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What Trump's win means for Ukraine, Middle East and China

Summary

Donald Trump’s return to the White House signals a shift toward "America First" foreign policies, emphasizing non-interventionism and trade protectionism.

Trump has vowed to end the Russia-Ukraine war “in a day” through negotiation, though critics argue his approach may weaken Ukraine’s position.

In the Middle East, he promises to bring "peace," likely reverting to pro-Israel policies and a hard line on Iran, which could further destabilize the region.

On China, Trump may re-escalate trade tensions and take a tough stance on Taiwan by threatening severe tariffs to deter Chinese aggression.

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Ukraine is fucked as much as it saddens me to say.
- All of Eu, starting with Poland and the Baltics.
  
  Nah, Russia could barely handle a Ukraine with heavy restrictions on how they could use weapons.
  Poland could kick Russia’s ass.
  
  Hasn't Poland been amassing arms? I'll admit I'm not well versed in the area, but one creator I like to watch continues to mention that Poland has been on a massive buying spree.
  
  The EU could easily take on Russia militarily even if the latter weren't already neck-deep in Ukraine.
They're really watering down the fact that Trump literally already tried to Withdraw from NATO completely.
Trump's "concept of a plan" to end Ukraine war is easy, the day he is in office, he turns off the tap for money/weapons
Ukraine 💀 Middle East 💥 China 1️⃣
- Congrats to China, Russia and Israel. Ironic that Biden admin mishandling just one of these issues, even while handling others well, may lead to worst outcome of all three. Perhaps a tiny ME country just changed the course of history. In the dumbest timeline at least, for whatever that's worth.
- Sorry, in case that was unclear: These are predictions, not opinions.
Ukraine drank the kool-aid, and fooled themselves into thinking that if you slap a "freedom and democracy" sticker on and cozy up to the West, they'll always back you no matter what.
In reality, countries behave as paranoid amoral assholes for a good reason.
Time for Europe to step up to bat for fucking once. We bailed them out of TWO world wars. This next one is on their doorstep, not ours, again. And on top of all that, America provided the MAD nuclear shield for the entirety of the Cold War.
I have been proud to support Ukraine from day-1 of the orc invasion. Now there is nothing America can do. If the Europeans don't grow a fucking pair, to hell with them.
If y'all can't stomach exterminating Russians, be ruled by them.
- I mean allied victory was impossible without the lend lease, among other American support. That's just a fact.
  
  It absolutely was...it was not russia. Russia would have drowned without the lend lease program and the tons and tons of material we sent them.
- I was trying to think of a pithy retort but the best I can come up with is "fuck off you sanctimonious bell end"
- We bailed them out of TWO world wars.
  And you got to profit massively off of this, with your industry in top condition while Europe was a pile of smoking rubble, allowing you to become the superpower you are today.
  EDIT:
  If the Europeans don’t grow a fucking pair, to hell with them.
  This one's also quite ironic coming from a country whose balls are kept in a box on Netanyahu's desk.
- So go home.

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