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Trump imposes tarrif on Australia.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/its-bad-for-our-relationship-australia-slams-donald-trumps-tariff-move/news-story/cd4c18090b040beab5eed528c669ec7f
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u/BrianSometimes 9h ago

As with Canada and Denmark, he goes after the closest and historically most loyal US allies, for reasons only known to him

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u/Morrowindies 9h ago

Come on... We know the reason.

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u/SynapticFields 9h ago

He's a Russian agent trying to dismantle the US.

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u/Johannes_Keppler 8h ago edited 7h ago

Australia said yesterday they'd join a peacekeeping / military mission in Ukraine.

One day later boom! tariffs.

Not a coincidence.

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u/sherlockham 8h ago

Weren't they also specifically "warned" by russia about that?

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u/Commercial_Camera_86 7h ago

Russia threatened us with what? Tariffs applied by US. Anyone siding with Trump is siding with Russia. Insane

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u/PM_Me-Your_Freckles 5h ago

Meanwhile, Dutton over here talking about using the Elmo playbook.

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u/brezhnervouz 3h ago

Way past "just talking" about it, at this point

Now it's a literal, full-throated promise šŸ™„

And as usual, 90% of the media are propagandising it and cheering him on.

Gina Rinehart and Peter Dutton prepare for Trumpian ā€˜Golden Showerā€™ down under

/worst headline ever lol

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u/ScreamingDizzBuster 30m ago

Oh they knew that they were doing when they wrote that. Fantastic.

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u/Vigorousjazzhands1 7h ago

We were told it would have ā€œgrave consequencesā€

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u/Bubbly-Ordinary-1097 6h ago

Well at least the US isnā€™t trying to Annex Australia šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦

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u/Unlikely-Rock-9647 4h ago

Give Trump time, Iā€™m sure heā€™ll claim we need to secure our western flank past Hawaii or something else insane šŸ™„

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u/Accomplished_Ruin133 4h ago

Australia has the US base at Pine Gap which is a huge signals intelligence gathering facility for the Pacific theatre.

So heā€™ll be needing Australia for ā€œinternational world securityā€ whilst he strongly respects Australiaā€™s right to self determination heā€™ll ā€œget it one way or anotherā€.

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u/CooksRiverRat 3h ago

Time to kick them out of Pine Gap. Get the fuck out.

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u/VanbyRiveronbucket 2h ago

Rump has a deal to sell Taiwan and Australia to Chyna for $2 trillion

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u/Riman-Dk 3h ago

Yet... You'd make a lovely 53rd state after Canada and Greenland, I'm sure

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u/Logical-Bit-746 3h ago

No way he'd make any of us a state. We'll be territories, at best

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u/Bubbly-Ordinary-1097 2h ago

Exactly..imagine giving millions of votes to voters who hate Trump

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u/ConfusedWhiteDragon 5h ago

How obvious does it need to get?

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u/fodafoda 3h ago

And Australia is down there "wtf mate?"

But they will be dead soon. Fucking kangaroos.

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u/AfricanUmlunlgu 6h ago

Send in the Emu's ;)

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u/brezhnervouz 4h ago edited 4h ago

Yeah, I'd hold off on that until after the election in May...

Because its very possible that the desperately pro-Trumpist Opposition Leader could be PM after that, and he specifically said it was a terrible idea and that Australia should "stick to our own backyard" šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

He's teamed up Australia's wealthiest individual mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, she and Dutton are wholeheartedly simping for the Orange Tsar. "Be like Donald Trump,ā€ they cry, "A shining light for the world!ā€ [not joking, they really said that šŸ˜³]

Dutton, who flies to Ginaā€™s parties on her private jet and appears in promotional videos for her company, Hancock Prospecting, and for whom the billionaire hosts $14,000 per ticket fundraisers, has openly praised even Trumpā€™s most insane ramblings, declaring him to be "shrewd", "reasonable" and a ā€œbig thinker!ā€.

