the pain was caused by laughing too hard. my sides were aching. can’t we work the trilateral commission in there somewhere? the Kennedy assassination? Bigfoot?
The financial realities can’t be ignored.
It was Richard Nixon who said “We can’t run the world without China” and hence his China policy......
Regardless, the Western Europe-USA axis of nations are cash poor and deep in debt.....
The Saudis and Chinese have $$$$$ to invest.
Their facts and they play into policy, I am certain.