exposed to the US, the threats from the US become much weaker.
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