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The Ukraine war is a negative for him. He wanted to use Russia against China. Like how he previously used China against the Soviet Union. He was the one advisin
by hummer_embark 3y ago
The Ukraine war is a negative for him. He wanted to use Russia against China. Like how he previously used China against the Soviet Union. He was the one advising Trump towards detente with Russia during the 2016 campaign. Unfortunately for him, others within the deep state made that policy impossible.
- ragnot 3y agoGot any more reading for that?
- hummer_embark 3y ago[dead]
- vlovich123 3y agoThat’s an interesting take. Only a year or two ahead of the Ukrainian election Trump was threatening withholding agreed to and paid for arms shipments to Ukraine unless they announce investigations into Biden’s son. His people also blatantly lied claiming meetings with Russians ahead of elections were just about adoption policy whereas really it was about lifting the Magnitsky act which was the reason Russia banned US adoptions.
- hummer_embark 3y agoThe contact with Russia prior to inauguration was for lobbying on behalf of Israel. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/01/michael-flynn-israel-lobbying-russia-united-nations https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/01/michael-flyn...
- vlovich123 3y agoNope. Totally different meeting: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/06/us/politics/trump-tower-russia-meeting.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/06/us/politics/t... The Trump team had lots of contact with Russia about all sorts of topics. By the way as far as I know, lobbying the Russians against the interests of the current government is extremely rare and rises to the level of what Reagan did to Carter with the Iran hostage crisis. There’s even laws on the books iirc that this isn’t allowed although no one seems to want to try enforcing it.