Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread
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Funny how many “whoops” moments the crew on these forums happen. Soon we will find out the miraculous involvement the ccp has with Canada and Mexico too.
Once again, the question is not whether or not China is active in the region but rather what that activity entails and what justification, if any, we have for pressuring Panama to reduce that activity. If you choose to argue against the claim China isn’t doing anything in the region you’re giving yourself too easy an argument to rebut.
Other countries aren’t trying to maintain some sort of global superiority. All these Chinese programs you’re so worked up about are essentially the same things we’re doing with that money. It’s maintaining influence through diplomacy rather than military force. You seem to want it both ways: you want to keep Chinese influence out of the West, but also want to stop paying for the very programs that allow us to convince other countries not to accept certain Chinese aid.
You can save your breath, I wasn’t missing a bunch of information on the situation, I simply disagree with your assessment of it.
Do you think people disagree with the idea that tariffs harm the country they’re enacted on? Because that’s generally not the case. The argument is that tariffs are painful for *everyone*. You can coercively use tariffs in this exact manner. People aren’t disagreeing with that, they’re arguing against using them for the reasons they’re being used here because prices will increase for Americans.