>>34953Western nations aren't obliged to follow the US and they actually don't. Look at the position most western nations have on Palestine and Cuba for example. Ukraine is a bit different as the US is the largest supporter of Ukraine and they are losing even with that support, so I don't see how Europe will prop Ukraine up by itself.
Trade is also much more important to most nations than it is to the US and so most nations don't want to follow the Trump on what he wants to do and instead they are talking with each other to mitigate what damages will be caused by his tariffs. The same situation is happening with green energy.
Countries do actually manage themselves and they have their own concerns both internally and externally and they are not related to the USA. The problem isn't going to be USA and it's political and financial weight, instead the problem is going to be social media and what kind of social media political ideas will be exported outside the USA and picked up by common people who might vote for parties that support such social media political ideas. But even that is probably overstated, I can see migration concerns being exported(because in many countries they are actually a concern) but not abortion(there were a few politicians in Australia that flirted with that idea but were shut down by their party) or green energy.
Though having said all this, there still are going to be some policies that the rest of the world will have to adapt too. If the US lowers corporate tax the rest of the world will face pressure to do the same in order to stay competitive.