The End of the American Century

[New Breed Leader]

From The Establishment Bar blog:

With Donald Trump's recent plan to unleash futile tariffs on nearly every country sans Russia, we are officially entering an era where America can no longer be seen as a trusted ally and partner. This upends 80 years of post-World War II geopolitics where America was seen as the de facto political leader. Having been spared homeland military and civilian damage and having harnessed the power of the atomic bomb, the United States was uniquely positioned to become the leader of the free world during the mid-20th century.

read the rest here: https://establishmentbar.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-end-of-american-century.html

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump also destroying the federal workforce, education, congress, the courts, science, etc.

Destroying the US on every metric that made it the world leader.

[Scrivener7]

2. I wonder how many people realize this. We are now pariahs. No country can risk trusting us in trade agreements.

That trust isn't going to come back when Mump goes.

So cost of living will go up, standard of living will go down, and we'll have little recourse about it for a long time to come.

[elocs]

3. Yep, it's the end of the American century, the American financial empire.

Damn, and within another 20 years it wouldn't matter to me anymore, but at least I had 10 years of a getting by retirement which is more than myself and other poor and struggling people will have now.
It's funny how these collapses seem to happen quickly when they've likely been years in the making. I wonder if there were those in Rome who saw its end coming?

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Yep. And all the civil progress is gone as well