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[RenaXu @Renaxyx]

My carrying pokemon designs inspired by the other talented creators! Dress version and Shirt version available.
#AnimalCrossing #あつまれどうぶつの森 #マイデザイン配布 #マイデザイン #Pokemon #ポケモン #eevee #AnimalCrossingDesigns #PokemonSwordShield #ACNHDesigns #ACNHDesign

[RenaXu @Renaxyx]

@poke_times どんな #ポケモン会えるかな ？

#ポケモン30周年  #PR @poke_times

[RenaXu @Renaxyx]

どんな #ポケモン会えるかな ？

#ポケモン30周年  #PR @poke_times

[DANNYonPC @DANNYonPC]

@poke_times どんな #ポケモン会えるかな ？

#ポケモン30周年 #PR @poke_times

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

This video should unsettle anyone who takes the United States seriously as a nation.

Because it exposes something dangerous: the trivialization of the world's most consequential office. It shows how carelessly the power, credibility, and accumulated moral authority of a superpower can be squandered for a few seconds of viral attention.

In any other major democracy, this behavior from a head of state would trigger a constitutional crisis. Paris would burn. Berlin would convene emergency sessions. In the Nordic countries, resignation would follow within hours. Across functioning democracies, the public, institutions, and political class would recognize this for what it is: an assault on the dignity of the state itself. Leaders are not free to perform as entertainers without consequence. National honor is not personal property, it's held in trust.

But the United States is not just another country with a provocateur in charge. It is the linchpin of global order. It maintains formal alliances and security guarantees with forty to fifty nations. It underwrites the financial architecture, trade systems, and diplomatic frameworks that billions of people depend on daily. When the American president speaks—or posts—it doesn't land as satire, meme, or personal whim. It reads as a signal about what the country is becoming.

American power has never relied solely on carrier strike groups or economic output. It has rested on something more fragile and more valuable: trust. The belief that beneath domestic turbulence lies institutional seriousness, predictability, and a baseline commitment to dignity. That belief is now disintegrating in real time.

Millions of American companies operate globally. They negotiate multibillion-dollar contracts in environments where reputation is currency. Boardrooms in Frankfurt, Singapore, and Dubai aren't debating whether a post was clever—they're asking whether the United States remains a reliable partner. Whether agreements signed today will be honored tomorrow. Whether American leadership has devolved from institutional to purely theatrical.

Consider tourism, which sustains millions of American jobs—airlines, hotels, restaurants, museums, entire regional economies. Soft power isn't an abstraction. It materializes in flight bookings, conference locations, study-abroad programs, and decades of accumulated goodwill. A quiet, decentralized boycott doesn't require government action—only a collective sense that a nation no longer respects itself.

Now picture this image being studied by foreign ministers, central bank governors, defense strategists, and sovereign wealth fund managers. Picture them asking a coldly rational question: How do we write binding thirty-year agreements with a country whose public face will be this, relentlessly, for years to come? How do we plan for the long term when the tone is impulsive, mocking, and unbound by the gravity of office?

This is where the real calculus begins. Trillions in foreign capital depend on confidence that America is stable, credible, and rule-governed. That confidence is now being traded for what, exactly? Applause from an online mob? A dopamine rush from manufactured outrage? Content designed to dominate the news cycle rather than serve the national interest?

Every serious nation eventually confronts this choice: burn long-term credibility for short-term spectacle, or safeguard the reputation previous generations bled to build. The United States spent eighty years constructing an image of reliability, restraint, and leadership under pressure. That image wasn't born from perfection—it came from a visible commitment to standards that transcended impulse.

This isn't a partisan issue. Europeans who value democratic norms recognize something ominously familiar here. Americans—Democrat and Republican alike—who believe in responsibility and restraint should see it too. Power attracts scrutiny. Leadership demands discipline. A superpower cannot behave like a reality TV contestant without paying a price.

The presidency is not a personal broadcast channel. It's a symbol carried on behalf of 330 million people and countless international partners who never voted but whose lives are shaped by American decisions anyway. Every post either reinforces or erodes the idea that America can be counted on when it matters most.

