You can be friends and ally of the US up to a certain size.
 

An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.


Think about Japan and what occured when it grew too big.
Then Germany became the target for being too friendly with Russia. Germany was world biggest exporter before problems with Ukraine arose. It's trade surplus was more than china's.


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