The counterargument vs Panic of the Fall of the US Order can still be made either independently or, perhaps more difficult, complementarily.
— CK MacLeod (@CK_MacLeod) May 28, 2017
In short: The American ideal retains its impetus vs. particular events, individuals, while US preeminence remains materially determined.
— CK MacLeod (@CK_MacLeod) May 28, 2017
If Merkel's Europe assumes leadership for a time, for example, it seems openly on historically inherited terms…
— CK MacLeod (@CK_MacLeod) May 28, 2017
…if and when an US restoration is sought, a place at and quite possibly at the head of the table will likely still be available…
— CK MacLeod (@CK_MacLeod) May 28, 2017
…After the Trumpian interregnum is over, the bodies buried and costs tallied, a more mature "condominium" ought to be achievable.
— CK MacLeod (@CK_MacLeod) May 28, 2017
Or to put it only slightly differently: pace bohemian bourgeois Schwärmerei, the Trump presidency isn’t liable to do much damage, if any, to the present world order. Everything depends on that mountain of Kunlun, and the boutique attitudes of baizuo won’t even put a dent in it–one needs an infinitely sharper sword than that.