for anyone interested in the thoughts of an ex Snr ASIO employee who is still very "'current" with their info, along with an experienced Snr DFAT embassy official who has recently returned from 3 years in one of the most globally important destinations feel free to read on:
- they are FN petrified about what Trump means for the geo-political world over coming years. Ukraine surrenders as little Trump has already announced to the world that "allowance is about to be cut" (a seriously shameful act in itself which I am sure many have condemned) to then an emboldened China seeing NATO fall apart, the US turning isolationist and China thinking what would we like first. And the answer obviously is Taiwan. Like who is going to save them right? The real question comes a few years down the track of who else would they like and I suppose you can try and work out what country is large, has an abundance of resources with minerals and friendly to agriculture
The US century is likely to crumble in the next 4 years as China overtakes the US economically, politically and military wise.
Not my words but people that actually know their shit and would completely wipe the floor with anyone on these forums.
Financial Review today - very good article but with recent copyright warnings about posting whole articles this is just the first 2 paragraphs
https://www.afr.com/world/north-ame...re-about-to-get-a-major-boost-20241119-p5krp2 recent warnings re copyright I am only posting a smidgen of the article and the first 2 paragraphs
Trump’s foreign enemies are about to get a major boost
The president-elect is threatening to gut the institutions that make America great, which can only benefit Russia and China. We all know the slogan. But Donald Trump will not make America great again by waging war on his domestic enemies. Instead Trump’s vengeance campaign threatens the real foundations of American greatness.
The American military, the country’s leading universities, the Federal Reserve, the justice system, the free press, the scientific establishment, even the health of American citizens are all at risk. The president-elect has nominated vengeful crackpots to key positions and promised to let people like Robert F. Kennedy Jr “go wild”. The damage that Trump’s policies could inflict on America will delight the country’s real enemies in Moscow and Beijing. They know from their own histories that when a nation turns on itself, its international power can collapse.
- they are FN petrified about what Trump means for the geo-political world over coming years. Ukraine surrenders as little Trump has already announced to the world that "allowance is about to be cut" (a seriously shameful act in itself which I am sure many have condemned) to then an emboldened China seeing NATO fall apart, the US turning isolationist and China thinking what would we like first. And the answer obviously is Taiwan. Like who is going to save them right? The real question comes a few years down the track of who else would they like and I suppose you can try and work out what country is large, has an abundance of resources with minerals and friendly to agriculture
The US century is likely to crumble in the next 4 years as China overtakes the US economically, politically and military wise.
Not my words but people that actually know their shit and would completely wipe the floor with anyone on these forums.
Financial Review today - very good article but with recent copyright warnings about posting whole articles this is just the first 2 paragraphs
https://www.afr.com/world/north-ame...re-about-to-get-a-major-boost-20241119-p5krp2 recent warnings re copyright I am only posting a smidgen of the article and the first 2 paragraphs
Trump’s foreign enemies are about to get a major boost
The president-elect is threatening to gut the institutions that make America great, which can only benefit Russia and China. We all know the slogan. But Donald Trump will not make America great again by waging war on his domestic enemies. Instead Trump’s vengeance campaign threatens the real foundations of American greatness.
The American military, the country’s leading universities, the Federal Reserve, the justice system, the free press, the scientific establishment, even the health of American citizens are all at risk. The president-elect has nominated vengeful crackpots to key positions and promised to let people like Robert F. Kennedy Jr “go wild”. The damage that Trump’s policies could inflict on America will delight the country’s real enemies in Moscow and Beijing. They know from their own histories that when a nation turns on itself, its international power can collapse.
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