It could also be the US recognizing that it needs to decrease its sphere of influence in order to strengthen it. Perhaps focusing its imperialism on the Americas as global hegemony becomes unsustainable. These are the only conclusions I can come to without giving in to conspiracy.
The long term goal is rebuilding US industry. We have been a finance/usury economy for a very long time and it is starting to become unsustainable. By forcing American consumers to buy American products Trump creates a greater incentive for manufacture with the goal of building a more self-sufficient economy. Think vertical integration but on a nationwide scale. Trump and the capitalists he represents don't care about drug smuggling or hurting the Canadian economy, they intend to re-industrialize and that means protectionism.
I will note that it isn't unlikely that they do want to hurt the Canadian economy specifically so that it is easier to invade at a later point (because global warming will limit American resources) but this is secondary to re-industrialization.
IQ is a stupid pattern recognition measurement made by a eugenicist and has been used to justify racism ever since. Don't take it too seriously, it does not measure intelligence.
Seems a lot of us are making this tough decisions recently. Truly no one can tell you what is best but I think if you feel you can still be a good influence on them then you should try. If not then don't risk them being a bad influence on you.
My partner is chronically ill and disabled. I am not, we have been together for 5 years. Don't get me wrong it can absolutely be difficult and it was at first but its routine now and I'm genuinely unbothered. Being inconvenienced sometimes is nothing if it means spending my life with them. I am also in my twenties
Yes, he will only get more anti-China with time I imagine. The ideological opponent to fascism is always communism. On a more material basis China is stepping on United States profits. The main target will be the prevention of BRICS membership in Latin America imo
Aesthetic mainly. The are both manifestations of the same decay of capitalism.