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Trump tariffed Columbia in response to not letting a plane of deported illegals in.
(www.nbcnews.com)
this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2025
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The general issue with actions like this is that you expend political capital. You can build political capital in a lot of ways, but many of Trumps actions burn through it rather than build.
Why this matters is that the USA benefits from being a/the world leader, but that can only continue while other countries want that. Once the US shows itself to be unreliable or obstructive countries will look to places like China instead. So short term gains, long term costs - just like how many companies in America act.
Political capital? Dude never had any. And deporting illegal immigrants was one of his campaign promises.
And world leader? More like the world's ATM. We send so much money to developed nations it's ridiculous. That's why other countries are upset, the gravy train stopped.
imagine looking at US hegemony and control over the world's economies and thinking you're doing everyone a favor. I guarantee you most nations would be happier if the US stayed the fuck out.
Typical ignorant conservative seeing the world at face value. I'm glad to see some sense from your peers in this thread.
Well if you guys are unhappy with it, and the US tax payer is unhappy with it, then why continue?
I'm not advocating for it to continue, it's just too bad we'll have to try to survive the collapse of the American empire.
There were ways to end it that won't result in so much suffering but we're doing it the hard way. The United States will never recover from this, hopefully its people can