Does the U.S. Even Have Real Allies Anymore Under Trump 2.0?

[BLMFem]

12 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

We got Poland, Finland, Israel, Japan, Philippines, South Korea.

That could change quite rapidly.

[Yagoda]

6 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

That could change quite rapidly.

Doubtful

[impulse]

Kudos to Trump for pointing out that there's a difference between allies and freeloaders. 

 

Maybe a few of the freeloaders will start carrying their weight and become true allies.  If not, have we really lost anything that we actually had?

 

[billd766]

2 hours ago, Terrance8812 said:

Yep, and not a single one of any substance or on topic. Just stalking and trolling. I can't comprehend.

Put him on ignore. Starve him of a response.

 

He is already in a world of his own.

[sharot724]

48 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

We got Poland, Finland, Israel, Japan, Philippines, South Korea.

 

That should do.

Do you check the details when you post OMG

[Yagoda]

4 minutes ago, sharot724 said:

Do you check the details when you post OMG

Are you contending that they arent our allies?

[sharot724]

3 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Are you contending that they arent our allies?

Not at all great trading partners. Did you look at the Import Expot details from each then?

[rattlesnake]

Under the new multilateral paradigm, Trump has cooperative counterparts everywhere not shown on the below map.

 

[Yagoda]

9 minutes ago, sharot724 said:

Not at all great trading partners. Did you look at the Import Expot details from each then?

Military allies.

[BLMFem]

2 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

Under the new multilateral paradigm, Trump has willing working partners everywhere not shown on the below map.

 

Florida really looks like a limp d**k, doesn't it. Which, considering the demographics, is totally appropriate, I guess.

[SoCal1990]

7 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

Florida really looks like a limp d**k, doesn't it. Which, considering the demographics, is totally appropriate, I guess.

They have a place down there known as Mary Lardo, or something like that (sorry if I got the spelling wrong). From my understanding, it's filled with many of those, and dozens of dirty adult diapers too. Ewwwwww....

[BLMFem]

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

Doubtful

Don't underestimate the Don. He's made a long and illustrious career out of effing things up.

[SingAPorn]

Sorry to spoil the party, but all my friends living in Europe have one main dream....that one day they may have somebody like Trump and Musk to run the European Union or their respective countries in western Europe. Like it or not...

[Yagoda]

4 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

Don't underestimate the Don. He's made a long and illustrious career out of effing things up.

OK, sure, well until then we have allies. Feel free to continue the hate America fest

[cdemundo]

8 minutes ago, SingAPorn said:

Sorry to spoil the party, but all my friends living in Europe have one main dream....that one day they may have somebody like Trump and Musk to run the European Union or their respective countries in western Europe. Like it or not...

"all my friends living in Europe"

 

ok I can believe that

 

Football fans tend to think everyone follows football.

Weed smokers tend to think everyone smokes weed.

Drinkers tend to think everyone drinks.

You follow?

 

[BLMFem]

2 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

OK, sure, well until then we have allies. Feel free to continue the hate America fest

Hate America? Not at all, and I challenge you to show me anything I've written which indicates that. I've met tons of Americans over the years, both in professional and social settings and gotten along with the vast majority of them just fine.

Now, do I hate Trump, his clown posse and the MAGA cult? Yes, I do.

[Yagoda]

11 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

Hate America? Not at all, and I challenge you to show me anything I've written which indicates that. I've met tons of Americans over the years, both in professional and social settings and gotten along with the vast majority of them just fine.

Now, do I hate Trump, his clown posse and the MAGA cult? Yes, I do.

Hate Trump voters too.?

[3NUMBAS]

He’s using U.K. bases for free ,diago Garcia a lot lately to bomb the houthis with very big ordnance ,and stealthy bombers 

[spidermike007]

Well if they had real allies at the beginning of this sad, forlorn, destructive administration, they are disappearing fast. When astonishing levels of ignorance prevail at the highest levels of government and you have a man who spends every waking moment trying to think of creative ways to insult and belittle friends and allies, it's just not a good formula for maintaining alliances. Picking fights with Mexico, Canada and Europe are just not smart. I get standing up to Russia, I get standing up to China, but instead of standing up to Russia this goon is doing just the opposite and allying himself with an enemy and a genocidal maniac.

