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    Xi fragt Trump, ob die USA und China bei einem hochriskanten Gipfel die „Thukydides-Falle“ vermeiden können

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    3. Capital-Chemical-931 on

      In response, Trump looked bored, drooled a bit, and tried to change the subject to ballroom curtains. 

    4. profesorkind on

      In response Trumps says that’s it’s easy to get away, you just need to push your fingers towards each other

    6. redditscraperbot2 on

      Acknowledging the question is tacit admission that China is on the rise and America is in decline. Not an easy question to answer.

    10. Blank3k on

      Xi is really highlighting just how quickly the US has declined with this summit, low key burns at every turn.

    12. 1Steelghost1 on

      Imagine being the translator. His ‚explain it like I’m 5‘ skills must be off the charts!

    13. 0Hakuna_Matata0 on

      I went to a boat company in South Carolina, the boat…I said, “How is it?” He said “It’s a problem, sir, they want us to make all electric boats.” So I said, “Let me ask you a question,” and he said “Nobody ever asked this question,” and it must because of MIT, my relationship to MIT…very smart.

      He goes, “I say what would happen if the boat sank from its weight? And you’re in the boat and you have this tremendously powerful battery. And the battery is now underwater. And there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there.” By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately, did you notice that? A lot of sharks, I watched some guys justifying it today. “Well, they weren’t really that angry, they bit off the young lady’s leg because of the fact that they were they were not hungry, but they misunderstood what who she was.” These people are quite…He said, “There’s no problem with sharks, they just didn’t really understand a young woman swimming”. Now, I really got decimated in other people too, a lot of shark attacks. So I said, “So there’s a shark 10 yards away from the boat…10 yards. Or here. Do I get electrocuted if the boat is sinking, water goes over the battery. The boat is sinking. Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted, or do I jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted?”

      Because I will tell you, he didn’t know the answer. He said, “You know, nobody’s ever asked me that question.” I said, “I think it’s a good question. I think there’s a lot of electric current coming through that water. But you know what I’d do if there was a shark or you get electrocuted, I’ll take electrocution every single time.” I’m not getting near the shark, so we can end that, we’re going to end it for boats.

    14. GrowthWithLogic on

      When leaders start quoting ancient history, they’re really asking whether rivalry has to end in conflict.

    15. philip_laureano on

      And unlike Trump, Xi is no fool. He knows exactly what he’s doing, unlike this Fanta Menace that struggles to stay awake

    16. Not_Sure__Camacho on

      I’m sure Trump has no idea what that is. This is why you don’t vote in an idiot. And let’s face it, Xi, Putin, and Netanyahu have probably already lined Trump’s pockets to topple the U.S. from within.

    17. johnla on

      That idiot doesn’t know what Thucydides Trap is. 

      Me: googling Thucydides trap. 

    18. ToriEvergreen on

      Since no one has posted what it actually means:

      „The Thucydides Trap, or Thucydides‘ Trap, is a term popularized by American political scientist Graham T. Allison to describe an apparent tendency towards war when an emerging power threatens to displace an existing great power as a regional or international hegemon. „

    19. MightyTaur on

      So Xi asked it Trump thinks war could be avoided between US and China. Trump did not understand the question

    20. TehNubcheeks on

      They already lost him when they used words too big for the person that reads at a 3rd grade level.

    23. ElvisArcher on

      No problem. Trump probably thinks its used to make car batteries or something. Wait for next week when he puts a 200% tax on Thucydides.

    26. Which_Ebb_4362 on

      Well I’ll be.
      I wrote my bachelor thesis back in 2019 about how these two countries are on a course collision course to a Thucydides trap. 

    27. Illustrious_Hotel527 on

      A 4-syllable word? Trump’s most complex word he understands is tremendous.

    28. WebInformal9558 on

      Wait, did he actually say „Thucydides Trap“? Because there’s no way Donald would get that.

    29. Vonplinkplonk on

      The only time two countries avoided the Thucydides trap is the UK and US. So the odds are not great.

      Mad props to Xi dunking on Trump like this though the guy clearly knows if you want to insult Trump to his face then you just go high intellectually. Trump has no clue.

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