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Good article. Trump seems to be completely confused when it comes to Russia. On the one hand, he says he wants to make friends with it. On the other hand he sa

Good article. Trump seems to be completely confused when it comes to Russia. On the one hand, he says he wants to make friends with it. On the other hand he says he wants to greatly expand defense spending and build a new generation of nuclear weapons and delivery systems, which would enrage Russia. He also wants to greatly increase oil production, which would lead to oil prices falling even further than they already have in the last two years, and would be devastating to the Russian economy. Any Trump supporters out there who would like to try to make sense of all this?

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krapp 10y ago
Bear in mind that Trump's attitude towards Russia is informed, in part, by a dichotomy manufactured for the campaign - that he (and the Republicans) represented peace and stability regarding Russia, whereas Hillary Clinton and the Democrats wanted to start World War 3 with them. The other positions (increasing oil production, investing in the military and nuclear weapons) are standard ideological positions for the Republican party. The apparent contradiction of framing himself in opposition to an aggressive stance on Russia out of political necessity while running for the party which traditionally supports such a stance, either hasn't occurred to him, or else doesn't concern him.