Anonymous wrote:The title of this thread should be changed.

I remember a couple of weeks ago a thread that was deleted because the title made fun of, I believe, Elizabeth Warren’s name.

LOL Don't even go there.

Anonymous wrote:TRUMP will be the LEADER that Obama is not and can never be.

Obama spent 8 years ABDICATING leadership, and retreating and surrendering abroad.

Trump U for all!!!

Anonymous wrote:...because it sure as hell won't be the US.

Germany? NATO as a whole? Can't be GB, they're on the brink of economic disaster and political fracture. Canada? No military big enough... So who? I bet Putin's salivating...

ok, so what are you saying - if trump wins (which i think is unlikely), the USA will be the sole superpower FOREVER? like until the sun explodes?

other countries are cathing up. sooner or later we won't be able to boss everyone around. in fact, even now we can't boss everyone. in the future our abilities will be even more limited.

Technically I think it should be Trumpenstein's Monster.

The title of this thread should be changed.

I remember a couple of weeks ago a thread that was deleted because the title made fun of, I believe, Elizabeth Warren’s name.

Wow op good question. I think it will be worth voting for Trump to find out.

TRUMP will be the LEADER that Obama is not and can never be.

Obama spent 8 years ABDICATING leadership, and retreating and surrendering abroad.

Maybe the free world doesn't need a leader, because it's... free

Right, OK.

Germany will be the leader of the free world.

I think you dramatically understate this country's importance, as well as the importance of the office. We could elect my 4 year old daughter's teddy bear and would still be the most important country in the world.

Anonymous wrote:PP, this is outdated talk. We are running out money fast, and China's growth is artificially propped by the Chinese Communists, so we know it will come down with a loud bang. Who will pay for the party then?

Funny thing, where do you think Europe will "seek leadership"? Genuinely curious who are the contenders

I don't know. Maybe we'll return to the individual nation states pre WW1...

PP, this is outdated talk. We are running out money fast, and China's growth is artificially propped by the Chinese Communists, so we know it will come down with a loud bang. Who will pay for the party then?

Funny thing, where do you think Europe will "seek leadership"? Genuinely curious who are the contenders

Europe will observe this relationship as traitorous, feel insecure and pull away from the US, seeking leadership elsewhere.

Where will they seek leadership?

Anonymous wrote:This paranoia is tiring.

I don't think it's paranoia.

The diplomatic, economic, and military presence of the US is an undeniably powerful force in maintaining a certain "world order." I can't imagine trump as being anything other than a Putin wannabe, but not as good at it as Putin is. Putin is hungry for power, influence, and reach in Europe, asia, and the middle east--where there are plenty of natural resources. He's willing to use brutal force and devious tactics, and I think he's hoping he can stroke Trump's endless ego and need for approval "from the popular kids" to trick him into a buddy buddy relationship. Because Trump has no guiding principles or vision for geopolitics, he's an easy rube.

Europe will observe this relationship as traitorous, feel insecure and pull away from the US, seeking leadership elsewhere.

This paranoia is tiring.

...because it sure as hell won't be the US.

Germany? NATO as a whole? Can't be GB, they're on the brink of economic disaster and political fracture. Canada? No military big enough... So who? I bet Putin's salivating...