Trump Has No Cards | Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?
Trump Has No Cards | Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?
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Trump Has No Cards
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Putin needs a way out. He can’t beat Ukraine, so it’s easier to have Trump get him what he wants, with the only cost being to let Trump brag about “winning”
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Trump is Putin's hail Mary play. If Trump fails to deliver, both Putin and Trump are fucked.
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Read the article, her point is that if Trump could use his infamous deal making power to get Russia out of Ukraine without ceding any Ukrainian territory, then that would be a large enough achievement that she, personally, would nominate him.
But she says it because she strongly suspects it would never happen. Trump will never stand up to Putin, and will have no problem selling our Ukraine in any peace settlement.
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It would never happen, because so far everything he did his first term and this 7 months benefited the Russia.
But if he would do it, why not? That would actually finally be something worth of a nomination.
Somewhat related, but this is a great roast related to his desire of having a Nobel peace prize by India:
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Oh I know, I thought it was hilarious. She knew he was going to get owned at the meeting. He also didn't know how to respond when he heard she said that, lol.
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if Trump could use his infamous deal making power to get Russia out of Ukraine without ceding any Ukrainian territory
Then he'd need to offer something of equal or greater value. So... Alaska? Idfk.
Trump's deals have enriched himself, consistently. This isn't any different.
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Trump has cards. Fuck up Russia. Make them squeal. Twist their arm, punch them in the nose with a few well placed missiles in Moscow.
Hell, flood the country with free Vodka and then invade Moscow. The US government can and should occupy Russia. We’d win easily. Why do we spend all this time negotiating with despots? It just makes them feel important.
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Crazy guys have nukes. No bueno.
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The US government can and should occupy Russia. We’d win easily.
I laughed so hard I think I pooped my pants a little.
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Not sure why you find it funny. You’re not talking about a country of religious zealots like you find in the Middle East. You’re talking about a country full of drunks where half of all deaths for men are attributable to alcoholism. Add in that Ukraine has steadily ground down Russia’s supply of military hardware to the point where Russia is now pretty much a soft target. Russians are riding into battle on e-bikes now because they barely have any tanks left. Of the tanks that do remain, they’re circa 1940s and 50s.
Edit: or, downvote and say nothing because you haven’t got a response.
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Yeah, Europe and USA could just give Ukraine tons of long range missiles and tell them to do as they please. Giving Moscow a taste of its own medicine could change things real quick. However, the problem is that both USA and Europe are dependent on Russian exports for energy. Europe gets something like 30% of its energy from Russian naturual gas and USA gets most of its fissile uranium from Russia. Until Europe and USA completely shut off Russian energy sources, it's all a dog and pony show
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The US and Europe can own Russian natural gas
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That would require Trump not to be a Russian stooge.
And if we're talking about ways to bring Russia to heel, expropriating all EU and US assets held by Russian oligarchs would be a great start. And after that, send in spies to pick off those oligarchs one by one, in obvious but deniable ways. Putin only keeps his job as long as they know he can protect them and keep them rich.
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Exactly, Trump has lots of cards, he just refuses to play them, and is making USA irrelevant with his inaction.
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The deal was made long ago.
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He had all the cards and gave them all away. Probably on purpose.
He had the card his Russian handler let him hold for a while so he could give them back to their rightful owner (Putin)