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[quote=Anonymous]This is why Trump's eagerness to break with both Europe and our North American partners is such a death nell. No one really wants China ascendant -- they share too few values with the West. The US will flirt with China but at the end of the day we are better off with fellow democracies that value the same fundamental freedoms we do. China's hostility to the press and personal freedom should make Americans uncomfortable the same way these values in the USSR posed a threat to not just the US but democracy everywhere.

China will gain power no matter what the rest of us do, but Trump could mean the difference between a united democratic West preventing China from establishing a true hegemony, and just letting China do what they want.

I can only hope he will be as weak a president in his second term as in his first and that he does not do permanent damage to our relationship with the EU, Canada, and Mexico. The only way these countries are going to keep China in check is together. And that means united against Russian aggression too because of the unholy alliances China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are willing to assert. Israel is a real problem with regards to this issue no matter who is president but it's easier to deal with if we maintain current alliances -- if the US is fighting with the EU and Canada, Bibi will feel quite free to do as he pleases.[/quote]

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