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Wow, never thought I’d see Japan say that about US. It’s about damn time.
As much as Trump talks about making America great, his actual policies are making other countries better, by proving we are an unreliable partner and destroying our global hegemony.
Probably not a bad thing for the world ultimately
The one thing I’m worried about is the idiots who think Trump and his goons’ policies are sound and they are succeeding. We have those in Japan and they seem to be getting louder every day.
I hate Trump with every fibre of my being, but his hubris and bumbling has done amazing things for Canada and we’re getting stronger every day.
When this is all over we should almost erect a monument for him as thanks. Maybe a gold coloured toilet in the middle of a field or something.
Can’t believe how much soft power the US is throwing away.
Yeah but it’s all worth it to not have to have access to abundant cheap labour, wait hang on.
Or a department of education… hold up.
The title of this post reminds me of that terrible joke about an old person going to the doctor. They complain about having gas, but say that it’s manageable because the farts are silent and neutral smelling. Doc prescribes some pills. A few days later the patient comes back complaining that the pills have made the problem worse, because now the farts are super smelly. Doc responds “Great, the pills have helped your sense of smell, the next set will try to help your hearing”.
Even before the current shitshow, it was common for Americans to put Canadian flags on their luggage to try and avoid negativity while travelling in other countries. Like they literally dropped nuclear bombs on Japan, and are acting all shocked pikachu that Japan don’t like em all that much?
America’s recent approach to trade is significantly tarnishing their reputation in the business sense, in that you can’t even trust America to stand by American principles anymore. But I mean, other aspects of their self-image were just imaginary to begin with.
It has fundamentally broken trust internationally for at least a generation with absolutely no direct gain for American industry or prosperity.
Make 'merica great by obliterating the middle class thatade it great in the first place!! The poetic irony is rabid conservatives destroyed america.
Who knew the leader of a conspiracy theory cult, longtime conman, thin skinned little bitch, and failed casino owner would make for a terrible leader though. Who could have ever predicted this.
Because our ‘leaders’ lately will happily destroy the US to line their own pockets
As the actions of the US have become anttithetcal to the rest of the world
It should not surprise anyone
hah starting? newsflash America, we haven’t been your biggest fan for quite a while.
Yeah but now DJT has given your governments the impetus to finally begin casting us aside, that’s the difference…
And more power to them, I’m deeply ashamed by this nonsense. Granted I have seen the writing on the walls for at least the 20 years I’ve been voting age, and almost every single person Ive ever known has been saying “your just being alarmist, something something bootstraps” when I explain what I see. It is only shocking to see how much it has accelerated in such a short time window. Capitalism has gone from a predator praying on a healthy populous, do a carrion eater picking through our remains for the last loose change we have, and meanwhile there is a group of people that know our country has almost nothing left to steal trying to push towards authoritarianism since they know a collapse is immanent.
As long as we fuck over illegals though, that’ll fix everything, don’t mind the billionaires rifling through your pockets since the 60’s.
I wish i could just live in blissful ignorance, totally happy about current events and not knowing i was helping to destroy my country. Lucky fucking idiots.
This is actually an ongoing process starting with the Vietnam War and the war on terror.
I’m only barely old enough to remember how, in the 90’s in Europe, everything that came from the US was cool and everything local was lame and embarassing. People older than me probably remember it being even more so before.
Nowadays that’s only true for movies. I genuinely think that the US’s imperialistic behavior has spoiled the goodwill earned from WWII, in combination with the internet shattering the monoculture that the US used to dominate.
40 odd years ago I wanted lots of stuff from the us. Too much to mention
30 years ago I wanted the cool tech, movies and TV shows etc, fast food etc. Video games and so on.
20 years ago all I wanted from the us was fast food and movies.
10 years ago all I wanted was one thing from the us. Movies. That’s it, just one thing.
For the last 5 years it went up as I wanted two things. Movies and to hold the obese orange fuckbasket accountable for his many, many crimes.
