XPost: nz.politics, uk.politics.misc   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:49:22 -0000 (UTC), jon wrote:   
      
   > Why dont we tell him to stick his special relationship and break   
   > free from pandering to the US.   
      
   Easier said than done.   
      
   Depending on Daddy Warbucks to be the bedrock of the world’s financial   
   system and international law and order has been the path of least   
   resistance for much of the (Western) world since the end of World War   
   II.   
      
   Sure, there have been a few hiccups along the way (Israel, Vietnam,   
   Iraq), but nothing too painful to bear, until this current   
   narcissistic baby comes along and completely upsets the apple cart.   
      
   There are still some who believe that, if they hold their breath and   
   tiptoe quietly around this guy, and keep saying soothing things every   
   time he looks their way, that they can go back to the way things were   
   before.   
      
   But remember what Churchill said: “The appeaser is the one who feeds   
   the crocodile, hoping it will eat him last”. The more you give in to   
   the Fascist dictator, the more he demands.   
      
   Reining him in is going to be painful for the world.   
      
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