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US Global Leadership, USD Hegemony, US Allies and the "Donroe" Doctrine; hardtalk for the Globe

Confluence

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There has been much ado about many issues, foreign and domestic, including a new understanding of America's goals via tariffs, deals, new alliances, private entity participation, Greenland, Venezuela +++ etc.

Now, it seems that Trump administration officials will use the annual Davos gathering of elites to articulate their vision of the world as it is quickly evolving. While this is great and consistent with the "America First" agenda and campaign, it is also becoming clear that Trump has a much bigger idea of America than just it's 50 states and her current citizens.

First up is Howard Lutnick, with some common sense language on strategic energy sources:

 
French President Emmanuel Macron opened his speech Tuesday in Davos with a joke, saying "It's a time of peace, stability and predictability," to laughs from the chamber.

"It's clear we are reaching a time of instability, of imbalances," he said, citing global shifts towards autocracy from democracy, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and more wars around the world — "even though I understand a few of them were fixed," in a dig at US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly boasted of ending several wars since entering office last year.

The French president warned against "a world where international law is trampled underfoot," and a world where the strong do what they will while the weak suffer what they must.

In reference to the latest disputes about Greenland, Macron described the threat of further sanctions from the US towards Europe as "fundamentally unacceptable, even more so when they are used as leverage against territorial sovereignty."

He said he wanted to rule out two approaches to the new threats in the world, firstly to "passively accept the law of the strongest," saying it didn't make sense to accept "a sort of new colonial approach."

But Macron also warned against adopting "a purely moral posture," saying this path "would condemn us to marginalization and powerlessness."

"France must defend effective multilateralism," he said, as his government takes up the G7 presidency in 2026.

"We do prefer respect to bullies," he said towards the end of his address. "We do prefer science to conspiracy. We do prefer rule of law to brutality."

Macron: 'We do prefer respect to bullies
 
Macron is a spineless rube. Just because he’s giving away large swaths of his country to hostile immigrants without so much as a whimper, doesn’t mean the rest of the world should also. Either come back with your shield or on it. He doesn’t understand what that means.
 
Not a fan of Trump's game with Greenland. Not a fan of leaving Venezuela in the hands of lower level crooks. Not a fan of leaving the Iranian dissidents to their leaders' death whims.

I am a fan of ending all globalistic efforts.

Not a fan of anything Macron, and little of anything recent France.
 
Confluence said:
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I really can't figure you out. Promoting conservatives in one breath and putting Macron on a pedestal on the next. You're an interesting specimen
 
JMM said:
I really can't figure you out. Promoting conservatives in one breath and putting Macron on a pedestal on the next. You're an interesting specimen
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Macron is a ******** globalist ****, at best. At worst he is selling out his nation and it's future, with little evident reason.
Same is happening in Canada.

Why would you say "putting Macron on a pedestal"? His speech above was silly and probably only liked by Newsom and the Gorical. And a couple retards that post drive-bys here.

I couldn't put a link, because i could only cut paste from DW, a German source. Those sure as hell were not my comments, if thatbis what you were thinking?
 
Confluence said:
Macron is a ******** globalist ****, at best. At worst he is selling out his nation and it's future, with little evident reason.
Same is happening in Canada.

Why would you say "putting Macron on a pedestal"? His speech above was silly and probably only liked by Newsom and the Gorical. And a couple retards that post drive-bys here.

I couldn't put a link, because i could only cut paste from DW, a German source. Those sure as hell were not my comments, if thatbis what you were thinking?
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What is the purpose of this new post? Seems like another bash Trump/Conservatives post to me. I don't think I was alone with respect to Macron
 
JMM said:
What is the purpose of this new post? Seems like another bash Trump/Conservatives post to me. I don't think I was alone with respect to Macron
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"I couldn't put a link, because i could only cut paste from DW, a German source."

I thought it was interesting; Trump did too today. Sorry you did not
 
Confluence said:
"I couldn't put a link, because i could only cut paste from DW, a German source."

I thought it was interesting; Trump did too today. Sorry you did not
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Elon summarizes it all, quickly:

 
Canada is selling out and being manipulated by China. Macron is a weak leader.
 
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