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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: koan who wrote (329911)4/6/2025 1:59:57 PM
From: i-node2 Recommendations

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longz
Thomas M.

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If the countries perceive it as bullying, it is bullying.
Well, it doesn't really matter how they perceive it, but unless they're run by children they are doing it, too, so no they don't see it as bullying. They see it as negotiating.

You thought you saw Trump as "bullying" NATO, but at the end of the day, Stoltenberg came out said, "Trump was right" and that everyone benefitted by Trump demanding other members pay their shares.



To: koan who wrote (329911)4/6/2025 2:21:36 PM
From: Ted Beneke4 Recommendations

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Brumar89
bustersmith
ralfph

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Rather than cooperate so all can win, authoritarians see everything as a zero sum game. Thats why they enjoy seeing opposition suffering - to them it makes it feel like they are " winning"