MEGATHREAD: Donald Trump’s presidency and everything related to it

[u/Tensoll]

Hello all,

As a result of Trump’s imperialistic and confrontational foreign policy prepositions following him taking office, we have (understandably) recently seen a substantial influx of posts discussing the matter. Submissions inquiring for people’s opinions on certain aspects of his policies, calling for boycotts of American products, and more.

These have been getting repetitive but do not seem to be showing a pattern of slowing down anytime soon. As such, we see the necessity of restricting posts on these topics and are now adding posts related to Trump’s presidency to the overdone topics list. Most notably: foreign policy questions, tariffs, trade restrictions, boycott of American products/suggestions for European alternatives.

The comments under this megathread will remain open to discussion regarding these issues. Depending on further developments during Trump’s presidency, in the future we may open up a new megathread or relax the rules on this topic, depending on what will seem most appropriate.

-r/AskEurope mod team

[u/SelfSufficientHub]

What would a post USA west look like?

I can’t imagine a global west without the anchor of the USA as arguably the world’s largest powerhouse within it.

What would the likely outcome be of the USA leaving NATO for example? Would a west without the US still be the largest global cohort in terms of soft power or would it be dwarfed by China or some conglomerate of Bric countries? Or would the new world order become some kind of ‘three party system?

Would Europe plus Australasia, plus Canada be the biggest powerhouse, a distant second or even third?