Trump's candidates were defeated, and Trump himself said "imagine that I'm in the ballot", so under his logic, he was defeated, and defeated badly. None of them (Milei, Asprilla et al) are "Republican", there's no Republican Party outside the US, you dummy. They're of different "alt-right" parties,supported by the same Foundations like Heritage, Atlas Network, TPPF, and subsidiaries in LatAm. They attend to CPAC and assorted summits an the US, and they're directly subservient to Trump's policies, especially Milei.

Agreed, this is more a tease than anything, I'm so tired of this clickbait culture.

Agree, here in Argentina and Latin America, Trump's puppets (Milei, Asprilla, Kast, Fujimori, Flores, et al) are greatly affected by Trump's defeat. And having Peter Thiel living in Buenos Aires is not funny either.

Trump is setting the legal frame to have the AI companies in check, we just only need a competent government in office once he's out the White House. ...right? guys?

Ah yes, Arson Mountain did it again.

I you think that the Chinese system is pure, unadultered communism, you're in for a surprise.

Those are excellent observations, I've worked in three different cities in China in periods between 2014-18, and I can say you're on point. Many of my Chinese coworkers came from no-longer-poor families from small rural towns, they were the first in their kin to finish university or post high school education, and moved to a Tier 1-2 city. The Chinese govt is authoritarian about politics and some civil rights, but VERY liberal about business. Hundreds of millions have left poverty to become middle class, and they're very ambitious.