John V. Walsh seems to have a boner for everything China and Russia, and a hate boner for the US. Apparently the US is even responsible for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

What coup? Yanukovich was removed by the democratically-elected Ukrainian Parliament in a floor vote after he fled the country. Ukrainians are the ones who did all of this. What do you think the US did? I know what Russia did, starting here:

The protests were sparked by President Viktor Yanukovych’s sudden decision not to sign the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement, instead choosing closer ties to Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union. Ukraine’s parliament had overwhelmingly approved of finalizing the Agreement with the EU, but Russia had put pressure on Ukraine to reject it.

Still waiting for a description of US involvement from someone

We have one in our neighborhood park that people maintain on their free time. You seem angry and I don’t think it’s about little free libraries, so what are you actually angry about?

If you’re going to dodge the question, why bother responding at all

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Meanwhile, demand in the massive Chinese market has been weaker than anticipated. Official data for June showed dollar-denominated imports down from the previous month and falling on the year for a fourth consecutive month.

L’Oreal CEO Nicolas Hieronimus acknowledged in an earnings call in July that consumer confidence in China is “not yet at the pre-COVID level.”

So the West is decoupling their economies from China, as they should

This week, GDP or gross domestic product – considered the measure of economic growth – showed the U.S. economy grew at a rate of 2.4%, much higher than expected.

China’s post-pandemic recovery has slowed after a brisk start in the first quarter as demand at home and abroad weakened and a flurry of policies to support the economy failed to shore up activity.

You seriously sit there thinking the West, and the US specifically, has no industrial infrastructure?

Wait, what is this instance? Am I supposed to be in on some joke?