The Trump administration is pushing for a new Cold War with Russia and China.

Meanwhile, Xi has already banned rap music in China and now Putin wants to regulate it in Russia because he says it is poison that degrades his nation:

President Putin has urged "great caution" to anyone banning concerts for young people in Russia, and suggested that such events should be "taken over and navigated" by the authorities. pic.twitter.com/5RWA9kRwMs — BBC Monitoring (@BBCMonitoring) December 15, 2018

2/ Putin said he was concerned by the popularity of rap music, which he said: "rests upon three pillars – sex, drugs and protest." pic.twitter.com/XkP4AectkN — BBC Monitoring (@BBCMonitoring) December 15, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that listening to rap music is “a path to the degradation of the nation” https://t.co/gbsCFZaa4H pic.twitter.com/c05FAKBifr — Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 15, 2018

Putin's comments come amid a crackdown on contemporary music that evoked Soviet-era censorship of the artshttps://t.co/08whshAaME — 13WHAM (@13WHAM) December 15, 2018

% of young adults who oppose gay marriage in: ?? Georgia 94%

?? Russia 86

?? Ukraine 82

?? Hungary 52

?? Greece 51

?? Poland 50

?? Ireland 20

?? France 17

?? Germany 15

?? Norway 14

?? UK 13

?? Finland 12

?? Spain 7

?? Sweden 5https://t.co/m1i1RipjMu pic.twitter.com/B8BWqSu09I — Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) December 15, 2018

Is the West really the best?

This is an attack on manhood, absolutely. But it’s also a promotion of pedophilia https://t.co/QcgCgVsPWk — V**L*T (@GhostSpwn) December 16, 2018

Extreme forces across Europe are rejoicing over Macron’s gilets jaunes predicament. From Britain’s hardline Brexiters to Italy’s far-right Matteo Salvini, the relish is unmistakable. Upheaval and chaos in liberal democracies is what they thrive on. https://t.co/O5rZTDbv2u — Yascha Mounk (@Yascha_Mounk) December 5, 2018

"People outside centers of power are rejecting political elites they feel take them for granted…backing new movements that eschew the rules and that often play to their basest thoughts…this isn’t a weakening of democracy. In a way, it’s the opposite"https://t.co/7nZZVKmdPh — ?towhee (@amborin) December 14, 2018

Even Westerners increasingly don’t think so.