Ukraine

bclemms said

We literally have Russian operatives running the government. Russia was on the verge of collapse and now they will be bigger and stronger than ever.

I don’t necessarily think the Russian operatives are acting with intent, it is entirely Possible it is just basic ignorance but the results are the same.

I really hope Europe treats the US the same as it would treat Hungary or Turkey for acting the same.

This also sends a really clear message to China on Taiwan and South China Seas. If I were Xi, I would kiss Trump’s arse on the Russia deal while moving on Taiwan at the same time.

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I'm not entirely 100% sure Trump or his admininistration has this total "warm and cozy" reciprocal "mutual admiration" society for China or even Xi considering many U.S. politicians view China as a rising geopoliitical threat and one militarily in the South China Sea, Taiwan that he'd be totally willing to look the other way and ignore Chinese aggression the same way he does with Putin/Russia. His relationship with Xi is a lot less friendly and more suspicious and currently, most U.S. policymakers, Republican and Democrat, view China as their biggest, staunchest rival or will soon be over the next decade or so.

It's a lot more "personal" with China and one of the few things GOP and Democrats do agree on these days is defending Taiwan from potential Chinese amphibious, land and air invasion. Trump is too stupid or narrow-minded to see what this precedent in trying to force a bad deal on Ukraine to end an illegal war Russia started will be perceived by Chinese leadership. He likely naively believes their two different, unrelated situations independent of one another so it'll likely give some in Chinese intellegence false sense of being over-confident and emboldened.