• ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    Trump wants to take over the world. All he’s succeeding in doing is remaking the world into one that doesn’t need the US. And indeed has no use for us at all.

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      It makes complete sense if you work from the angle that Trump is a Russian plant working to destroy America from within.

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        Definitely a Russian asset. I think that’s more or less clear at this point. But the acts he’s taking seem more…stupid than calculated right now. I don’t think it’s his goal to destroy America (though it’s certainly possible that his handlers want that); I think it’s his goal to enrich himself, and he’s just not too bothered by the prospect of destroying America in the process.

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      It took the USA about 80 years to build the soft power that let it influence much of the world. trump is destroying all of that in less than 6 months.

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        It feels longer than that to me (weren’t people talking about America’s influence when discussing our entry into the world wars?), but you’re absolutely right: it took decades to accrue, and it’ll all be frittered away in weeks.

        Of course, Trump’s no stranger to bankruptcy caused by mismanagement.