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 No.10608

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What do you feel about the geo-political situation currently given that Donald Trump is no longer President, with Europe being mired in horrific war?

What do you think Trump would've done to both Americans and Europeans if he had remained in office, in terms of presiding over international conflict?

What do you make of Trump's recent comments about the chance of U.S. airpower directly bombing Russians, in particular?

Context: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/07/donald-trump-russia-ukraine-jets-chinese

Interestingly, a recent book by Trump former ally and former Attorney General Bill Barr says that Trump instructed his aides that he viewed a "good Tweet" as having "just the right amount of crazy" ( https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/01/william-barr-memoir-donald-trump-tweets ). What do you think about that in terms of wartime? What Tweets would President Trump be putting out now, establishing international geo-political policy, were he still in office?

 No.10616

Crippling sanctions, arming the Ukrainians, and drawing lines in the sand are possible approaches to the violence in the region, yes, but I suppose snarky tweets are another option for handling various geopolitical crises.

Everyone has their own approach really. One isn't necessarily better than the other.

 No.10619

I'm not so convinced it would've escalated to this point in the first place.
Trump, despite all his flaws, projected an air of strength.
Helped that the US shared it, at the time, without massive inflation, labor shortages, logistical shutdowns, and skyrocketing gas prices, of course.

 No.10633

>>10619
"Air of strength"?

I'd say the opposite. Donald Trump's thin-skinned personality, easy swaying of his beliefs due to outside manipulation, and otherwise erratic, illogical nature made him one of the weakest Presidents in U.S. history in terms of solid policy. If not maybe close to dead last as far as skill at governing. Trump's praise of dictatorships such as the North Korean regime and his condemnation of democracies such as fellow NATO members seems to say it all, to me.

 No.10640

>>10633
I find it somewhat amusing you claim he's 'easily swayed by outside manipulation', while condemning any daring to critique NATO nations, especially those who continually refuse their obligations.

Nonetheless, your political views on the man aside, it's quite undeniable he has a greater force of will and threat behind his actions than that of Biden.

 No.10642

>>10608
Trump's ideas about bombing Russia disguised as China is probably just a joke.  From what I gather, Russia's moves have fair support in China.

Mr. Trump had a chance to intervene during the Russian takeover of Crimea, and instead generally thought Crimea would be better aligned with Russia.  The leverage in Trump's non-quid pro quo was assistance so Ukraine could continue to repel Russia.  Some would claim dark financial connections between Trump and Russian leadership -- sadly because of secrecy, we can probably never know one way or another, but people write about it in books for what it's worth.

But in short, I don't think Trump would be too keen on Ukraine's continued sovereignty if the war went Russia's way.

 No.10643

>>10642
On the other hand, we can say with absolute certainty, there are financial ties from Ukraine to Biden.

 No.10644

>>10643
Then it has not provided sufficient motivation to stop the war.  Or special operation, as applicable.

 No.10645

>>10644
Perhaps, but it has seemed to influence quite an extensive response, and a whole lot of support in both arms and material.

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