And it’s being lapped up by Useful Idiots here and abroad.

But....it's true, isn't it?

Not the part about China. China hasn't changed. But we have changed, right?

We're not going to keep being Mr. Nice Guy. We're deliberately and intentionally changing, going into Just Another Powerful Country mode. Rubio said it himself, on foreign policy - we're no longer going to do what's good for the world, we're going to do what's good for the United States.

When we do that, there's an effect. The effect is to reduce the difference between us and China to other countries. Not eliminate it, but reduce it. If we're no longer going to do what's good for the world, but instead do what's good for us, then a lot of countries need to modify their relationship with the U.S. to be more like any other power. Which means no longer relying on us to do what's right or good or in service to global interests. Which means that they have to triangulate us against the Chinese and other global powers, rather than just rely on us to respect their interests and needs on our own.

I mean, you can't just upend the global order and expect that it won't change things. Some changes will be to our benefit, but some will not. And the big change is that is is now in the interest of our former allies to try to check our power by plying us against the Chinese, rather than continuing to let us be the Leaders of the Free World.

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