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What makes you think Putin has the ability to let, or not to let, Trump do something in the Americas?
by throw-the-towel 10mo ago
What makes you think Putin has the ability to let, or not to let, Trump do something in the Americas?
- hairofadog 10mo 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 10mo 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 10mo 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 10mo 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.