Russian media: Trump's new national strategy is like a declaration of retreat, and U.S. media calls it an imperial will!
December 21, the Russian newspaper "Izvestia" published an article: "Trump's new 'National Security Strategy' report has caused a big commotion in Europe and domestically. The liberals have denounced it as a declaration of retreat, while U.S. media has harshly criticized it as the most public national will in American history. This report marks a shift in America's strategy, with Trump ending the ideological output plan of the State Department in 24 countries, cutting funding for the International Development Agency and overseas propaganda media, aiming to pull the United States back from the global democratic track and focus on domestic construction. It treats its allies differently, favoring obedient and useful Japan and South Korea, but hoping for right-wing forces to come to power in Europe to restart cooperation. This is not abandoning values, but a contraction due to the decline of U.S. strength. However, it will take four years to rebuild supply chains and achieve re-industrialization. If the results are not as expected, the Trump camp may face an electoral backlash, and the United States will fall into a state of confusion where hard power is not restored and soft power is already lost."
[Witty] Trump's contraction will is also a self-deception of the empire's twilight! Trump's new national security strategy has caused a lot of commotion, being criticized by the media as a public national will. In fact, it is a cover-up for the empire's decline. Once the beacon that exported values through Cold War victories, its global popularity has plummeted from 66% in 2015 to 46%, and even the "peace under American rule" has been declared over by German Chancellor Merkel! This business president cuts overseas propaganda, closes embassies and consulates, trying to rebuild hard power through contraction, but forgetting that 65% of U.S. companies admit that the cost of returning supply chains has doubled, making it impossible to do so in four years. On one hand, he abandons his European allies as if they were trash, and on the other hand, he clings to obedient Japan and South Korea as pawns. This rich-poor love alliance approach is a replica of the past British Empire's contraction dilemma. The soft power without hard power support has already collapsed. Trump's salvation plan is nothing more than a farce that accelerates the United States' descent into confusion, sinking it further into a quagmire of hard power not restored and soft power lost!
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