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    This dumbass has his name in the Epstein files over a million times. And we can only begin to imagine what kind of additional kompromat foreign powers and adversaries have on him. All this is to say, there isn’t a single fucking entity on Earth that Trump has leverage over.

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      Saying this as a huge anti-trump, left winger…the one advantage trump has on that front is he doesn’t seem to care about kompromat anymore, he knows his supporters will still eat his shit even if he started lining up and shooting them.

      Not that that helps him with leverage on China, just that he’s so far removed from consequences for his actions that it’s doubtful blackmail would be extremely effective.

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        He doesn’t need blackmail, he’s evil in exchange for money. People that know him claim he loves to fuck people over for fun, so this must be Disneyland for him.

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        If he doesn’t care about such things, why did he have the DOJ and Congress systematically bury the files from ever seeing the light of day? Did he run for office again because of his love of country? Or to avoid prison time? Why is he so beholden to Russia and Israel? I get how it may appear on the outside he doesn’t care, but just look at his actions. They are not the actions of a man who is detached and unaffected.

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    China will be the world power pretty soon. They always had a 50 year plan, while the US only cares about this quarter and nothing else.

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      While I understand the sentiment, I think there are a huge number of hurdles in front of them. Certainly they have become a manufacturing powerhouse, but they also have a lot more dependencies then does the US. Also everyone is going to be hit by the demographic inversion here shortly, so that’s going to be a dynamic environment to be “the world power”. Such as climate change and the reduction of the rule of law.

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    The pedo Cheeto dug the USs grave by trying to impose us imperial rule through sanctions & military power. The rest of the world has responded by isolating & turning away from the US, & that’s just allied nations! He’s undoubtedly the dumbest & most shortsighted president in US history

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    He should have to point out pictures of Winnie the Poo in his latest cognitive tests.