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TPenglake said:
It'll be interesting to see what Rubo and Waltz's appointment will mean for the US's stance on Russia. They were both staunch advocates for Ukraine previously, but in recent months changed their tune to align more with Trump's sentiments for a negotiated settlement. No doubt a large part of this shift was ass kissing to get jobs in the administration, but unlike the Trump, Vance, Maga wing of the Republican party I don't think they would be okay with abandoning Ukraine to its fate if a negotiated settlement couldn't be worked out. Maybe they do prove to be just classic politicians and along with Trump would follow suit in throwing Ukraine's defence responsibilites onto the lap of the Europeans and just going, "have fun, fellas." But I do see on their part some advocacy for continuing confrontation with Russia, compared to other Republicans who still want to pull a "reverse Nixon."

It's also clear eventhough Trump and the media always markets him as an isolationist that Iran is still in the firing line. Trump himself may not have any immediate plans and Iran would still rather not have a war. But Israel would undoubtedly be emboldened further, they already have carte blanche now to depopulate Gaza and go all out in southern Lebanon, they might do the same and strike even more critical Iranian infrastructure, knowing if it does come to regional war the US will have its back.

And based on all this, we know the country that keeps the US awake at nights is still China, but the direction the US goes for Iran and Russia will determine the extent of their China hawkishness. Or maybe they're insane enough to just fight a three front war and hasten the US's decline.
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Marco Rubio in 2024 isn't a person with agency. He will do whatever Trump tells him to do. I wouldn't read much into his appointment other than Trump surrounding himself with yes men. The only person who would get me nervous is Pompeo. That guy is Christian ISIS in mentality.
 
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BoraTas said:
Marco Rubio in 2024 isn't a person with agency. He will do whatever Trump tells him to do. I wouldn't read much into his appointment other than Trump surrounding himself with yes men. The only person who would get me nervous is Pompeo. That guy is Christian ISIS in mentality.
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Pompeo's time is done with Trump

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Temstar

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BoraTas said:
Marco Rubio in 2024 isn't a person with agency. He will do whatever Trump tells him to do. I wouldn't read much into his appointment other than Trump surrounding himself with yes men. The only person who would get me nervous is Pompeo. That guy is Christian ISIS in mentality.
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Surely it's Trump doing horse trading with establishment Rep and putting some of their people in charge, instead of all of his friends.
Rubio fits with Trump and Musk "rip everything down and rebuild it from groups up" thing, he seems like the all in type of guy. I don't even think Musk's shock therapy idea is even wrong in principle. It's just if you try to do reforms that normally take 3 years (at best) in a year you stand a good chance to shock therapying yourself into the morgue.

In Chinese it would be called using 虎狼药 to treat a high fever - it's guaranteed to work, just that sometimes the patient's temperature comes back down to 37 degrees, and rest of the time it comes all the way down to room temperature.
 
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iewgnem

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Maikeru said:
Looking like lil' Marco Rubio for Secretary of State and Waltz as NSA. Hard decoupling inbound. If China isn't ready for this it only has itself to blame.

See also:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1855518062713446558
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Rubio is great, he's the person who wants Ford to stop licensing CATL's LFP battery tech because he thought CATL might steal Ford's technology. The best US officials aren't moderates, they're sometimes the worst, the best US officials are dumb hardliners, they do the most damage to themselves and have the worst aim when attacking.

Also, considering how badly American companies are doing in China, I don't think decoupling is up to them anymore.
 
FairAndUnbiased

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Bellum_Romanum said:
There's a difference between "patriotism" and "hypernationalism" and I don't know what sort of example(s) the moron provided if he even gave one at all to even gave such a very insulting comparison.

I mean, which country or countries has China invaded with impunity and killed hundreds of thousands of military and non-military people alike; not to include the barbaric acts of rape, burning villages, and cutting heads off as a competition between 2 officers?

Why are Chinese Liberals so historically retarded or they could never accept the history presented to them from the memory of their own people never mind the government.

@FairAndUnbiased can you please provide the man's rationale as to why he said what he said?
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It is very superficial. He says that Imperial Japan used patriotism for the emperor as a tool to enforce fascism and aggression. So if China uses patriotism for the country and party, it must be as a tool to enforce the same. Literally just asserting a 1:1 relationship with no proof.
 
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