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I've said this before but it makes my brain spin every time I think of what history books far down the line will have to say about the world.
"Why did Chile's government change? A country on a whole other continent, America"
"How did Libya, the most successful African country, suddenly collapse in a matter of months? A country on a whole other continent, America"
"How did Iraq get reduced to a pre-industrial level? A country on a whole other continent, America"
"How did Vietnam in a short span of time see the murder of millions and briefly see a split in their country? A country on a whole other continent, America"
"How did a North and South Korea continue in such a fashion (remaining split) with one severely crippled nearly to death? A country on a whole other continent, America"
"Why did Venezuela die economically and then consequently saw the deaths of untold tens of thousands of its people? A country on a whole other continent, America"
"What led to the Ukraine war? A country on a whole other continent, America"
"Why did apartheid era South Africa continue on apartheid for so long? A country on a whole other continent, America"
"How did Israel continue unchanged for so long? A country on a whole other continent, America"
Countries on nearly every continent (realistically every continent, but I'm not well read enough on operation GLADIO or how that one time we changed Australia's PM) all having their nation's path completely changed on the whim of this one country. If Trump can cause America to fail harder than we already do to the extent we can become irrelevant then yeah, give him the peace prize.
''Donald Trump's ''The Art of Irrelevance'' published posthumously, is a masterpiece rivaling ''The Art of War'' by Sun Tzu. In it, we see the development of a new perspective of what ''Pax Americana'' meant. We used to believe, like all empires before us, that we had to submit the world to our will, hence achieving ''peace through strength'', which was our dogma during our declining years. But Donald Trump taught us that the US would be at peace if the US retreated to its shores, closed all bases abroad, and became a normal country. It was such a novel idea to this beleaguered country of main characters. It was so that ''Pax Americana'' ceased to be a symbol of endless wars, and became a symbol for world peace. All we had to do was leave the world alone.''