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peppercorn · 2017-06-15T02:12:54Z

Who remembers Yeltsin? President of Russia from 91 to 99. He became a joke inside his country while it was being looted, but even more outside. I remember world leaders at events he attended viewing him with amusement. They would smile and pet him on his head, figuratively of course. Neither him or his country were being taken seriously. The look of contempt, and bemusement was behind the smiles of world leaders where ever he went. Sure he could still blow up the world, be we all knew he would rather have another glass of Moldovan wine.I started seeing the same amused smiles again, first with Angela Merkel when she came to the USA. In many countries out side the USA "real" education is valued, its sought out, worked for. I was reading her biography....She studied Physics, Speaks multiple languages, has a doctorate in Chemistry, and earned awards for her proficiency in mathematics. I think she can size up things in short order. Other world leaders can too.You must remember she was Chancellor when that great thinker Bush was president. I can only imagine what she thought at the time. Now she understands that was not a anomaly but a trajectory.Trumps world tour was a stomping on the accelerator of that trajectory. I only hoped for that wrecking ball of a "Mad King" to do internal damage, Now I see the damage going internationally, growing,and getting "allies" to take a good hard look at the USA and what its become, its about time.The largest prison population in the world, and used as slave labour. The greatest disparity in incomes, the worlds largest arms peddler and consumer of said arms, Life spans that are now shrinking, high drug use, illicite and otherwise. Health care and justice only for those that can afford it.I believe computing power, both in speed and cumulated capacity, went to the Chinese last year, all leading research in Physics is now done in Europe thanks to the Hadron Collider. Nasa? I remember what it could do...., now its nothing but a brand name...cant even get its own men to the space station, it will soon be paying India to launch its satellites. Medical care? Cuba can beat it in infant Mortality, a rather important metric.Sure, the USA can still blow up the world, but it looks like even a funny hair cut guy in asia knows the USA would rather pick a pocket, or think up a derivative scam than do something that looks like real work, So is giving the USA the finger.I can only see one thing keeping this wreck of a ship afloat.....a petro dollar, back stopping a visa without a limit.I seen the end of this limitless visa card coming but I placed that time likely beyond the life I have left. After Trumps world tour,"the shark has been jumped", events have been accelerated greatly...I now have hope that I will get to see this happen..I have hope that it could be as soon as 10 to 20 years from now, and I may get to enjoy the show....lets hope he takes another world tour to show the American flag. No counties are laughing with you America, from here on in, its at you!

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