Can’t believe how much soft power the US is throwing away.
Yeah but it’s all worth it to not have to have access to abundant cheap labour, wait hang on.
Or a department of education… hold up.
Soft power that has taken nearly a century to build up.
That’s the amazing thing about this moment in time. It is incalculable the amount of human effort that went into building this soft power reserve that is just being pissed away.
I can’t imagine what it would feel like to be someone that worked on serious trade deals or had some kind of diplomatic role. The number of Americans that volunteered in the peace corps to better the world and in doing so also buy goodwill with their time and work.
And for nothing. Literally nothing.
their deal with america was the template for Ukraine’s deal with russia. if i’m Japanese i ABSOLUTELY want to be rethinking my reliance on that deal for my safety and security as russia has blatantly violated their deal for 11 years now and america now moves to help them do it
The title of this post reminds me of that terrible joke about an old person going to the doctor. They complain about having gas, but say that it’s manageable because the farts are silent and neutral smelling. Doc prescribes some pills. A few days later the patient comes back complaining that the pills have made the problem worse, because now the farts are super smelly. Doc responds “Great, the pills have helped your sense of smell, the next set will try to help your hearing”.
Even before the current shitshow, it was common for Americans to put Canadian flags on their luggage to try and avoid negativity while travelling in other countries. Like they literally dropped nuclear bombs on Japan, and are acting all shocked pikachu that Japan don’t like em all that much?
America’s recent approach to trade is significantly tarnishing their reputation in the business sense, in that you can’t even trust America to stand by American principles anymore. But I mean, other aspects of their self-image were just imaginary to begin with.
It has fundamentally broken trust internationally for at least a generation with absolutely no direct gain for American industry or prosperity.
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Who knew the leader of a conspiracy theory cult, longtime conman, thin skinned little bitch, and failed casino owner would make for a terrible leader though. Who could have ever predicted this.
its beyond time for japan and korea to find commanality and join with other asian nations to make an asian union like the EU.
ts beyond time for japan and korea to find commanality and join
Good luck with that. Especially the older generations that still hate each other. Add to that whenever the japanese right or Korean left want to stir shit up with their nationalist bases, the opposite country is the go-to. Previous agreements etc. be damned.
I mean. italy, france, england, and germany. They were not always so chummy and now the uk is not even part of the biggest and earliest members.
The older generation will die out eventually. Japan can speed up the process by apologizing for everything already
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You’re getting downvoted but you’re right. The biggest political movement among Japanese young people right now is fascist.
It’s not obvious to me that even if the two countries would be willing to do so that there would be enough strength to have any relevance related to China, so I’m not sure how viable it would be
The idea is japan, korea, taiwan, singapore, phillipinese, thailand, and maybe all the way down to australia is the eu and china is essentially their russia. It would have to be all democracies so likely not viet nam would have to massively change to be a part.
What did the dumb cunt do this time?
Send them a rude letter in a disrespectful manner that throws away all trade talks.
Starting? Threntire world rightfully hates the usa.
Starting…
I mean I think I agree that trade balance is a problem.
