This a crucial point: USA commitment to global order depended on bipartisan elite consensus from 1945-2016 which allowed policies to survive despite popular opposition. Trump has broken than consensus. https://twitter.com/pstanpolitics/status/1005623915564040192 …
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Baseline fact is USA is a very wealthy, militarily strong country that does business all over the world. For foreseeable future it'll be a global player despite Trump's clownishness. But being a major player not same as being pillar of international order.
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USA was big global player without being pillar of order from late 19th century to 1941. In some ways, Trump is a returning USA to that period.
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One thing is there are no plausible alternative global hegemon. China is getting richer but has limited cultural & diplomatic reach. Europe is fraying. Russia is poor & erratic. Likeliest alternative is regional hegemons with big spheres of influence.
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Nope. The trust will be irreparably broken at that point. We already buckled once; when will we again?
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feel you, but there isn’t even a close 2nd or 3rd to fill the void. The gap between the US and the rest of the world’s countries in playing credible leader is massive.
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Why would any government ever trust us to not elect another clown? This is game, set, match.
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This assumes he’ll still be around and in office to *be* defeated. A lot can happen in two years (like the end of the post-WW2 order, for instance.)
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No. Not happening. This is the equivalent of the Simpsons tire fire. Nothings dousing this
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