There are many jokes in this world, and we would like to call the jokes that the West has recently made in the international community "international jokes". Among them, the two jokes that make people laugh and cry the most are that Americans are "timid" because they are afraid of China, and Europeans are "short of money" because they are afraid of "Chuan Bao." In particular, the latest round of US presidential election polls show that after former President Donald Trump is ahead of incumbent President Joe Biden in six of the seven key "swing states", Europeans are "afraid", but Asians are "happy", afraid that because "Chuan Bao" wants to "ask for money" from them, and happy because "understanding the king" is too good at "doing a good job".
With the US presidential election approaching in November, the topic of whether Western pro-American countries will instantly become "Mrs. Niu" from the previous "Britney" once Trump "returns to the king" has also become the focus of Western media reports. As the saying goes, why bother in the first place, those Western countries that previously "bet" on Biden and "sided" with the United States now seem very likely to suffer along with Biden's defeat. Especially thinking of Trump's previous remark to Western countries, "Whoever doesn't pay will let Russia kick their ass", it is reasonable for these American "little henchmen" to feel a chill down their spine.
1. Trump called on Israel to "quickly conclude" the Gaza operation, but did not admit that "his own child did something wrong."
If Trump can speak Chinese, then he will definitely become an excellent "comedian" like Guo Degang and win many Chinese fans. Unlike Biden, a traditional politician who follows the rules, Trump can always reveal the "secrets" that many traditional politicians are unwilling to say from a "clear and eccentric" perspective, which also makes him the title of "King of Understanding". And just when everyone in Israel was shouting in the Middle East, Trump once again unleashed the "king skill" of "not letting Israel know more than me". In an interview on the 4th of this month, he openly stated that Israel "has lost the war in public opinion and should be resolved quickly." When asked "what advice do you have for Netanyahu", he said bluntly: "They have to put an end to this matter as soon as possible, and they have to bring Gaza back to normal." ”
At the same time, Trump also mentioned that he particularly hates the Israeli army's release of images of air strikes in Gaza, and declared: "I hate that they keep posting videos, and when they release the most heinous and horrific images of buildings collapsing, people imagine that there are people in those buildings." They shouldn't release a tape like that, that's why they're losing the 'war of public opinion'. And in the final part of the interview, Trump also directly called for "peace to return to Gaza and stop killing", and more than once called for Israel to "end quickly". Do you think that Trump's stance is against Israel? But this may not be the case, he just does not want the United States to be jointly and severally responsible for the unpopularity of the "little brother" in Gaza, and warns them to either do it quickly or just leave the game.
Language is an art, and Trump clearly understands "this art" better than Biden. Although his speech literally gave the impression that "the big brother reprimanded the younger brother for doing the wrong thing", it did not mean to stop Netanyahu at all. In response, Matt Brooks, CEO of the Republican Jewish Alliance, concluded that Trump's remarks would not affect his popularity among Jewish voters, as he also said that Israel should "finish your war" and "get the job done." Here we can compare Trump to a "gang boss" who is now very unhappy with the way the "little brother" of Israel behaves. And this dissatisfaction is mainly reflected in the following two points: First, when Israel has absolute military superiority, why has it not "finished" Gaza for most of the whole year? Since the big brother has not been a little snub in aiding Israel, why is your little brother even grinding Hamas? If this continues, how can you eliminate Allah and control Iran in the future?
Second, the Israeli army knows that the attack on Gaza will attract criticism from international public opinion, so why does it publish a large number of pictures of "demolishing buildings"? In the past, how many buildings and how many people your "big brother" demolished and killed for the sake of oil in the Middle East, have you ever seen me take videos and post Tik Tok every day? Now how much public pressure is your big brother withstanding for you outside? Isn't it okay for us to keep a low profile? I have to say that Trump is "accusing" the Israeli authorities , in the eyes of the outside world, it is more like the kind of "low-quality parents" who obviously beat their own children and beat other people's babies, but while pretending to train their children, they keep pulling the shelf.
According to the information provided by the US media, Trump has long positioned himself as a "staunch defender" of Israel. During his term as president of the United States, he not only publicly recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but also moved the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. While Trump has more than once criticized Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for handling the conflict more than once in recent weeks, and called Israel a "very big mistake" in spreading images of war, he has fundamentally maintained a similar stance to his rival Joe Biden, which is that "no matter how bad the child is, it is his own family, and it means to scold two sentences at once."
