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There is no plan. Talk tough, reverse under pressure, rinse repeat. Anyone surprised must not have watched season one which aired in 2019.
by dkrich 1y ago
There is no plan. Talk tough, reverse under pressure, rinse repeat. Anyone surprised must not have watched season one which aired in 2019.
- BeFlatXIII 1y agoIf Trump is America's Napoleon III, who is the world's modern Otto von Bismark?
- yareally 1y agoProbably Putin.
- vdupras 1y agoI'm curious as to why you chose Napoleon III. The context under which he rose to power seem quite different from Trump's. America isn't in the middle of a 60-years long revolution/counter-revolution cycle. What are the similarities?
- BeFlatXIII 1y agoThin-skinned, seeks popular acclaim as a substitute for respect from the old money he despises, erratic and contradictory policy strategies.
- Spooky23 1y agoConservatives think so.
- crq-yml 1y agoI'd nominate Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni. As authoritarian "president for life" since 1986, he's demonstrated some savvy statecrafting amid Africa's resource wars and ethnic violence, making the country a point of stability and economic growth on the continent. (Of course, he's got plenty of negatives on the record too. But I think in the game of "Great Man History", he's already left a big legacy.)
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- mongol 1y agoHate to say it, but perhaps it is Putin. Not a perfect parallel but he seems to be playing Trump skillfully.
- steveBK123 1y agoThe "smart trumpers" I know have already staked out the entire range of possible outcomes: 1) He is completely restructuring global trade and decoupling us from China which is tough but necessary medicine because our biggest geopolitical adversary cannot be our largest trading partner 2) You can't believe half of what he says, he's all bluster, he's addicted to deals and will sign some fake deals to score a domestic win and we will resume status quo Like yeah - sounds smart, but which is it?
- netsharc 1y agoThinking the status quo will return so easily is like Putin pulling out of Ukraine and saying "So we're back to 23rd January (Edit/Correction: February) 2022, right, friends?". The trust in the US (dollar) hegemony has now been eroded, and will probably continue until a purge of the regime of idiots (not just the oust of one idiot...).
- steveBK123 1y agoWell yes, either position was dismissibly stupid. No president is going to ride out a self-imposed multi-year global trade reconfiguration triggering inflation, shortages and unemployment. Nor is putting the genie back in the bottle possible now and so even if you return to status quo trade policy, you've now spooked the world re: reliability of US as partners, US dollar, US debt, etc. Worst of both worlds really. Incredible self owns over and over.
- kowabungalow 1y agoThe goals are petty profit, some extortion, some illegal trading. Destroying 80% of the value of the US isn't meaningful if he gets to own a lot more of the remainder. Everything is profit for the broke real estate conman of 2015.
- rat87 1y ago2 ignores all the damage caused in the meanwhile 1 is wrong because if he wanted to decouple us from China he'd lower tarrifs on other countries especially close allies
- hackingonempty 1y agoHe has a plan, it is called Project 2025. Trump appointed the authors of the Project 2025 plan and they are executing it. Here is the chapter on trade and tariffs, authored by Peter Navarro who is currently Trump's senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-26.pdf https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHA...