I just don’t understand what the goal here is. It seems like everything this administration does is with the purpose of offending or alienating our allies. Even if you believe in the whole “America First,” how could that possibly be achieved by pushing away every other country except for maybe Russia or China.
My theory is that there is no goal. It’s just bullying for the sake of bullying.
Putin holds the US responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union, and wants to see the US collapse. How would you collapse the US? You’d divide the country against each other so neither side (red/blue, both politicians and civilians] trusted the other. You’d alienate all their allies. You’d make the people distrustful of experts, of science, of news media. You’d sow distrust of the government, then make the government unstable. You’d destabilize the financial market. It should take a lot of subtle effort at the start, but once there’s momentum it gets a lot easier.
If you look at things from the point of view that Trump is a Russian asset, it makes a lot more sense.
Imagine that your level of self-confidence is zero. You feel utterly powerless. You have no control of anything. No choices you make are your own.
How do you prove - to the world and to yourself - that you are in control, that you are powerful? You make the worst decisions possible.
Wait, what? What does that accomplish?
See, if you were to make a good decision, how does anyone know it was your decision? If you make a good decision, you’re just “doing what you’re supposed to.” You’re “doing what other people want you to do.” By making decisions that nobody wants you to make, you are most definitely “in control.” Those worst decisions are yours, and nobody else’s.
Bad decisions are a demonstration of power, to the world and to themselves. And every time those bad decisions are criticized without any real consequence, that power is reinforced. The criticism is part of the power play.
They can do anything they want, and they prove it every day by making the worst decisions.
Trump, Vance and the Republican party are owned by Putin. Their actions make complete sense through that lens. Putin wants to destroy the West and this administration is following his orders.
But why, though? Trump is a narcissist and Vance is his lapdog. Licking Putin’s boots shouldn’t feed his ego, so why do it? Maybe Putin has some dirt on him. Nobody is going to give a shit. His MAGAts are still going to rationalize why he’s their messiah and continue supporting him.
Calling him a Russian asset is giving him too much credit. He’s being mean to what he sees as the “little guy” because it makes him feel like a big man, and the rest of us have to live with the consequences.
I just don’t understand what the goal here is. It seems like everything this administration does is with the purpose of offending or alienating our allies. Even if you believe in the whole “America First,” how could that possibly be achieved by pushing away every other country except for maybe Russia or China.
My theory is that there is no goal. It’s just bullying for the sake of bullying.
THEY ARE RUSSIAN ASSETS!
end of story
They believe in themselves too much. Nationalism is inherently flawed and irrational.
GOP politics have been firmly in the area of “just say something inflammatory for the sound bite” for a long time now.
There is no strategy other than being a bully, which tragically seems to play very well to their base.
It’s acting entirely in the moment. It’s an ideologically vapid approach that is the realm of the pure grifter.
Putin holds the US responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union, and wants to see the US collapse. How would you collapse the US? You’d divide the country against each other so neither side (red/blue, both politicians and civilians] trusted the other. You’d alienate all their allies. You’d make the people distrustful of experts, of science, of news media. You’d sow distrust of the government, then make the government unstable. You’d destabilize the financial market. It should take a lot of subtle effort at the start, but once there’s momentum it gets a lot easier.
If you look at things from the point of view that Trump is a Russian asset, it makes a lot more sense.
Ah yes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
Hey you’re under selling Trmp’s allies, remember rocket Man sent him a VERY nice letter that one time or some shit…
That is the goal. It’s what daddy putin wants. Destabilize the west and then carve it up for himself.
Imagine that your level of self-confidence is zero. You feel utterly powerless. You have no control of anything. No choices you make are your own.
How do you prove - to the world and to yourself - that you are in control, that you are powerful? You make the worst decisions possible.
Wait, what? What does that accomplish?
See, if you were to make a good decision, how does anyone know it was your decision? If you make a good decision, you’re just “doing what you’re supposed to.” You’re “doing what other people want you to do.” By making decisions that nobody wants you to make, you are most definitely “in control.” Those worst decisions are yours, and nobody else’s.
Bad decisions are a demonstration of power, to the world and to themselves. And every time those bad decisions are criticized without any real consequence, that power is reinforced. The criticism is part of the power play.
They can do anything they want, and they prove it every day by making the worst decisions.
It should be blatantly obvious to everyone by now that it is all in the benefit of trumps boss putin
Russia’s plan was even all laid out in foundations of geopolitics in ‘97. Trump has been for them since 87
Trump, Vance and the Republican party are owned by Putin. Their actions make complete sense through that lens. Putin wants to destroy the West and this administration is following his orders.
But why, though? Trump is a narcissist and Vance is his lapdog. Licking Putin’s boots shouldn’t feed his ego, so why do it? Maybe Putin has some dirt on him. Nobody is going to give a shit. His MAGAts are still going to rationalize why he’s their messiah and continue supporting him.
Calling him a Russian asset is giving him too much credit. He’s being mean to what he sees as the “little guy” because it makes him feel like a big man, and the rest of us have to live with the consequences.
They aren’t smart. If you ask “what would they do if they were unintelligent?” Then things start to make sense.