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The looming prospect of a US default on debt prompted China to call for the world to “de-Americanise”, amid warnings of a new global recession.
In China, Xinhua, the official government news agency, said that as American politicians continued to flounder over a deal to break the impasse, “it is perhaps a good time for the befuddled world to start considering building a de-Americanised world”.
The jibe came as Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund chief, raised the spectre of a repeat of the 2008 financial crash as hopes dwindled for a resolution of the crisis over the debt ceiling and partial government shutdown.
Harry Reid, the leader of the Democrat-controlled Senate and Mitch McConnell, who heads the Republican minority, met on Sunday for “preliminary” talks following the acrimonious collapse of negotiations between the White House and Republicans in the lower chamber.
Jack Lew, the Treasury secretary, has said that the US will run out of money to pay its bills on Thursday if Congress does not authorise an increase in federal borrowing limits.
The problem lies squarely with Conks and has been building for decades. It isn't just the current "crisis", either. We're a world bully (thanks to Conks) and people around the globe have been moving away from us for ages. The 20th century was loaded with fine American achievements and we, generally speaking, set a good example for everyone. Now we look silly and the root of most of it is Conks who still can't get over the fact that a black man was elected president. They fight him at every turn, just out of spite....and they openly admit it.
Shame on Conks. Way to go, and here's to the new de-Americanized world. Hope Conks enjoy the trip around the porcelain basin.
















