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Originally Posted by Raellus
A Trump presidency might actually encourage Russian and Chinese aggression. If Trump tries to distance the U.S. from NATO, even a bit, Putin might interpret it as carte blanche to officially annex East Ukraine or even the Baltics. Without the U.S.A., NATO is a paper tiger.
Protectionist trade policy vis-à-vis China might encourage China to act out in East Asia.
I hope not, but we shall see.
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This aspect of Trump's presidency is a lot more interesting to me as I think it relates to the general aspect of T2K. Other domestic American issues are obviously very important to American members and others, but I think they are also a bit too divisive to discuss in a civilised tone and are maybe a bit beyond the scope and interest of this forum.
I know Kato doesn't want a full blown firefight over the result and implications of Trump becoming president. However its also too significant of an event to just ignore as it will effect the entire world in a way that no previous US presidential election has ever done before.
So maybe it would be better to just discuss certain aspects of how Trump will lead America over the next four years, and concentrate on maybe foreign trade and the economy, and US political relations with NATO allies, Russia, China and the Middle East.