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hoolstoptheheels

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You've hit on the best Trumpie argument against the Russia relationship


particularly as Snyder describes it. US policies have been completely inconsistent with Trump's apparent man crush on Vlad. How do we reconcile that? I know a couple of theories:

1) The POTUS is in fact a weak office, and it's being run by an extremely incompetent president, and so the wheels of govt are still pursuing an anti-Russian policy even as the president remains their puppet. Trump and his Russian sponsors completely underestimate the strength of American institutions and overestimate the ability of any president to truly undermine them.

2) Trump, Putin, other nationalists are playing their roles in a game ultimately intended to tear down international institutions like the EU, which at times requires them to take opposing sides in regional conflicts and global issues. Example - the INF treaty collapse - nationalist interests in the both the US and Russia are served by a new arms race between the two.

I'm not claiming to be a proponent of either theory or any others. There are IMO unexplained inconsistencies. If Trump has nothing to hide, then release the damn tax returns and we can move on already. Believe me, that's the outcome I'd prefer.

(In response to this post by Guy LeDouche)

Posted: 12/13/2018 at 11:01AM



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