The idea of China of all places exporting weed to the US is just bizarre, I've seen people on RedNote saying that weed is a hard drug that will literally kill you.
I'd say after everything the Brits did to Iran, they've earned a bit of election interference, yeah? It's like when you gotta let the other kid punch you to even the score. You don't gotta let them decide everything that happens, and they don't get to loot all your natural resources, but surely they've at least earned a referendum or two, I mean, come on.
My favorite part of the book is when Trotsky goes, "And THAT is why Stalin is the biggest GOOFBALL I've ever met... he's right behind me, isn't he?" and then Stalin throws a water balloon at him and somebody goes, "Well THAT just happened!"
The big question is whether they're going to demand nuclear war to avoid accepting that America is no longer "#1," or if they're just going to retreat into total delusion, or what.
I've found that it helps to understand this psychology by imagining that I'm living in the Warhammer 40k Imperium.
"Things are absolutely horrible, but I'm not some kind of heretic. It's probably the xenos' fault that I work 18 hours a day and live in a broom closet. Glory to the Emperor!"
This is the vibe I picked up. Trump talked a lot about how he was going to address housing with new construction. Who's going to get those contracts? Either some sort of deal was made, or at least Mamdani expressed that the potential was there. That's my guess anyway.
A game store opened like 15 minutes away from where I live and I've started making some friends there.