2. In 1971, Nixon leveraged his status as an arch-Cold Warrior to do something Asia specialists had been urging USA to do since early 1950s: talk to communist China. He could do so because he didn't have Nixon accusing him of appeasement.
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3. Nixon's move was bold, but it also grounded in reality (recognizing China was always right thing to do) & strategic vision (using China & Russia to balance each other). Trump's move is much more impulsive.
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4. Most worrisome is Trump seems to think North Korea will be place to showcase his fabled deal-making skills. I look at the promise & peril here:https://newrepublic.com/article/148043/trump-goes-north-korea-not …
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And waaay stupider
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Cartoon Nixon goes to cartoon China.
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The eventual opera will be less John Adams and more Gilbert and Sullivan
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Only if Nixon was actually a very stupid guy
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What if his only goal is the attempt to strike a better nuclear deal than Obama’s Iran deal.
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It’s really time for a reboot of Team America, ‘Taint Team’? But please, no puppet sex involving the Orange Putin puppet.
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