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That belief was based on a lot of suppositions like the gold in Fort Knox being there(had that fight with Europe already and resolved it until recently), the backing of NATO allies, the backing of long term allies like Canada and Britain who we have threatened with annexation and referenced as losers militarily, respectively in the past month, or even basic rule of law in line with our own systems.

We have become a source of absolute chaos and until we settle down into an understandable and, critically, stable set of behaviors three is no belief in us.

You can’t rely on past behavior as a source of trust for counter parties when you are simultaneously telling those counter parties that every agreement you enter into is worth nothing upon tomorrow.




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