 

Can anyone explain to me where the reasoning is in that kind of behavior and hostility? Or are we witnessing such poor policy, that there is very little reason being applied? 

 

 

[BLMFem]

19 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Hate Trump voters too.?

Nope. I actually know a couple of Trump voters. As long as we stay away from politics we get along just fine.

[spidermike007]

29 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

Hate America? Not at all, and I challenge you to show me anything I've written which indicates that. I've met tons of Americans over the years, both in professional and social settings and gotten along with the vast majority of them just fine.

Now, do I hate Trump, his clown posse and the MAGA cult? Yes, I do.

As you can see there is very little tolerance and a lot of very thin skin when it comes to MAGA supporters, and the slightest bit of criticism of their political master results in name calling and ridiculously juvenile tactics like labeling someone an America hater. Since the vast majority of republicans themselves are not willing to criticize the goon, even when he does things that are completely inane, so when anybody else uses common sense and reason to complain about bad policy, verbal grenades are lobbed in their direction. It is so sad and so pathetic. 

 

It's just dumb, it's just silly, and it's very demonstrative of the lack of critical thinking on the part of people who throw these kind of labels around. 

 

 

[UWEB]

4 hours ago, motdaeng said:

trump + usa + israel = the dream team of 2025 ... 

Don't forget his buddy in North Korea.

[bannork]

3 hours ago, vinny41 said:

In this Video Vance acknowledges Denmark past military assistance and sacrifices

What about the many Danes who lost their lives in the war on terror fighting alongside the United States?" Well look we obviously honor the sacrifice of our Danish friends in the war on terror 20
years ago just as for example the French honor the sacrifice of Americans in Normandy 80 years ago But recognizing that there are important security partnerships in the past does not mean that we can't have disagreements with allies in the present about how to preserve our shared security for the future And that's what this is about

 

Vance, a man without charm.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/news/danish-first-minister-responds-after-vance-stakes-us-claim-for-greenland-we-dont-appreciate-your-tone/vi-AA1BTqHc?ocid=socialshare&t=58

[Mavideol]

4 hours ago, Terrance8812 said:

Post #14 already. WOW!

they should change his meds, whatever he's taking it's having bad side effects.... but you still have the ignore option, if the stalking it's hard to handle

[ronnie50]

Some years back, I remember reading a theory that America, already in decline from its best days, would need to let other regional powers rise. In other words, China would be the power influencing Asia-Pacific without any major challenges, the US would hold the power of influence over the Americas, Russia would also be a power allowed to do what it wants, and Europe would need to band together for their own good. It seems to me that Trump is putting that theory into practice. His threats to Canada, Panama and Greenland, seem to support this. And his relationship and attitude toward's Putin's aims seem pretty clear by now. Trump's position on China is not clear yet. He seems to be a bit hesitant there (maybe because of the US debt they could call in). Would Trump really go toe to toe with China if the latter invaded Taiwan? Maybe he'd hold back? Anyway, Trump could be in the early days of executing the regional power theory..

[GroveHillWanderer]

2 hours ago, billd766 said:

Put him on ignore. Starve him of a response.

 

He is already in a world of his own.

There's only one effective way to deal with such a poster - do not reply to them.  The following very sage advice can be found online:

 

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"Resist the urge to respond, as engaging only fuels their behavior and gives them the attention they crave."

 

[candide]

Hmmm...

[Harrisfan]

2 hours ago, billd766 said:

Put him on ignore. Starve him of a response.

 

He is already in a world of his own.

You lefties should put every normal poster on ignore. Then start 1000 more anti Trump topics. 

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37 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

You lefties should put every normal poster on ignore. Then start 1000 more anti Trump topics. 

The problem is that there's such a scarcity of pro-Trump facts.

[Purdey]

Why do people always devolve to exchanging personal insults when they can't Google some facts? 

MTH (must try harder)