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Loosing friends and pissing off people

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 9:13 pm
by planosteve
Donald Trump has begun a mafia-like struggle for global power-The Economist

Donald Trump has begun a mafia-like struggle for global power
But the new rules do not suit America
Walking in a group, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Mohammed bin Salman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Binyamin Netanyahu
The rupture of the post-1945 order is gaining pace. In extraordinary scenes at the UN this week, America sided with Russia and North Korea against Ukraine and Europe. Germany’s probable new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, warns that by June NATO may be dead. Fast approaching is a might-is-right world in which big powers cut deals and bully small ones. Team Trump claims that its dealmaking will bring peace and that, after 80 years of being taken for a ride, America will turn its superpower status into profit. Instead it will make the world more dangerous, and America weaker and poorer.

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Re: Loosing friends and pissing off people

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:21 pm
by GRANDPA
"One does not make new friendships worth having by deserting old ones. New friendships by all means let us make, but not at the expense of the ones we have."
Sir Edward Grey 1911. Sounds just as applicable today.


Re: Loosing friends and pissing off people

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:16 am
by planosteve
GRANDPA wrote:"One does not make new friendships worth having by deserting old ones. New friendships by all means let us make, but not at the expense of the ones we have."
Sir Edward Grey 1911. Sounds just as applicable today.


So, that's your way of saying "The Economist is full of shit"?

Re: Loosing friends and pissing off people

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2025 10:10 am
by GRANDPA
You may have a point there, but if you comb your hair just right, maybe no one will notice. How did you come to your conclusion about what I posted??

Re: Loosing friends and pissing off people

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2025 11:44 am
by planosteve
GRANDPA wrote:You may have a point there, but if you comb your hair just right, maybe no one will notice. How did you come to your conclusion about what I posted??
God given intelligence and impeccable logic.