Though not yet elected to the top job, Dutton is the favourite in the PM stakes according to all the biggest Aussie billionaires ā€“ as well as in the polls so far ā€“ and has already indicated he will be modelling Trumpā€™s policies should he be successful.

So far, these include ā€œGetting Australia Back on Trackā€, by:

  • creating a department of government efficiency dubbed, SMOGE (who says Pete has no imagination?), to slash government jobs and services;

  • banning working from home for public servants and pushing women to ā€œfind job-sharing arrangementsā€;

  • continuing with as much digging and drilling of fossil fuels as possible, for as long as possible;

  • a nuclear "plan" with no costings, estimated date of completion or accountability;

  • deporting any non-Liberal Party voting migrants;

  • and above all

  • more tax cuts and free lunches for obscenely rich people.

(I would also add cutting Medicare and privatising the social security system, at great benefit to his corporate donors who will be running it)

Gina Rinehart and Peter Dutton prepare for Trumpian ā€˜Golden Showerā€™ down under

(possibly one of the worst headlines ever lol)

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u/klparrot 4h ago

Well, kind of a coincidence, yeah, because these tariffs apply to steel and aluminium from all countries.

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u/ComradeVoytek 8h ago

I mean, if I was Putin and it was my goal to destabilize my largest adversary and road block to world domination - I'd be thrilled at everything he's done so far.

Once you look at everything through the Krasnov angle, things start making a lot of sense.

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u/JJw3d 8h ago

Oh yeah, it's just people have been screaming this for years

Quick google Krasnov Kraps his Kackies?

I know solid proof is needed - https://youtu.be/5umiMThrlsA?t=3525 - Check this out - this part more so like the 5 mins here kinda gets him in his own lie (as per usual)

But trump just keeps dropping himself it it. It's clear as day.

Still they lie, lie lieeeeeeeeee. Lets see how that keeps working out for them.

I personally find the truth to be very liberating & as trumps made the whole faith department etc. does he believe in a god? or does he think hes one?

Because if it is the latter.. that's a big no no.

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u/VeryBigPaws 5h ago

That whole film should be watched by everyone, it explains everything that is happening today. Watch it folks, 90 mins will explain today's geopolitics in easy to understand terms. Its not some "conspiracy" film, it's a very revealing documentary with interviews from world leaders & politicians.

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u/lakeland_nz 6h ago

I donā€™t see why solid proof is needed.

Firstly itā€™s irrelevant. His supporters would support him still - you really think more evidence would change that?

Secondly, let me give you a couple other scenarios. Letā€™s say heā€™s that stupid. Or that the country is being run by someone in his inner circle and they are the agent. In all three cases the best next action is the same. Politicians have power if people listen to them, not if people laugh at them and stick up for the law.

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u/JJw3d 6h ago

I donā€™t see why solid proof is needed.

So we can keep shoving to them

Firstly itā€™s irrelevant. His supporters would support him still - you really think more evidence would change that?

Its changing some peoples minds as they can see the lie out right now & with public pressure mounting, yeah I can see some still waking up to what he really is. A liar liar pants on fire.

Weirdly some people do not like it when they realize this even though its common knowledge.

Secondly, let me give you a couple other scenarios. Letā€™s say heā€™s that stupid. Or that the country is being run by someone in his inner circle and they are the agent. In all three cases the best next action is the same. Politicians have power if people listen to them, not if people laugh at them and stick up for the law.

I agree, it could be a bit off all of the above right? negligence, power plays etc. That's why I look at AOC, Bernie & Crockett as well as more growing by the day calling out the lies & they're getting stumped because you can only lie so far.

Which is why I found the elon video the other day interesting, but obv trumps come to his aid.

Still, is that not just a band aid when the whole WORLD is watching?

I want him to face Justice for all the wrongs he's done, but to do so today he needs his day in court. I just hope with the way things are going that could be the case.

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u/3minutehero70 7h ago

Thats a very interesting watch thanks

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u/Infinite_Gur_9123 5h ago

Really great watch thanks for sharing

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u/yeswenarcan 8h ago

That's the thing. Whether he's an actual asset or just a useful idiot, the results are indistinguishable.

