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I'm finding it hard to imagine a scenario in which this version of the United States would go to war to protect Europe, and I have little doubt that Putin and T
by hairofadog 9mo ago
I'm finding it hard to imagine a scenario in which this version of the United States would go to war to protect Europe, and I have little doubt that Putin and Trump have a handshake deal in which each will let the other carve up its neighbors. Putin gets Ukraine and Eastern Europe, Trump gets Greenland and parts of Central and South America. As much as I don't want it to be true, I believe NATO is dead.
- throw-the-towel 9mo agoWhat makes you think Putin has the ability to let, or not to let, Trump do something in the Americas?
- hairofadog 9mo agoMaybe "let" was the wrong word. I think Putin has the ability to bribe, persuade, and/or blackmail Trump to sell the interests of the United States for Trump's own personal gain, and I think Trump admires Putin. If Putin has no influence, a person might wonder why Trump's foreign policy has aligned so closely with Putin's geopolitical goals.
- 0928374082 9mo agoSee also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact#Consequences_in_Finland,_Poland,_the_Baltic_States_and_Romania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact#Conseq...
- CamperBob2 9mo agoHere's a question for you: if the dumbest conspiracy theories you've ever heard turn out to be true, and Trump really is a captive Russian asset, what would he do differently?
- bluecalm 9mo agoHe could for example make oil prices much higher which would be great for Russia. Many ways to do that as well by causing unrest or military conflict in Middle East. Instead it seems USA is insisting on embargos to make Russia struggle even more and it's EU countries that continue to buy Russian resources by side channels.