The whole thing is just such an absurd bluff. One has to wonder just how dumb do Europeans think Russians are exactly. It's clear to anybody with even a minimally functioning brain that Russia is winning the war right now despite the US having sent mountains of weapons to Ukraine. If all of the west is unable to defeat Russia, how exactly do Europeans think they'll be able to do that now that the US is pulling out. It's just so fantastical.
BRICS is already pretty entrenched there with Brazil being one of the founding members.
AI is not good with tracking objects temporally :)
Exactly, nobody would be crazy enough to allow the US to be a central part of the world economy again. It seems like even the attempt to carve out a bloc has failed at this point with both Canada and EU talking to China.
“eh, do we even want to bother trying to sell this stuff in the USA? Yeah it’s a huge market, but it’s also a huge risk now”
Exactly, and once trade is rerouted away from the US, what exactly is the incentive to go back. Political volatility makes the risk of doing business unacceptable. I just don't see a way back at this point. I'm sure once Trump drops tariffs, then trade will inevitably resume, but I highly doubt it'll come back to the same levels as before. The US has severely undermined its global economic leverage with this stunt.
Yeah, Peskov already made a statement basically saying this is false. I saw interesting speculation that the story was put out intentionally so Russia would come out and dismiss it before the Ukraine meeting in London, and then the narrative could be that Russia doesn't want a deal. Peskov's statement is more sophisticated than that though, he doesn't outright deny it, but very strongly insinuates it's bullshit.
https://www.rt.com/russia/616126-only-trust-firsthand-sources-on/
The Sheep Look Up is looking more prophetic by the day.