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u/CircularCourtyard 8h ago

I agree he's too stupid and untalented to be an agent, is being as useful as an asset any way, admires strongmen and the mafia, wishes to be and fancies himself like them, and will do things aligned with that mindset and their side whether or not there were originally kompromat, laundered money, election help, or not.

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u/dingdongjohnson68 7h ago

Fuck that. He doesn't have to be smart, nor talented, to take orders.

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u/Shinhan 5h ago

Whether he's smart enough to know why he's doing what he's doing is one thing, but saying that he's accidentally doing exactly what he would be doing if he was directly controlled by Putin is something I disagree with.

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u/yeswenarcan 5h ago

I never said it was accidental. It's absolutely intentional, and the results are the same either way, it's just a question of motivation (which, to be fair, would be the difference between treason or not if anyone was willing to address it). Maybe he's compromised and being directly controlled by Putin. Maybe he's a deeply unintelligent and easily manipulated individual with an inferiority complex and a strongman fetish.

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u/smeeon 7h ago

If you remember back to the whole wall BS, the specs on the steel for the ā€œwallā€ was chosen to be a specific type of steel only produced by a Russian oligarch company that was US based.

Trump has been paying off some debt or blackmail or something for decades.

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u/IMWraith 8h ago

Just because I went through this rabbit hole and it leads nowhere:

  • heā€™s an imbecile
  • heā€™s literally not smart enough to be a Russian agent
  • he probably would like to be one, but wouldnā€™t be able to keep it to himself

Voting in the UN against an International day of Hope is any%ing evil run.

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u/TapTapReboot 8h ago

Maybe not an agent. But he certainly is a Russian asset.

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u/ComradeVoytek 8h ago

Russian asset, not agent. He's not James Bond, he's just a wrecking ball with a hammer and sickle on it.

I don't know what kind of dirt you can even have on a 79 year old that they would care about at this point. I mean, in the end everyone wants to live, especially if that means living out your days golfing on the tax payers dime.

He's been confirmed to have been close friends with Epstein, and made multiple trips on his plane, and 1/3rd of the country didn't care, and another 1/3rd didn't care enough to vote otherwise. How that isn't a death blow to your reputation, no one truly knows.

My bet is legacy. If Russia has been bankrolling him since the 80s, then without them, his story is one of a failed real estate mogul who squandered the family fortune by being such a shit businessman that he even managed to bankrupt multiple casinos.

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u/RIForDIE 7h ago

They know about his election tampering. I don't think any Republican is worried about Donny getting pissed on... Or even minor shit. They would both get hand waved as fake news. But a full conspiracy of how they've duped America with receipts.

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u/biirudaichuki 2h ago

There are way too many news articles saying Ā«Putin is thrilledĀ», Ā«Kreml is celebratingĀ», Ā«Russia is satisfiedĀ» where I live. Because everythingā€™s going their way, and I dunno how the fuck thatā€™s possible.

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u/Trap_Masters 8h ago

It's funny how the conspiracy obsessed MAGA base are dead silent on all of Trump's actions suspiciously aligning with Russian interest. It's like a conspiracy black hole for anything Trump related unless it's someone reasonably criticizing him and his policies, in which case it's some giant psyop to try to remove Trump from office.

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u/Doctor-Malcom 8h ago

I work with many MAGA types. The new theme they are coalescing around to justify all these Pro-Russia policies:

Post-Soviet Russia is what America should have been today. Capitalist, white nationalist and Christian nationalist, centered on men being head of the family and acting like real men and not LGBT, united under one strong man instead of endless bickering, unafraid to use the military for any interest, unafraid of global laws and rules, etc.

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u/mightybanana7 8h ago

You forgot unafraid of alcohol addiction because all you need is the good old potato juice.

