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Reporters, I beg you: When voters claim they have doubts about Trump’s personality but support “his policies,” ask one simple question:
Which policies?
The stammering will be more interesting than anything they have to say.
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2024
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"Not starting beef internationally"???
International relations were horrible under Trump, including several near-misses at large-scale war (remember Qasem Soleimani?). Just because he says he doesn't like war doesn't mean he wasn't constantly pushing the US toward it.
Even the US's relationship with their biggest trade partner Canada came under tension under his presidency, with incredibly harsh aluminum and lumber tariffs.
The thing with Canada is exactly the definition of protectionism that I mentioned. He successfully did not start new wars afaik, and the overall stance is "fuck the world, America #1, peace out or ill nuke you"
You're right about Canada. I debated whether to include that point, but being Canadian myself, it felt wrong not to mention it.
Saying "peace out or I'll nuke you" is literally the simplest possible way to start a war. You can't just walk into a building waving around a gun and expect things not to escalate. We're lucky things happened to work out the way they did.