

While this is true, you have to think on diplomatic terms too. The number of countries that will actually deal with us long-term is rapidly falling because President Sundown might wake up tomorrow and decide to tear up your trade deal or defense agreement or whatever. I can definitely see India saying “no” purely because of that.

The son of Ferdinand Marcos, who literally robbed the Philippines blind, is currently the President of the Philippines. There’s a Mussolini in charge of Italy. The US right, during Trump’s first term, was “joking” about electing either Eric Trump or Don Jr after Trump’s second term, and then electing the other one, and Barron Trump after that. Hell, Bolsonaro was literally openly praising the military dictatorship of Brazil.