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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

what even is their goal? just yet i refuse to believe there is none and that theyre just dumb, because theyre obviously not.

america first for every price? but would it not be better to trade with us and have us as allies versus china and russia? we would spend our money and work together so its all more efficient.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

It has nothing to do with "America First", if so then dismantling the entire US superpower hegemony and its alliances would be a contraproductive move.

This has everything to do with "Russia First".

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The goal is to turn USA into a puppet state for Russia. Trump is going to try to cancel elections and ultimately Americans will be drafted to fight for Russia. Assuming trump has his way.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

They don't need to be drafted for Russia, they'll just be deployed alongside/on the western front.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I strongly disagree. They are actually very dumb and there is no grand strategy at play here. While everyone tries to understand the sense behind the erratic decisions, there really is not much to understand at all. It's as simple as "we don't want to spend money on European defense anymore", so all activities related to that are stopped, without any regard to the consequences.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

They don't need to be particularly smart, each to each, in order to both want to and be capable of annexing somewhere.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The voters are stupid, all they see is "america first fuck yeah!" They don't understand or care about the consequences

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago

Had a nice long chat with a customer at work about what all she's growing, how she's doing it. Talked about cars and what her and my wife drive, how well they worked out. Very pleasant.

As she was breaking off the conversation she said, "And we're taking America back! Isn't that great! We're taking it back!"

I had no idea how to reply, strange for me. Taking what back from who and how and what the fuck does that even mean?

Yes. They're that dumb and they'll keep being dumb until the consequences hit them in the face. Personally.