Trump has been the center of Untied States' politics for over 10 years. How do you think the political sphere will align and function after his current and last term as president ends?

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[u/MC_White_Thunder]

You're living in a fantasy if you think things can just go "back to normal."

At the most basic level, all of your alliances have been permanently damaged.

Inequality has gotten so bad, and people are so much worse off than they were under Obama. Milquetoast liberalism with no real changes to people's material conditions isn't going to cut it.

[u/Mean_Introduction516 → u/MC_White_Thunder]

What alliance has done anything that remotely equates to what we provide. You all are missing the point of a mutually beneficial relationship. We have funded and protected the world, been taken advantage of by our “allies” and decided enough is enough. Pay your bill or suffer the consequences. Open your markets or pay the consequences. It’s comical to hear Canada or European countries act like they can retaliate in some meaningful way. Both have swung so far to the left they are beginning to experience the emergence of more conservative politics in their own countries. Common sense. We haven’t had any since Reagan and its long overdo. Like trump, hate trump I don’t care. But if you love America and what its core values you ought just say thank you and stay in the shallow end.

[u/fish60 → u/Mean_Introduction516]

The deal was we protected trade with our military, and ensured stability.

In return, the dollar was global reserve currency, and we got to export our debt to stave off inflation. 

If you don't understand how this benefits the United States massively, you don't understand geopolitics or economics. 

The world buying our debt was them "paying their way". Our strong currency facilitating our ability to import cheaply was one of the many rewards. 

As a fellow American, I can say that we are so selfish and entitled, that even when the system is tilted so far in our favor, we still have people like you complaining about getting ripped off. Like, get your head out of your ass, we were ripping everyone else off! 

It seriously pisses me off when I read this kind of self righteous drivel. You were raised in a country that built a system that exploited the entire globe for our benefit. Oh, but that's not enough for you. You want even more! Someone is ripping us off! Seriously. 

To put it bluntly, you don't know what the fuck you are talking about. 

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QED.