By embracing Russia and castigating Ukraine, President Donald Trump has rattled U.S. allies around the world, causing them to question if Washington is still a trusted partner.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/56756497

  • By embracing Russia and castigating Ukraine, President Donald Trump has rattled U.S. allies around the world, causing them to question if Washington is still a trusted partner.

  • Governments in Europe and democracies around the world are treating Trump’s actions and statements not as provocative posturing, but as an earthquake.

  • With American reliability in doubt, some European nations and other countries may seek alternative partners and markets, possibly in China, Bindenagel said.

    • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      2 days ago

      The US wants to flirt with Russia so they can fracture their relations with China, and ultimately weaken China.

      Russia is ideologically aligned with the West, but the West consistently disrespected and antagonized Russia, which led to the coalition of the BRICS countries which are not united by ideology but by the collective grievances against the West. The trump faction is trying to appease Russia to move them to the US side and thus fracturing this coalition.

      This is all about China, this is no secret they constantly mention it publicly.