1. It's worth taking this tweet from 2014 both seriously and literally as a statement of policy: Trump thinks foreign policy should be a protection racket, with client states (a.k.a. allies) shaken down for $$ in exchange for USA maintaining the peace as the big boss. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/506198852933013504 …
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3. Trump's statement about why Saudi Arabia is a great ally ("Saudi Arabia pays cash") is at least candid, moreso than the Council of Foreign Relations blather about the liberal international order and security of trade.pic.twitter.com/EDbuqtDFE7
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4. Given Trump's own words, it's worth asking how much money is driving the USA-Saudi relationship and the current push for war. I have more thoughts here: https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-saudi-arabia/ …
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stability pretty attractive too
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And, indeed, is the main advantage of "hegemony" proposed by "IR eggheads".
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You are either a horrible person or one of the finest satirists out there
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