The problem is that the second part really isn’t true. They’ve been relied on for a whole lot. It’s very painful to move on, even if the relationship seems unsalvagable, and so there’s a lot of hopium out there about waiting this presidential term out and then everything goes back to normal.
I’d be okay with the rest of the world freezing out the U.S. No one needs them anyway.
The problem is that the second part really isn’t true. They’ve been relied on for a whole lot. It’s very painful to move on, even if the relationship seems unsalvagable, and so there’s a lot of hopium out there about waiting this presidential term out and then everything goes back to normal.