• Jaysyn@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Why would they be?

    Trump has effectively handed all of the USA’s soft power over to the EU, China & Russia, depending on the part of the planet we are discussing.

    All of it.

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      19 hours ago

      Not really “handed” over" as much as made it disappear. It’s up to other countries to fill the vacuum.

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      13 hours ago

      mostly to china, as they have the most leverage right now. russia is heavily codependant on USA surprisingly.

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      19 hours ago

      In Trump’s words, “he doesn’t have the cards” “he has bad cards”. Which also makes it fairly clear he’s never played poker or has and is baffled by the rules.

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          I wish I could find the youtube interview with someone who worked with him during his casino mismanagement days. The guy said that he never saw anyone know so little about what he was supposed to be running. He knew absolutely nothing about any of the games at all. Not poker, craps, roulette, or blackjack.

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            15 hours ago

            That reminds me of an article from back in the late 90’s or early 00’s about how much of the money he did make came from other people using him basically. They would talk him into projects and make him think it was his idea. He was such an easy mark and now we are starting to see it. Simply making fun of him will cause him to double down, major ass kissing will make him like you.