Okay, y’all, this is alarming to me. Putin and Xi have agreed to work together because the US is failing as the world’s leader. That right there should tell us how far we have fallen, and we need to stop that shizzle NOW. For a start, Trump should back the h*ll off these trade wars and start rebuilding its relationships with allies because I sure as all hell don’t want a world run by those two! How fast will we be broken apart with a president who is useless? Or how fast will we be turned into something just like one or the other?
Yea, I know I’m crazy to even think of that happening, but a world run by Russia and China is terrifying to me. I know it won’t happen that fast, but it *will happen*. Our one-time allies may survive, but the US will be a shadow of itself if anything is left of us at all. Let me copy over some more points in this article from Reuters:
Leaders cast themselves as defenders of world order
Putin says they stand together against ‘neo-Nazism’
In swipe at US, Xi says they will counter ‘bullying’
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday their two countries should be “friends of steel”, as they pledged to raise cooperation to a new level and “decisively” counter the influence of the United States. In a lengthy joint statement, they said they would deepen relations in all areas, including military ties, and “strengthen coordination in order to decisively counter Washington’s course of ‘dual containment’ of Russia and China”.
That’s about as plain as it can be. There’s no polite language to provide room for misinterpretation. We already know China is moving to take our place with trade alliances. Our sorry excuse for a president isn’t just wrecking our country; he’s wrecking us in the eyes of the world, and this is what’s coming out of it. If we could somehow get rid of him, I don’t think Vance would be any better. We are getting more and more isolated, and that means we’re just another country. Now, because of Trump’s authoritarianism, we *might* have a chance at being treated a little better, but that’s a big, big might.
Xi is the most powerful of more than two dozen foreign leaders who are visiting Moscow this week to mark Thursday’s 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two – a celebration of huge significance for Putin.
Xi’s participation – and the joint statement aligning China with Russia’s view of the conflict – provide Putin with an important boost as Russia comes under pressure from the United States to end the war. The two countries should “be true friends of steel that have been through a hundred trials by fire”, he told Putin. In another implied reference to the U.S., Xi said Russia and China would work together to counter “unilateralism and bullying”.
Xi and Putin have met dozens of times and signed a “no limits” strategic partnership in February 2022, less than three weeks before Putin sent his army into Ukraine. China is Russia’s biggest trading partner and has thrown Moscow an economic lifeline that has helped it navigate Western sanctions.
So, there you go. This is what we’re facing. This is what’s happening *now*. This is even more of a reason that we need to worry about. This is even more of a reason for the US to get its shizzle together. It can’t happen fast enough. It probably won’t happen at all. See why I’m worried? Thanks for sticking with me!
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China and Russia have been working together for a very long time, where u b?
Did you actually read through the full article or just skip from the headline to post your comment?
Susan actually points out their history but the MAIN gist of the article is that they’re making a more FORMAL AGREEMENT. To put it in terms even a MAGAt would understand, “Yeah, yeah, they’ve been living together forever but today they announced they’re getting married.”
Joseph, that’s a marvelous way to say what I was trying to. I wish I’d known about it sooner, or I would have stolen it for the piece 😉 Thank you for the comment!
Not under the radar. Apparently, I’ve been oblivious.
‘Now, because of Trump’s authoritarianism, we *might* have a chance at being treated a little better, but that’s a big, big might….’
Susan, I’m not sure I follow this comment from you. Are you saying that tRump’s “authoritarianism” might make Putin and Xi team tRump a little better? They both think he’s a complete imbecile! A “useful idiot.” Useful because he’s giving away all of the power he thinks he has. Is that why you think they might treat him better?
That was an off-the-cuff thought having more to do with authoritarianism and less with Trump. I did not know about how they felt because it had flown under the radar. Now I do for any future pieces. Thank you!