China and Brazil should safeguard the shared interests of the Global South and jointly maintain the United Nations’ core role, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Brazilian counterpart on Friday, state news agency Xinhua said.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-xi-urges-brazils-lula-to-jointly-protect-global-south-interests


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      True although latest reports suggest Trump has plans for the so called Broad of Peace beyond Gaza.

      So I wonder if Trump is considering to Have the US leave the UN and so Xi is looking for an opportunity to have his sphere of influence seize the global throne

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        Trump has already attempted to leave NATO twice, not counting the time he publicly announced the possibility of going to war against NATO by invading Greenland. That part is not in question.

        Xi’s expansionist goals are also not at all in question. The space base they’re setting up in Africa is militaristic in nature, they’re claiming Taiwan belongs to them and have already occupied Hong Kong using military force, and they were backers for Maduro’s regime as a continuation of China’s backing of Hugo Chavez and Cuba during the Cold War.

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          Difference between NATO and the UN though is despite Trump’s feelings the US has benefited from it by virtue of being their military arm to control Europe.

          The UN although the US is a permanent member doesn’t get much if anything that it could get without it.

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            USA, Russia, and China are all “world superpowers” designation with Veto power in the UN, which they have all used to accomplish various goals such as:

            • USA vetoing a resolution punishing Israel unless they accept a ceasefire without return of hostages, because they supported Israel militarily as a permanent foothold in the region, as other allies in the past have fallen to extremist regimes.

            • China vetoing a resolution that punishes Israel unless they accept a ceasefire with return of hostages, the only one the USA was willing to agree to, because they wanted the USA to look bad and it helped their favored candidate Donald Trump in the election.

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                The USA actually has less sway over NATO. NATO is a mutual defence pact, and while it has the power to reject applicants, their VETO power in UN is equivalent and more.

                The fact that NATO generals forced Trump to back down over Greenland is a good example.

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                  A mutual defense pact with the US holding the key leadership positions for all time and also the bulk of the forces. And should the US leave then for all intents and purposes NATO is dead.

                  Greenland wasn’t the Generals but more rather the economy with Trump seeing the stock market reaction and likely someone telling him that war with NATO nations over an Island that is ultimately worthless dirt (yes rare earth minerals are there but it’s no Venezuelan Oil deposits when evaluating the value) would end the US as being the defective global economic capital.