BF,
https://www.facebook.com/ianbremmer/...153123363/?t=0
sigh.
as for my comment on the usual Trump-friendly media, well, Hannity managed to out-do himself.
at this point, does it MATTER if Trump is a Putin plant? what would he do differently if he was bought and paid for?
so earlier we had some of our conservative buddies here waxing lyrical about how Trump was getting NATO member countries to pay more for their own defense, and that showed what a staunch hawk Trump was.
it should be clear to all now that Trump DOESN'T ACTUALLY CARE about increased deterrence against Russia with regards to increased European defense spending, because: 1. he wants the European spending to substitute for American spending, and 2. he views Russia as essentially a friendly power.
as Trump has repeatedly mentioned over and over, he views the EU as the foe of the US-- he specifically placed the EU above Russia in this aspect!!-- and he views NATO as the US spending money to defend European economic competitors ("they get a lot more out of it than we do").
Putin may actually die of laughter.
sigh.
as for my comment on the usual Trump-friendly media, well, Hannity managed to out-do himself.
Trump is an immensely vain man obsessed with notions of 'strength', 'forcefulness', 'power' etc. Putin is just stroking his ego & telling him what he wants to hear. It really is that easy.
so earlier we had some of our conservative buddies here waxing lyrical about how Trump was getting NATO member countries to pay more for their own defense, and that showed what a staunch hawk Trump was.
it should be clear to all now that Trump DOESN'T ACTUALLY CARE about increased deterrence against Russia with regards to increased European defense spending, because: 1. he wants the European spending to substitute for American spending, and 2. he views Russia as essentially a friendly power.
as Trump has repeatedly mentioned over and over, he views the EU as the foe of the US-- he specifically placed the EU above Russia in this aspect!!-- and he views NATO as the US spending money to defend European economic competitors ("they get a lot more out of it than we do").
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