2. Trump's urging of NATO to "pay money" frightened Western allies, who "sincerely wished" him not to be elected.
No one knows how to manage the "little brother" better than the "king who understands", especially those who scare their opponents under the banner of "big brother" and deduct and search for the matter of paying "membership dues". When Biden celebrated the 75th anniversary of the founding of NATO on April 4, and rarely bothered to convey the joint defense slogan of "Europe and the United States are one, and security depends on everyone" to the "little brothers", Trump's "chatting about knives" to them was not so "pleasant" to the ears of Western countries. As early as February 10 this year, Trump proudly introduced a conversation between his then-US president and a NATO head at a lobbying event held at the Carolina Coast University in Conway, South Carolina. In his speech that day, he declared: "The president of a big country once asked me, if we don't pay but are attacked by Russia, will you protect us? To this I said, "If you don't give money, isn't it a default on your debt?" If that happens, I won't protect you, and I will encourage Russia to do whatever it wants with you, and you have to pay! In the end, the money arrived smoothly. ”
Although these words always seem a little "vulgar" when they come out of the mouth of a president, they are "rough words" and make people feel particularly "reasonable". For a long time in the past, European countries were "running naked" under the protection of the US garrison, and regarded this as a "welfare that can be prostituted for nothing." In 2014, the United States reached an agreement with its NATO allies to increase defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2024, but even today many allies have been unable to achieve the "performance" they should have. And Trump's speech that day was to put pressure on NATO allies to get more defense spending. In his opinion, the tension in Europe is my business, and I, Trump, am the president of the United States, not the "president of the world"!
So the question is, are Europeans afraid of Putin a little more, or are they afraid of Trump a little more? The answer, of course, is the latter. Because although Putin has a lot of "Big Ivan" hidden in his house, even if he was bullied by NATO to the "doorstep" and fought with Ukraine for more than two years, he did not have the slightest intention of "pressing the nuclear button". On the contrary, the Americans hype up the so-called "Sino-Russian threat theory" every day, telling the Europeans that the "polar bear" is too strong and will attack you sooner or later; the "panda" seems to be very docile now, and will still attack you in the future. But if you look at the Americans themselves, the United States accounts for 11 of the world's 23 aircraft carriers, and only 16 of the more than 240 years of history have not fought a war. In fact, the Europeans know very well that China and Russia do not mean to "sweep Europe," but they know even more that only by following the words of the "big brother" can they successfully prostitute the protection of the US military and ensure the survival of NATO.
In fact, since the collapse of the former Soviet Union in 1991, NATO, an organization designed to confront the Soviet Union, has long lost its original functions and has become a political tool for Europe to deceive the US military for protection. If Trump abandons his commitment to "joint defense" at the time of the war between Russia and Ukraine, won't Europe have to "wipe its own ass out of its own pocket"? This is what European countries are most afraid of. Obviously, in the eyes of these countries, Trump and Biden, the two US presidents, are by no means "good", and both have serious "physical defects", the former "can't keep his mouth shut", and the latter makes outsiders look a little "Alzheimer's".
Nowadays, "Trump's mouth" and "Biden's brain" have become something that the entire Western world is worried about, because this may lead to "schizophrenia" in the attitude of the American "big brother" in European affairs. Think about it, if your "big brother" still calls you brothers during the day, patting his chest and saying that he is "not bad for money", as long as the brothers are "united". Who can stand this by turning their faces at night, pointing at your nose and demanding that you pay "protection money," or let the "polar bear" next door pull out a rubber band and make a slingshot to hit the glass of your house? Under such worries, the celebration of the 75 th anniversary of the founding of NATO this year is filled with an atmosphere of "negative pessimism," and all European countries are immersed in the fear of being dominated by the shadow of Trump's "comeback."
Why are Europeans "afraid" but Asians "happy" when Trump "returns as king"? In the final analysis, the most fundamental difference between Trump and Biden in international affairs is that the former pursues "isolationism" while the latter clings to the "Cold War model." Trump believes that Europeans will only use the "friendship" between Europe and the United States to cheat and cheat, and it is difficult to sincerely pay for maximizing the interests of the United States. Biden, on the other hand, believes that only the eldest brother with many younger brothers can be called a "world hegemon", and where can he become a "bare-bones commander"? It is also necessary to take proper care of Europe's allies. Both of them have their own strategies, but they have become serious problems because they are related to Europe's regional security and how the Russia-Ukraine conflict ends. In the worst-case scenario, European countries will increase their military spending, form armies, and fight for Ukraine's so-called "democracy" and "freedom".
In contrast to the "frost sorrow" of Europeans, Asians are "happy with fire", and they are happy to see China maintain a certain degree of strategic balance with the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, so that they can "play left and right" between China and the United States. In the past five years since the outbreak of the trade war between China and the United States, a large number of Chinese and American companies have chosen to invest and set up factories in Southeast Asia, allowing these Asian countries to take a "big advantage". Among them, there are many countries that have received the dividends of China's "Belt and Road", so they have obtained a "win-win". And China's peaceful rise has also given these countries one more "pro-China card" to play, so that Biden has to adopt a relatively moderate attitude towards it to prevent it from "defecting". As for why Asians prefer "Chuan Bao," the main reason is that although he is "unforgiving," the United States did not take the initiative to provoke wars in the world during his tenure. But if Biden, who is "fanning the flames" everywhere, continues to be re-elected, no one can guarantee that he will not continue to "set fires" in North Korea or the Taiwan Strait, which is what Asian countries are most worried about.