So the question is no longer whether this is offensive. The question is whether this is who America chooses to be: a nation that trades a century of hard-won reputation for viral moments. A country that replaces statecraft with content creation. A republic governed like a season of reality television.

History offers a harsh lesson here. Great powers don't fall because enemies mock them. They collapse when they begin mocking themselves—publicly, proudly, and without grasping the cost until it's far too late.

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[RenaXu @Renaxyx]

@Love_Deepspace Happy CNY!!!❤️❤️❤️

[RenaXu @Renaxyx]

@yoyo_shuang @nxwestmidlands #STOPASIANHATE

[Jiayu S @yoyo_shuang]

I suffered a racist attack on the 50 bus in Birmingham on 28th June. What made me most disappointed and angry was the driver's inaction which obviously contributed to crimes.
Till now I haven't received any responses or apologies from @nxwestmidlands Shame on you!#StopAsianHate

[Animetrends @AnimetrendsLA]

Desde Shibuya, momento exacto donde Ash Ketchum se corona como el Campeón Mundial...
¡No estoy llorando! 😤😭
#Pokemon

[Pokémon @Pokemon]

He's done it! Ash has become a World Champion! 🏆🎉

[Ricarda Beatrix 瑞琦 @RicardaBeatrix]

Fabulous conference coming up on Saturday, Oct. 15 at @BrownUniversity in-person and online: "Depicting Glory: Rare Objects from the Late Qing to the Republic of China" with speakers incl. Hongxing Zhang, Kaijun Chen, @mwmosca, Cynthia Brokaw & many more! https://t.co/HDUbb8SmWF

[RenaXu @Renaxyx]

I was there. Very scary!

[Henrik-Willem H⭕️fs @HWHofs]

BREAKING poging roof #TEFAF #Maastricht VIDEO Rovers proberen vitrines met daarin diamanten kapot te slaan.

[La Tribune de l'Art @ltdla]

Un casse à la Tefaf Maastricht en pleine journée : des vitrines d'un stand de bijoux fracassé à la masse, deux truands menaçant avec des armes pour protéger leur complice. Ils se sont enfuis par le restaurant...

[RenaXu @Renaxyx]

@sendmybag Thank you, Erin :)

[RenaXu @Renaxyx]

@sendmybag #SMBstudents Hi there. I would like to send my luggage from London to @penn_state . Thanks! 🙂

[Dr Alexandra Loske @Saschaloske]

Today we're hosting a Chinese Wallpaper Study Day at the Royal Pavilion @BrightonMuseums.Our first speakers, Emile de Bruijn @NTrust_Art_Coll & Patrick Conner are introducing the subject. If you'd like to find out about our wallpapers, have a look at this: https://t.co/rSdDmiFbmw

[The Courtauld @TheCourtauld]

The Royal School of Needlework and The Courtauld are delighted to be partnering on a bookmark embroider class inspired by the floral motifs of this chair.
🔗 https://t.co/ldabkkvQuj

Chair with floral seatback, 1913, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld

[RenaXu @Renaxyx]

Awwwww

[Meivu 💖 @meivuyoutube]

THEM!!!!!

#pokemonscarlet #pokemonviolet

[Anne Gerritsen @gerritsen_anne]

Please take a look at this opportunity to do a fully-funded PhD at Leiden University, shared between LIAS (area studies, but in practice: sinology) and LUCAS (arts in society, in practice: art history).

https://t.co/B4ZVixb45b

[Dr Alexandra Loske @Saschaloske]

A very happy #ChineseNewYear from the Royal Pavilion @BrightonMuseums! Some friends and supporters from China dropped by and we celebrated in style. Loving my tiger hat. Photo by Stephen D Lawrence, taken in the Music Room #YearOfTheTiger
#LunarNewYear
The Pavilion is open.

[Ricarda Beatrix 瑞琦 @RicardaBeatrix]

Lecture prep for V&Academy: Honestly could not be more excited abt excavation work @ Forbidden City at former site of imperial workshops (造辦處)! Largest area w/ most diverse relics ever found& evidence of large-scale build. from Yuan, Ming, and Qing! #造辦處 #crafts #workshops

[RenaXu @Renaxyx]

Happy Spring Festival!