On Trump & NATO: 1) He's not the first president to demand more from NATO. 2) He's not the first Republican president to speak frankly about NATO's shortcomings (as he sees them.) 3) He's especially not the first GOP president to frustrate U.S.'s NATO allies...1/
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... 9) Comparatively, past GOP prez's seemed to jawbone NATO allies to ante up to better & more clearly fulfill the mission of alliance - countering Soviet (& now Russian) aggression, etc. (The Euro public was as receptive then as it is now, which is important contest)...6/
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@realDonaldTrump's effectiveness. Will his approach work? Work better than past presidents? Jury's out but skepticism is warranted. P.S.) There is a counter viewpoint to all of this held by some FP thinkers on Right...7/Show this thread -
...These pple contend Trump's heart & head on NATO is more or less where FP traditionalists wld wish it to be, but he speaks differently in accomplishing this mission - & that those who understand his language understand this & therefore aren't worried. Time will tell. 8/8 -fin
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A good explanation is that he doesn't care about any of these things. At all.
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That's an option.
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Like I’ve said previously, talk is cheap. Our actions and increased defense spending along with expansion of military assets on European, Russian border countries SAYS otherwise. Poland gets its.
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Fair enough - my contention is that talk & action matter when it's the POTUS talking.
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I guess we’ll see if politeness & transparency or demands & leverage is more effective in making a strong NATO. The former hasn’t worked. The jury is out on the latter. Trump knows who’s holding the thick end of the whip, they do to.
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Models show that some of these NATO countries could be overran and completely taken over by Russia in 2 days
. That’s Scary AF.
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Trump is a zero-sum thinker. He believes economies are static, partly because he's so obsessed with the immediate and his position in it. Zimbardo describes it as "extreme present Hedonism" in The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Case-Donald-Trump-Psychiatrists/product-reviews/1250179459 …
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