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#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-11 08:14 PM
Whispers of a new diplomatic power group containing the US, Russia, China, India, and Japan swirl around Washington.

It's tentatively called Core-5 (C-5), as Trump's "answer" to "outdated" G-7 (after he tried but failed to revert back to G-8 by reinstating Russia) - more of a demented, scatter-brained thinking of Trump - if you look closer, Trump essentially wants US to join BRICS and drag Japan along as trophy.

Not that it could last, if it ever happens, though I am sure Russia and China will be happy to welcome subordinate Trump to humiliating "summit(s)" which he will only be happy to attend, to have a photo op and feel "equal" next to the "world leaders."

Trump was never known for long-term strategy, his "3-D chess" was just moving from scam to scam, from con to con.

He recently complained that "we lost India and Russia to... China" - not in the least understanding how this happened. Hint: "he didn't have the cards" he tried to play and his bluff was called.

Teddy R.'s "Bully pulpit" was never meant for actual bullies. He also said "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Trump's MO is TACO - bark out loud but wobble with limp d**k.

So weak Trump's choice of 'remedy' is "if you can't beat them, join them."

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"Russia is praised for its strength. Also back on good terms is Chinese President Xi Jinping...

Worse than that - they know Trump is weak and a coward, who can only threaten and intimidate militarily weak and/or economically semi-dependent allies ("losers") who keep hoping it will be possible to maintain good, non-adversarial relations with the sane, post-Trump US.

|------- "Days after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi outraged China by suggesting a Chinese attack on Taiwan could mobilize a Tokyo military ... Xi called Trump and spent half an hour... [to read him the riot act] ... after which Trump called Japanese PM and told him to 'soften his stance' and dial down the rhetoric'..." -------|

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Not understanding the times have drastically changed, mentally he lives in the past worlds / eras of 100 ("America First"), 200 ("Monroe Doctrine") and 300 years ago ("mercantilism"), and tries to fit / position the US somehow in this jumble of "policies," with Putin (and now Xi, after slapping down Don on trade) being "Trump's whisperers."

Obviously, none of these "policies" are workable today for a significant length of time; they not only conflict with each other but will inevitably lead to more and greater conflicts than we've seen since dissolution of Soviet Union. **

In the meantime he is abusing the power, that he himself never earned, downgrading the US leadership position in the world, both economically and militarily, and making its footprint smaller and weaker, due to isolationism because of his fantasy of trilateral "Trump world order" - trying to make himself "consequential" in history, same as inserting himself and putting his imprint - face and name - everywhere he can.

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The Art of the Deal (1987):

"The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It's ... a very effective form of promotion. ... I do it to do it. ... I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks."
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