Intelligent people who know that you mustn`t change the rules during a game.
Says who? If people are really intelligent, like me (contrary to you), they realize that nothing is set in stone, and as always, power decides.
In the last few decades so so-called liberal elites have been feeding everyone an illusion, well not everyone, Russia as alien as they are, they know their ABC in politics.
We can say that Putin's gamble is almost successful.
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With that Britain takes over the leadership in Europ
Come on BB, he is bluffing, what troops, Britain has navy, nukes and that is, their army is inferior and not nearly enough.
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With Trump you know that he will gone,
I don't think that shift in the US policy is limited to Trump.
I think they are a powerful force backing him up as well as overwhelming popular support.
I bet that shift will be permanent, although details are not clear yet, we will see how it will develop.
One thing is certain if Trump goes hardcore with his policy toward Europe, the only thing Europe has to do is to get real and kick out liberal elite from power together with green policies and all that Brussels nonsense, and focus on building a European limited Union with unified foreign policy.
For that, a lot needs to be changed, and talk about a leader in Europe should cease every country will have a role to play
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In that scenario Chinese option seems to be a good idea, the US would play an alliance with Russia.