A person who served in the White House in the first Trump administration, granted anonymity to discuss closed-door conversations, said the idea of a C5 (the U.S., China, India, Japan and Russia) was not completely shocking.
Europe completely caving to Trump’s demands, eating tariffs, and then him cutting them out of various things (NATO, G7) out of petty spite would be hilarious
Yeah a consortium of these does make sense, just funny to not include the EU as a political entity (which if included as a single political entity would be #3, behind only China and the US). Also Germany as of 2023 had a higher GDP PPP than Japan, so funny it’s not on this list.
Because the EU isn’t a real geopolitical entity, as much as the current Brussels elites wish it were and are working overtime to try and force it to be while pretending it already is one. The EU is an economic entity, and the more they try to force it to be something else the faster the whole thing will fall apart as more and more member states rebel. The idea of “federalizing the EU” is and remains a Brussels technocrat pipedream.
Europe completely caving to Trump’s demands, eating tariffs, and then him cutting them out of various things (NATO, G7) out of petty spite would be hilarious
Trump respects strength; caving to his every demand shows you’ve got no leverage, and therefore aren’t a player.
These are the top 5 countries in terms of PPP
Yeah a consortium of these does make sense, just funny to not include the EU as a political entity (which if included as a single political entity would be #3, behind only China and the US). Also Germany as of 2023 had a higher GDP PPP than Japan, so funny it’s not on this list.
Because the EU isn’t a real geopolitical entity, as much as the current Brussels elites wish it were and are working overtime to try and force it to be while pretending it already is one. The EU is an economic entity, and the more they try to force it to be something else the faster the whole thing will fall apart as more and more member states rebel. The idea of “federalizing the EU” is and remains a Brussels technocrat pipedream.
Prefer this. Majority are global south.