Trump has played hardball with Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Mexico and Panama — all countries that have traditionally been strong partners with the U.S.

Summary

Trump’s confrontational approach to U.S. allies—threatening tariffs, pushing Canada and Mexico, and pressuring Colombia—risks alienating key partners.

Analysts warn this could push nations toward China, which is eager to capitalize on diplomatic rifts. Panama, after Trump’s canal threat, opened talks with Beijing.

Critics argue Trump’s aggressive diplomacy weakens trust, while supporters claim it reinforces U.S. strength. Despite the rhetoric, some policies, like repatriation flights to Colombia, remain unchanged.

Experts caution that isolating allies may bolster China’s global influence at America’s expense.

  • @TokenBoomer
    13•14 hours ago

    The wealthy have known for some time that American financial hegemony is over. To preserve their wealth from the masses, they have decided to consolidate their control. It’s the Dark Enlightenment:

    Yarvin is the chief thinker behind an obscure but increasingly influential far-right neoreaction, or NRx, movement, that some call the “Dark Enlightenment.” Among other things, it openly promotes dictatorships as superior to democracies and views nations like the United States as outdated software systems. Yarvin seeks to reengineer governments by breaking them up into smaller entities called “patchworks,” which would be controlled by tech corporations.

      • @WhatAmLemmyEnglish
        3•9 hours ago

        It just sounds like the ideology of an extremely mentally ill authoritarian narcissist.

      • nickwitha_k (he/him)
        5•13 hours ago

        Yeah. I’ve worked in tech for over a decade. Tech CEOs can barely CEO. Just like every other sector, C-suites tend to be primarily Chicago Schools MBAs who don’t actually know anything about running sustainable businesses. They mainly know pump and dump.