21st century politics

[eagle7-31]

Pity the poor Trump cult. DearLeader can't have lost because he was a crappy candidate. No, it must be because the whole world is an evil place that was conspiring against him.

If you have to invoke a global conspiracy, you're way down the cult rabbit hole.

NO he did not lose, theft is not a loss. Between the China virus both medical and computer software wise came in time for the 2020 election. Big tech, media and DC insiders hated Trump and would stop at nothing to get him out. Did Trump have his own warts, sure who does not at that level.

 

[georgephillip]

Twenty-First Century and Beyond:

Alfred McCoy's latest book makes some predictions some of which will likely come to pass:

"2024 China finishes high-speed rail network with 24,000 miles of track.

"2027 Beijing's investment in Belt and Road reaches $1.3 trillion.

"2030 China's economic output reaches $36 trillion, 40 percent larger than the US

"2034 For the first time in US history, people over 65 outnumber children under 18.

"2040 Average world temperature reaches 1.5 degree C above pre-industrial level

"2049 US social welfare spending on elderly reaches 50% of federal budget.

"2050 CO^2 levels reach 550 ppm and rising sea levels flood Shanghai, Saigon, Mumbai, and Bangkok."

These predictions appear in McCoy's latest book which I can't link to; however, his fifty year track record indicates he should be taken seriously.

TO GOVERN THE GLOBE | Kirkus Reviews

"'In the four thousand years since the first empire appeared,' writes McCoy, the chair of the history department at the University of Wisconsin, 'the world has witnessed a continuous succession of some 200 [empires], of which 70 were large or lasting.'

"Granted that many of those empires have faded into historical limbo, that’s an impressive record of political organization.

"One plank on which empires found their power is not often considered: energy and its flows and control.

"In this regard, McCoy considers the transfer of world dominion from Great Britain to the U.S. in the 20th century."

 

[CowboyTed]

Why is Trump a globalist, because he had some ties made in China?
Look at Trump's "protectionist" and pro-US trade policies and then tell me he's a globalist.

Actually Trump increased the trade deficit with China...

He also handed China a huge win when he pulled out of TPP and left it to China to fill the vacuum...

China won big when Trump was in charge...

Trump was basically clueless when it comes to trade... He obviously doesn't understand trade.. He didn't understand when it is good and when it is detrimental...