• qaz
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    71 month ago

    He does that to strongarm companies into complying, because it works. It’s also setting an example for other countries to cooperate.

    • @TankovayaDiviziya
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      1 month ago

      I suppose, but we’re talking about international diplomacy. And a modern one at that.

      Trump’s strong arming sounds so 19th century though. His open threat of taking Panama canal, Canada, Greenland, and renaming the Gulf of Mexico is so manifest destiny.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 month ago

        Trump’s strong arming sounds so 19th century though

        20th century too! If a government didn’t do what we wanted them to do, we just couped their government, and installed a dictator.

        I mean, how do you think Sadaam Hussein got into power?

      • qaz
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        41 month ago

        Yes, it does have a lot of similarities.