Despite the rambling weirdness, and the logical disconnect of criticizing Obama for staying out of it, while he advocates the same thing, the last four sentences are why Trump's foreign policy is a popular position. Expect similar choices throughout his presidency.Weird way for the president-elect to frame this — seems mostly concerned about Russia’s interests.
The problem is that he's a one size fits all guy. I'm with him on this one but wouldn't be with him if he took this view on the Ukraine because that's a positive for us and all we have to do is send lawyers, guns and money. We've done that everywhere in the world for 75 years. This time, we've learned not to send soldiers.
I think it's still a bit of a wait and see. Despite what we hear on here, I don't think Trump is willing to bend over for Putin. I think Trump would very much like to end the Ukraine war but not be criticized for being a loser. So that likely plays out as an opening and closing of the weapon spigot based on Russia and Ukraine's willingness to make concessions towards peace. That likely means Ukraine loses territory and becomes some sort of non-NATO buffer state that leans to the West. It also likely means zielinski will keep his job unless he's voted out at some point. That's my guess as to how it will play out but we'll see.
He's been bending over for Putin for a decade but you think that stops now?
I haven’t been right about much recently so I’ll take this one.
Assad doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would try to tough it in the mountains. Pretty much a palace dude his whole life.
Your use of the singular verb "is" suggests that Trump has some unified, coherent foreign policy. Perhaps you think he is a noninterventionist. He is not. He is a wholly transactional person who makes decisions based on whatever will personally help him. If he thinks invading will help him, he will. If he thinks staying out will help him, he will. It is not as though there is some bedrock principle guiding his decision-making. Simply put, he has no foreign policy. There will never be a Trump Doctrine.
It's now like there are good choices. This one doesn't cost us anything in particular and we have no commitments to anyone I'm aware of. I like having a country we don't have to care about. There's not many.
This Syria collapse may encourage Trump not to be too hasty in ending the Ukraine War. But why does Trump even care about ending the Ukraine War? I suppose what he really wants is to help his buddy with a positive outcome. Or in a weird way, Trump thinks he will be seen as a hero? Just don't get it.
You answered your own question. Biden wasn't able to end the war. Trump wants a notch on his belt. It is 100% all he cares about. He couldn't care less about the terms of any ceasefire, just that he can claim victory.
That's one way of looking at it.
It’s true that Trump’s mythopoetics may compel him to support the grand expansion of Novorossiya, as our one friend used to call it. But I suspect his ego drive to get the “W” and claim world heroic status will win out.
It's not everyday I'm presented with a word I've not seen before. It's not even every year. But this word, this one is new.
He's always favored Putin because he's thought of him as a trade partner, either for corrupt means to line his own pockets or helping Trump get and maintain power. But I think Zelensky is on to him. Dangling the 26 Trillion in undeveloped resources offers Trump many corrupt opportunities that he might not be able to resist.
