**"Trump at a Dead End? Possibility of Resignation or Quitting if Defeated in Midterm Elections; Will Prime Minister Takaichi’s 'Hug Diplomacy' with the Declining Trump Administration End as a 'Pro-American Flash in the Pan'?"** *Money Post WEB, June 17, 2026 (Wed) 16:15*
**Caption:** Is the "Hug Diplomacy" already at its limit? (Illustration by Yasutoshi Igawa)
### Commentary
**[Comment 1]**
The ones truly in decline are not the Trump-led Republican Party, but the Democratic Party—a group of liberal hypocrites. It was under the Democratic Obama administration in 2014 that America’s GDP, based on purchasing power parity, was surpassed by China, marking the "era of Democratic dominance."
*Universal suffrage (elections without restrictions based on race or gender) was finally legislated in the United States in 1965.* *Major milestones in the expansion of suffrage in the U.S. include:*
* *1870 (15th Amendment): Prohibited restrictions on voting based on race or color, granting voting rights to Black men.*
* *1965 (Voting Rights Act): Completely abolished unfair discriminatory practices used in Southern states—such as literacy tests and poll taxes—that hindered minority (primarily Black) voting, effectively realizing universal suffrage.*
**[Comment 2]**
Giving the right to vote to the "ignorant proletarian masses"—or what Yukichi Fukuzawa called "Gonsuke the apprentice"—who constantly scream that "cheap goods are for the benefit of the working class," only leads to a society that can think of nothing more than increasing the production of inferior goods (cheap knockoffs) and lowering prices.
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### Article Title
**"Trump at a Dead End? Possibility of Resignation or Quitting if Defeated in Midterm Elections; Will Prime Minister Takaichi’s 'Hug Diplomacy' with the Declining Trump Administration End as a 'Pro-American Flash in the Pan'?"**
*Money Post WEB, June 17, 2026 (Wed) 16:15*
**Caption:** Is the "Hug Diplomacy" already at its limit? (Illustration by Yasutoshi Igawa)
### Commentary
**[Comment 1]**
The ones truly in decline are not the Trump-led Republican Party, but the Democratic Party—a group of liberal hypocrites. It was under the Democratic Obama administration in 2014 that America’s GDP, based on purchasing power parity, was surpassed by China, marking the "era of Democratic dominance."
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**[Reference Information: Google AI Overview]**
*Universal suffrage (elections without restrictions based on race or gender) was finally legislated in the United States in 1965.*
*Major milestones in the expansion of suffrage in the U.S. include:*
* *1870 (15th Amendment): Prohibited restrictions on voting based on race or color, granting voting rights to Black men.*
* *1920 (19th Amendment): Removed gender-based restrictions, guaranteeing women’s suffrage.*
* *1965 (Voting Rights Act): Completely abolished unfair discriminatory practices used in Southern states—such as literacy tests and poll taxes—that hindered minority (primarily Black) voting, effectively realizing universal suffrage.*
**[Comment 2]**
Giving the right to vote to the "ignorant proletarian masses"—or what Yukichi Fukuzawa called "Gonsuke the apprentice"—who constantly scream that "cheap goods are for the benefit of the working class," only leads to a society that can think of nothing more than increasing the production of inferior goods (cheap knockoffs) and lowering prices.