The US ignores small and poor countries while China creates partnerships with them

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Beninese counterpart, Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon, announced the establishment of a China-Benin strategic partnership on Friday. https://t.co/AOMS8GKouo pic.twitter.com/GsGEg9iqDF

— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) September 2, 2023

If you're not alarmed you should be. Forget Chinese military power. It's there DIPLOMATIC POWER that should be scaring the shit outta you. Outside of the West (European countries for the most part), the US has ignored the poor countries of the world. The Chinese aren't. They are rapidly making friends with MOST of the world's populations. We have got to get our shit together. Our biggest seller has been military alliances/gear. Most of these countries don't give a fuck about that. Its economics that drive things. Not global warming. Not what we consider important social issues. The US diplomatic effort is fucked beyond recognition and because of it we're losing before the first shot has been fired.