1. A few people make this argument: once Trump is gone & replaced by a mainstream figure (Hatch or Warren, say) norms will return. Nope.https://twitter.com/chicagoterp/status/868872020284628992 …
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2. Here's the deal: once you elect a clown like Trump, you lose trust not just now but for many years to come.
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3. A nation that elects a Trump once could easily elect a similar figure again in the future. That becomes priced into national reputation.
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4. For the Germans, South Koreans, Japanese etc. this is no joke: they've stake their lives on having stable USA foreign policy.
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5. This is the choice many Asian countries will face. In Europe it'll be "Germany, USA or Russia?"
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6. The choice in Asia:https://twitter.com/Vinncent/status/868879378607874048 …
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7. I'm open to argument that the decline of America as a global hegemon is a good thing. Ideally should've been done more orderly fashion
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There is no "ideally" in international relations.
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Yes--disorderly decline is the way of things, and Trump may merely have spectacularized it (and possibly sped it up)
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Decline is usually disorderly but there are degrees. Dissolution of Warsaw Pact was done about as cleanly as possible.
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