Now today, though, I just want him to be accountable.
I don’t give two shits about the shit food and the even more shitty movies or any of that useless crap, just do the fucking decent thing and make him feel the consequences of his actions. Just fucking once.The decline of the us started decades ago. The collapse of the us started in 2016.
Fuck me, I’ve lived here all my life and don’t want anything from here anymore. Only thing I care about here is my friends and family.
This is pretty much exactly how I feel as well, although since I live here, there is also the realities of late stage capitalism (monopolies, value engineering, shrinkflation, enshitification) affecting my consumption and attempted lack thereof.
All I really want is justice. The red hats and their idol need lasting consequences. I just wish I could see how that may happen. Impeach, arrest and convict I guess. Rico, bribery, insurrection, and probably treason if they can prove it are all there for the picking. But I don’t see congress flipping enough to accomplish any of that, and they’d also have to to impeach half the Supreme Court to make any of it stick legally.
Nowadays that’s only true for movies.
Depending on where in the world it’s still mostly true for shows and music as well. Although they’ve been losing their near-monopoly, just look at how popular Korean entertainment is now compared to even a decade ago.
Nowadays that’s only true for movies
Not true for new Superman movie. The overseas numbers are downright embarrassing.
American citizen here. Please do.
You can’t drag your nation down with our dumpster fire of a mess.
We’re going through some shit right now…
Ideally our government will weaken itself enough that we can just declare independence
I loathe us and what we’ve become.
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Starting? Threntire world rightfully hates the usa.
their deal with america was the template for Ukraine’s deal with russia. if i’m Japanese i ABSOLUTELY want to be rethinking my reliance on that deal for my safety and security as russia has blatantly violated their deal for 11 years now and america now moves to help them do it
What did the dumb cunt do this time?
Send them a rude letter in a disrespectful manner that throws away all trade talks.
its beyond time for japan and korea to find commanality and join with other asian nations to make an asian union like the EU.
ts beyond time for japan and korea to find commanality and join
Good luck with that. Especially the older generations that still hate each other. Add to that whenever the japanese right or Korean left want to stir shit up with their nationalist bases, the opposite country is the go-to. Previous agreements etc. be damned.
I mean. italy, france, england, and germany. They were not always so chummy and now the uk is not even part of the biggest and earliest members.
It took them back to back world wars and complete destruction to do that. I think on the other side of the pond they are still missing one or two before they realize that uniting is the correct way
to be fair the asian countries were invloved a bit in one of those wars.
I mean…England and France will always hate each other. It’s just sometimes they’re also allies. Allies who side eye each other.
We don’t hate each other. I’d describe our relationship more like that of two rival siblings who bicker and argue and get weirdly competitive about just anything, but ultimately know they’re family. As a frenchman I can recognize that we love you, you British pricks
Yeah ! But we definitely are the cooler sibling
Why don’t they just fuck already? Are they stupid?
They did, and almost 1000 years later the U.K. is still suffering from a bad case of Royals.
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England and France don’t hate each other outside of seaside jokes.
The older generation will die out eventually. Japan can speed up the process by apologizing for everything already
Yeah thats not gonna happen. Half the younger generation think the 90s happened because Korea and China stole all Japan’s technology and/or the government spent too much and that Japan has always been a civilizing influence on east asia.
You’re getting downvoted but you’re right. The biggest political movement among Japanese young people right now is fascist.
It’s not obvious to me that even if the two countries would be willing to do so that there would be enough strength to have any relevance related to China, so I’m not sure how viable it would be
The idea is japan, korea, taiwan, singapore, phillipinese, thailand, and maybe all the way down to australia is the eu and china is essentially their russia. It would have to be all democracies so likely not viet nam would have to massively change to be a part.
Something like a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere! (Sorry, sometimes you gotta take the shot.)
I’m surprised they didn’t gang up long ago.
Mr. Japan mad.
Mr. USA disrespectful jackass.
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