Xi throwing out a whole bunch of (what I’m assuming is) latin phrases and references to impress Trump on the basis that chuds love their latin, and Trump’s reaction is “I don’t speak Chinese”
To be honest, the term is very relevant in China-US relation right now.
Well, yeah, it seems to be a term literally made up to refer precisely to the U.S. and China
I had to google it because there’s no way there’s a commonly known greek myth about some dude named Thucydides that ive never heard of. Yeah, there isn’t, it’s just some greek nerd who said “sparta got mad jelly so war was inevitable” and some nerd in the 2010s applied the same logic to the U.S. and China and called it “thucydides trap” like it’s an actual thing that has ever been referred to, ever, outside of this context
If you have the time, do read Thucidides account of the Peloponnesian war. It’s a short read, and it accurately portrays what happens when a superpower tries to bully everybody else. It’s considered one of the first applications of modern historical analysis. Thucidides disregards propaganda from one side or the other and follows the chain of events, the actions, and the reasoning of either side, which made war inevitable.
I already saw 300 though im good
This is the better written sequel.
i remember 300 just because i remember taking away “alright might makes right and if you are born disabled you are evil and inferior” and that’s basically all i remembered from the movie. there was also the scene where some guy drenches himself in gold and or piss but that might have been the sequel
Yeah we didn’t need a special phrase to say “imperial hegemons will attempt to cling to their power when it is threatened”
I wouldn’t know, I don’t speak Chinese either
Xi wasn’t trying to, nor does he need to, impress these mongrels, and to claim he was is beyond insulting to him. Xi was simply speaking as he would as a highly educated and great leader of the most powerful nation on earth. He is a better man then anyone in that room.
Essentially, Xi Jinping directly asking Trump if Trump believes war is avoidable as China rises and the US Empire falls.
even funnier bc the term was coined by n american political scientist
Evergreen meme
Thucydides nuts
You got to love the Chinese for actually preparing for the meeting, while the US shows up in a jam packed clown car. All those State Department China-specialist eggheads that DOGE shitcanned, or forced out, were actually there for a reason. Trump was thinking, “Did I meet this Thucydides guy at an Epstein party?”
“Who is Thucydides and where did he lay this trap?”
Obviously he’s talking about Ortega’s military build up at the Costa Rican border and the potential impact on Colombia and the Panama canal.
“Ortega? Yeah, I like his taco shells.”
Ortega called me. Very nice man. Says he needs the land for new salsa factory. I believe him. Biden gave away our salsa supremacy.
“the trap of ‘two sides of what’?”
donnie doesn’t read books, not even his own books…
