Can Trump's weakened state due to preoccupation with Iran be leveraged by China to extract maximum concessions?
I would say no. Not at all.
The Americans still believe they are still winning.
Just let this thing collapse on its own.
The American Empire is premised on two main pillars. Dollar hegemony and security guarantees.
As we can see from the Iran war, security guarantees have been shot to shit.
Dollar hegemony can still exist within a dollar block, just that the rest of the world will have no use for it. If the Americans cannot weaponize the dollar anymore against someone, by definition that is a loss of power, becoming less powerful.
Where this ultimately winds up, we do not know.
What is clear is the trend, and it is not looking good for the Americans right now.
If they still believe they are winning, what abject fools.
Keep our own words to a minimum.
