If Trump sets in motion a series of events that cause the world to switch to a different reserve currency, a lot of Americans are going to realize how good we had it. American hegemony may not be great for the world, but it sure is great for Americans.

There's a meme going around of Xi Jinping just sitting back and letting Trump dismantle the US himself. Except that it's not a joke, it's reality.

I wonder if the liberals had it wrong: that Trump isn’t beholden to Russia, but to China instead. The goal s to destroy America’s credibility by bullying our allies even more than our supposed non-allies. He wanted to tariff Mexico and Canada at 25% but China only 10%. I see the end of his term with China replacing the USA as the premiere super power, they already are rapidly catching up with key investments in green energy, Eavs, AI, automation, drones, etc…they have things the world wants to buy while we have…bluster, bullying, and nothing else really appealing (buy our manufacturing output that costs 2X and is half as good!).

Europeans now know that the military spending (and the factories) need to be on the correct side of the Atlantic, and not vulnerable to the whims of an unreliable ally

I’m only half-joking. It really does come down to “cultural issues” for much of Trump’s base, many of whom don’t have the education or curiosity to understand what they want to destroy.

It's so ridiculous that it took Trump of all people to address this and similar such lunacy that's even more harmful, like locking up males in women's prisons.

Democrats should've dropped this trans nonsense years ago when it started becoming obvious how policy based around "gender identity" adversely affects women and girls.

Instead they pushed and pushed to the point of absurdity, making an absolute mockery of their political platform. It's such idiocy.