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Many people seem to keep making the mistake of taking Trump's words at face value. This is partly the fault of the media, which hangs onto everything he says because he is their golden goose. Furthermore, there is the desire to keep finding some kind of logic in Trump's actions.

The problem is, we keep projecting our own logic onto the Trump admin. We think, "what would we do if we were American imperialists?" Which leads us, and many analysts (like yanis) to think about the Trump admin as if they were cavalry reinforcements arriving unexpectedly in the darkest hour of western imperialism to save it.

In reality, the Trump admin simply wants to impose unequal trade treaties on his allies and get them to spend more on weapons. His fearmongering and negging is his style of salesmanship.

The fact that the Trump admin keeps flip flopping on tariffs, resumed military aid to Ukraine, tried to pull that stunt with the "30 day ceasefire" (in ukraine) and the ceasefire in Palestine has broken down all show that the Trump administration has as much of a master plan as a shitty SV startup trying to attract VC funding.

What worries me is that the Europeans are falling for this con a second time! Trump literally did the same shit in his first term and got the euros to up their NATO spending! The fact that the Europeans can't even act in self interest or see through the tactics of a used car salesman is horrifying to see in first person. These people have nukes.

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

I suspect the european elites are instrumentalising the crisis to smash their domestic welfare states on the grounds of national security

there's class war in europe too, there really is no "european interest" as such

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Well, the "european interest" I refer to is the interests of the working masses but

I suspect the european elites are instrumentalising the crisis to smash their domestic welfare states on the grounds of national security

This is what I suspect as well. The elites see an opportunity while the euro libs seek to prove to their authority figures what good dogs they are by betraying their class.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I think that's exactly what's happening.

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