@humphrey America is like a washed-up celebrity, a trashy kulak who lacked the inner power to avoid letting the sudden rush of wealth and fame go to its head and ruin it all on drugs, greed, and wanton dickholery - now it's wandering around in a stupor of Korsakoff syndrome, bitching at people for not loving it anymore, no longer being what it used to be nor giving what it used to give yet expecting others to still treat it like they used to...and somehow having no clue why.

Pathetic. Even Elvis went out with more dignity.

Cruel and despicable, too; we know what happened...it did NOT need to be this way. This is NOT who we really are.

One can remember Kamala Harris's trip to Vietnam "We are back!"

Cuban president meets Vietnamese counterpart, seeks to boost ties

@Pluto's Republic
who share that vision of helping our neighbors.
It is not unheard of. Let us develop together sounds saner.
Unfortunately the present rulers do not want to hear of
cooperation, compromise or contemplating a world with
others sharing the joys of living without US rules.
We are not only fucking up the balance of the world
we are aggressively fucking up our own future by allowing
this regime to control options. Sorry for the French. I get
angry sometimes.

Yeah---Karma's a bitch.

And of course, that Chinese port now operating in Haifa, Israel

All happening while we are distracted from encroaching authoritarianism by dopey partisan politics.

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But China and Saudi Arabia have been doing friendly business for some time.

And it is all about business, the business of infrastructure and trade that connects all nations so that they can engage economically. The US was invited and is the one nation that refused to join the AIIB (Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank), which is the global entity that is making these investments in the future possible.

Let's not mistake business for politics. Any US ally can choose to engage with China in business development, just as Israel and much of Europe is doing. China does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. In fact, China wrote that into the UN Charter when the UN was forming. Non interference is an ancient core principle in China's political philosophy. When China does business with a country, it does not arrive riding on the back of its military. China businessmen are currently helping both Afghanistan and Pakistan with their infrastructure development, working directly with the Taliban to connect Afghanistan to the rest of the world to establish sustainable economic growth through trade. China's military is not there shooting people for sport or digging burn pits to foul the air.

The US doesn't know how to 'be' in the world anymore.

The US still thinks Africa, South America, and the rest of the Global South is a sure thing that they can control and exploit. But is the US going to show up and build high speed rail for them along with modern ports to facilitate trade and lift them out of poverty? Countries in the Global South have already done deals with the World Bank and the IMF. They already know what that looks like.

The US doesn't know how to 'think' about the world anymore.

China knows that if these undeveloped countries succeed economically, then the Chinese people can live in peace and happiness, and they can enjoy many friendships around the world. That is the goal of the Chinese people.