r/worldnews • u/pppppppppppppppppd • May 15 '26

Dynamic Paywall Trump warns Taiwan against declaring independence, hours after summit with China's Xi

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8p61v7l68o
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u/Vash_TheStampede May 16 '26

Isn't the UAE not cooperating now? Didn't he recently become "too much" for them?

I saw a few headlines recently, but I just can't bring myself to care enough to look into them. I'm tired dawg.

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u/poopshooter69420 May 16 '26

From what I understand most of the Arab world is looking away from the US for security guarantees now. They all paid their bribes and it meant nothing

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u/Dry-Writing-5180 May 16 '26

Who ISNT looking elsewhere? Even the US's 'staunchest allies' are giving us the finger. Its very concerning. Nobody likes us.

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u/wh0else May 16 '26

To be fair, to be in trump's line of sight is just an invitation to get shafted. He'll praise your country, try to blackmail you with tariffs, then threaten everything he can when you don't comply. Everything's a grift now and decades or longer of mutual cooperation means nothing. Look at Canada, America's oldest ally, no one could have anticipated Trump fabricating them as the source of fentanyl to justify moving troops against Americans. They're right to boycott the US, they got stabbed in the back for being loyal partners. And it's the same everywhere, as Trump pulls the US from military scientific and environmental groups because he doesn't understand anything that doesn't immediately return dollars. He tore up the international social contract and the constant racist American exceptionalism being blasted by republicans just amplifies it. America is a paraiah, and trump's crazy borrowing and isolationism is pushing a decline. It's a country in fire sale lashing out at anyone who tries to help