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> I have suspected Putin is being played by Trump That's a nice counter-narrative to pretty much everything I've seen - one of my favourite examples [0]: > S
by greggoB 10mo ago
> I have suspected Putin is being played by Trump
That's a nice counter-narrative to pretty much everything I've seen - one of my favourite examples [0]:
> She tells the story of Putin “trolling” Mr Trump by saying that he was such a great supporter of Israel that “maybe they should just name the country after you” – to which the US president, oblivious to the sarcasm, said, “Oh no, that would be a bit too much.”
[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/donald-trump-putin-ukraine-russia-war-fiona-hill-b2875069.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/donald-trump...
- thisislife2 10mo agoA simple way to wade through political propaganda is to just observe what is actually happening and who politically benefits in the end. In other words, judge politicians by what they do (and achieve from it), rather than what they say. I am not a fan of Trump's politics, but to me he is doing nothing different, politically (end results), to what previous Democrat administration tried to do with their foreign policy. Note that while Trump may not be a political genius, the US administration has some of the finest and experienced bureaucrats to work on his policies.