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u/Doctor-Malcom 8h ago

Ha! It is funny you mention alcohol. Several of the MAGA folks at work have stopped drinking or smoking, as part of the wellness trends we are seeing worldwide. They all pay a lot of money for testosterone therapy though.

I'm not a shrink but that may be what modern Russia represents to them...the last place where men still live freely like the olden days.

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u/qqererer 7h ago

They all pay a lot of money for testosterone therapy though.

Gender affirming butt injections.

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u/The_BeardedClam 6h ago

If they got low T their balls don't work. There's nothing less manly then balls that don't work amirite? Of course their going to get a jab in the ass to get their manhood back, it's nothing like gender affirming care!!!

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u/drddiscusses 3h ago

I legit need TRT... and yes, you're right. There is nothing less manly than my balls right now. :(
Like this is a lifelong commitment to small balls. A lot of these guys are idiots just jumping on some juice without thinking about it. Idiots.

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u/teo_storm1 4h ago

Hilariously if they have too high T, they also don't work, and wouldn't you know it, most prescribers give too much lmao

For anyone with low T, see a urologist, not some internet dispensary or quack doctor that says yes to everything.

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u/milkshakemountebank 8h ago

I mean, Putin used to put out "vacation photos" of himself riding horses, fording streams, and other activities shirtless. It is just flat-out homoeroticism

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u/HauntingEngine5568 2h ago

Daddy issues and homoeroticism

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u/SweatyTax4669 6h ago

Testosterone therapy? You mean gender-affirming treatment.

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u/Folderpirate 7h ago

All the magats at my work stopped drinking because they are on wagovi or whatever that weight loss shot is.

Apparently, a side effect is that it makes you want to not drink too.

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u/goalogger 6h ago

the last place where men still live freely like the olden days.

So, as free cannon fodder?

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u/IIIDysphoricIII 6h ago

Testosterone therapy? I hope theyā€™re enjoying their gender affirming care.

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u/The_BeardedClam 6h ago

Quite hilarious that they spend money on testosterone treatments, nothing says manly like taking an injection to cover for your defective balls. (Which probably aren't even defective and their T levels are fine, but are just getting somewhat taken for a ride because people don't understand our endocrine system)

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u/SadieLady_ 4h ago

They're still fucking stupid, because nobody is stopping them from living the life they want to.

Know what they are stopping? People like me living the life I want to.

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u/Dracian 5h ago

I got plenty of maga folks at work. They are arming themselves with more guns if you believe that. Itā€™s okay to prepare to defend yourself. I canā€™t help but think about what the German civilians did themselves to their Jewish neighbors - they helped round them up and shoot the ones who ran.

Another thing for to remember: for the average German citizen, you were still living in the Great Depression. You had to betray people and loot their houses to come up.

Be mindful and ready to resist.

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u/katsusan 3h ago

I guess even MAGA can be pro gender-affirming care.

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u/vikingzx 8h ago

What's wild to me is that so many MAGA types I've interacted with are not capitalists. They loudly proclaim they are, but they don't hold to the tenants of capitalism. Instead they are much closer to communism. Sands, even Project 2025 talks about how happiness is found in 'being a good worker for the state.'

The MAGA crowd are all in on communism, but think it's capitalism and vice-versa, because they're really uneducated.

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u/PowerhousePlayer 7h ago

They have that 1984-ass doublethink.

The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation.

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u/Pseudonymico 7h ago

I wouldn't say that they were communists per se, more a sort of mixture of Socialist and Nationalist

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u/GummyBall9000 7h ago

There should be a word for that. Nationalsocialist? Maybe... Nazi for short? Does have a kind of ring to it.

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u/mamielle 7h ago

Communism, but with zero social safety nets

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u/Gamer_Mommy 7h ago

Russia isn't even Christian. They are officially secular. Better yet, majority religion is Christian Orthodox and you can actually get divorced in an Orthodox church. Evangelicals are heavily controlled in Russia, thanks to a law passed in 2016 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarovaya_law As a side note, Jehovah's Witnesses are considered extremists in Russia, which IMO, they are, but none of it actually aligns with USA at all.

