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> Trump has been obscuring his own intentions in a blizzard of contradictory statements and gestures I mean he even said this was his strategy to end the war o

> Trump has been obscuring his own intentions in a blizzard of contradictory statements and gestures I mean he even said this was his strategy to end the war on day one: threaten both sides with severe consequences until they compromise. Total 1D chess.

consumer451 11mo ago
> Total 1D chess. I prefer "half-court tennis." However, given the terms of the agreement, both of our phrases appear to be far too nice.
- cosmicgadget 11mo ago
  What like racquetball?
  - consumer451 11mo ago
    I was thinking of: > Americans have a penchant for what I call half-court tennis, which is: they like to analyze international affairs and wars by focusing on Team America – what Americans did or didn't do – and then that explains causation in the world. https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/sarah-paine-japan https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/sarah-paine-japan I think Sarah Paine could be a bit less harsh, and that would help get her point across better. However, at this point... who cares. Flood the zone. --- Related meta, and the low-point of HN from my POV. No judgement, we all get scammed sometimes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34712496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34712496
tim333 11mo ago
>strategy to end the war on day one: threaten both sides There was some of that but a lot of blame the victim stuff "You don't start a war against someone 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles" etc. That continues here with this basically Russian written proposal that they'll pause attacking if Ukraine will just stop defending itself. The behaviour is more consistent with him being basically a Russian asset with them having bailed him out financially, probably have kompromat and helping him get elected president. He can't come out and say that because even the Republican party would probably object. There was an interesting speculative theory the other day that the Russians are having him push this now because they are worried he'll lose some power after the Epstein info comes out.

consumer451 11mo ago

> Total 1D chess. I prefer "half-court tennis." However, given the terms of the agreement, both of our phrases appear to be far too nice.

cosmicgadget 11mo ago
What like racquetball?
- consumer451 11mo ago
  I was thinking of: > Americans have a penchant for what I call half-court tennis, which is: they like to analyze international affairs and wars by focusing on Team America – what Americans did or didn't do – and then that explains causation in the world. https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/sarah-paine-japan https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/sarah-paine-japan I think Sarah Paine could be a bit less harsh, and that would help get her point across better. However, at this point... who cares. Flood the zone. --- Related meta, and the low-point of HN from my POV. No judgement, we all get scammed sometimes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34712496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34712496

tim333 11mo ago

>strategy to end the war on day one: threaten both sides There was some of that but a lot of blame the victim stuff "You don't start a war against someone 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles" etc. That continues here with this basically Russian written proposal that they'll pause attacking if Ukraine will just stop defending itself. The behaviour is more consistent with him being basically a Russian asset with them having bailed him out financially, probably have kompromat and helping him get elected president. He can't come out and say that because even the Republican party would probably object. There was an interesting speculative theory the other day that the Russians are having him push this now because they are worried he'll lose some power after the Epstein info comes out.