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MAGA has several mutually exclusive tenets: - Isolationism - Increase US influence worldwide - Exploit US influence worldwide Each one will have a negative

• Ralfp 1y ago
  Authoritarianism is self-contradictory by design. Supreme leader is to be followed, not understood, so you have to refer to them in doubt.
• bluGill 1y ago
  MAGA is not a single entity. Different parts of it have different concerns. That is how politics works for better and worse.
  • gwd 1y ago
    Sure, but it seems there are references to incompatible goals within the Project 2025 document, which is meant to be a unified goal document. For instance, one goal was that "The United States must regain its role as the 'Arsenal of Democracy'... the United States built its reputation as a reliable partner with a strong defense industrial base that could supply military articles and goods in a timely manner." But as explained in the video below, "The last three months have seen the worst damage to that reputation since the post-WWII order came into force." The video is worth watching: it does bring out a lot of what you're talking about (different parts w/ different concerns), and does actually make sense of a lot of what Trump is saying and doing wrt Ukraine and NATO. I do find it preferable that the administration has rational goals which are simply not compatible with each other, than that they're behaving completely randomly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDSz62i6F3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDSz62i6F3Q