alt Hacker NewsNot everyone here is American.
From a European standpoint: The ideal outcome is a stalemate between China and the US, with us as the kingmaker.
We could basically do the same thing as Yugoslavia did during the Cold War and play both sides against one another, extracting concessions from both.
Every country wants to be in that position.
Y'all've got a lot of headwinds, and America should be helping you with them instead of posturing and pretending to be friends with our enemies.
America needs to get closer to Europe and India, democratic East Asia, Mexico, Vietnam ... not this bullshit we're doing right now.