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Bluetus

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10. Trump forced the EUropeans to choose between the US and China.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 12:54 PM

Yesterday

They aren't ready to be blood brothers and sisters with Xi, but for all intents and purposes, they have chosen China over the US.

It will take us a generation to recover any of this, and that is after we actually win elections, which we can't do with the all the corporate and foreign money propping up a big block of centerists that will not allow any progress.

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