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I get that it is easy to say that Trump admires dictators, he is such great friends with them, they have compromising information on him and he will allow them
by themaninthedark 2y ago
I get that it is easy to say that Trump admires dictators, he is such great friends with them, they have compromising information on him and he will allow them to do whatever they want, however, he was president before and during that time China did not invade Taiwan. Also during that time; Russia did not invade Ukraine.
- ethbr1 2y agoRussia invaded Crimea the year before Trump took office, and he didn't do anything about it during his first term.
- rendang 2y ago*Almost 3 years before Trump took office. Crimea was early 2014, inauguration was Jan 2017
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoThey did take Hong Kong during that time. It would've been pretty easy to point out that they were violating their agreements there, but he kept his mouth shut so they would sign his trade agreement. It's pretty clear who is wearing the pants in that relationship.
- grey-area 2y agoIt is a fact that he admires dictators, not sure why you feel the need to reframe it as ‘easy to say’? He has been useful to Putin already (‘This is genius.’ Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine — Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful,” ) and will be again by pausing the disastrous invasion and refusing Ukraine aid. I can see him being similarly useful to Xi for similar reasons. China was not ready last decade they have been clearly preparing the last few years and now is the time to do so.