So they're gonna continue the status quo?

You can't be more mad about them actually saying they're raping and pillaging the Global South than them doing it. The U.S. has worked to keep the Global South impoverished and exploitable for my entire life. I've never seen any politician even mention it as an issue. Americans didn't care before, and now Vance is publicly admitting they don't care.

See, and when we criticise the West we're the Russian trolls apparently...I feel sorry for American women and trans people but I really don't give a shit if the US loses its place in the world. Good. No amount of condescending USAID 'aid' will atone for the deaths in Chile, Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Korea, Guatemala, Angola, Vietnam, Bolivia, Laos, Libya, East Timor and god knows how many other places.

There we go, speaking in collective terms. As a 'westerner' this is the multinationals' doing, they're busy golfing like them.

Sigh, every day I feel worse about living in the world

not only him. he was just dumb enough to say it out loud.

American presidents gonna America

I think that micharacterizes his evilness and intent. He's specifically saying that free trade was supposed to be a good thing because it would allow exploitation but it's not allowing enough exploitation for his tastes. Essentially he's arguing against liberal economic colonialism to support fascist economic colonialism. And he doesn't want those countries to ever gain any advantage.

The refreshing thing about the Republicans is that they don't do the liberal gymnastics the Democrats do, and just tell it like it is.

I would have thought the Global South had this already figured out by now.