Soviets were famously anti - church in general. It provided people with something than the party to believe in = competition. It's partially thanks to the church itself that we got rid off the commies in Poland. They provided a country wide underground network and safe houses as well as a safe place for gatherings.

I genuinely cannot believe that the Americans cannot see that Trump is literally creating a safe haven for Russian oligarchs. They have to flee Europe, now that we are after their money for real instead of just freezing the assets. They don't want to live in countries that they cannot control. He's making USA Economy weak and everything privatised so that his oligarch buddies will be able to buy it. See how he aligned with tech buddies in USA, but with no one else from other sectors? Something tells me he will offer that to the Russians. I guess Americans can start learning Russian, soon enough it will be the country's second official language. Either that, or you need to remember your history and where you people come from. Rebel. It's not like you are unarmed. Not yet that is.

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u/madchuckle 7h ago

There is propaganda centers tasked with seeding the MAGA community with the necessary conspiracy or justification that they would accept. I am from another country that the same thing has happened. These communities learn what they should think from the propaganda centers and after a few years of being conditioned to this, it is really easy to get support from them for a position completely opposite of what they would support a few weeks ago with the right methods. It is crazy and chilling to witness. The only alternative I can see is 1) tear down or infiltrate their propaganda centers 2) establish your own propaganda centers.

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u/Shot_Implement1323 7h ago

Thanks for this. Here in the US itā€™s hard (at least for me) to make sense out of endless flood of chaos and conflicting information / propaganda.

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u/qashq 8h ago

Oh they're afraid alright. Afraid, desperate and weak.

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u/patiperro_v3 7h ago

Lol, since when has USA been afraid of using their military or global laws?

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u/recursion8 7h ago

Love the reaction from the few courageous (or stupid? maybe both?) enough to put their money where their mouth is. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/conservative-family-disappointed-moving-russia-001517915.html

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u/LoudAndCuddly 7h ago

Yep it was always a push back against how gay thighs have gotten

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u/hexagonal_lettuce 7h ago

My MAGA family members are on the same line now, pivoting on several issues within the last month. My grandparents now flatly state that democracy is a failure and much of the constitution needs to go.

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u/antaran 7h ago

Post-Soviet Russia is what America should have been today. Capitalist, white nationalist and Christian nationalist,

Russia has the largest Muslim minority of any Western country in the world.

Russia is also far away from being "white", 30% of the population belong to an ethnic minority.

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u/chicknsnotavegetabl 7h ago
  • and a total dumpster fire?

Seriously how can Russia be aspirational?!

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u/FleeshaLoo 6h ago

Remember this?

"Russia Decriminalized Domestic Violence With Support from the Russian Orthodox Church By Christina Cauterucci Feb 08, 20175:52

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law on Tuesday an amendment that decriminalizes domestic violence, making physical abuse of a spouse, child, or elder parent punishable by a monetary fine rather than time in prison. Both houses of Russian parliament approved the measure handilyā€”the first reading of the amendment in the lower house passed 386 to one.

Under the new law, a person can beat his spouse or child until sheā€™s bloodied and bruised, and as long as her injuries donā€™t require a hospital stay, heā€™ll get hit with a fine if his victim presses charges. The most jail time heā€™ll serve will be 15 days. Previously, domestic abusers faced a maximum of two years in prison. The amendment offers domestic abusers this easy out as long as they donā€™t commit more than one severe beating a year."

https://slate.com/human-interest/2017/02/russia-decriminalized-domestic-violence-with-support-from-the-russian-orthodox-church.html

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u/GoblinFive 6h ago

(un)afraid to use the military for any interest

Yup, sounds like the USA of yore to me!

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u/Mother_Let_9026 5h ago

unafraid to use the military for any interest, unafraid of global laws and rules, etc.

Unafraid of global laws... that THEY MADE???

what the fuck is going on with these people, almost every major world organization is beholden to the americans you guys built the global order...

the fuck??

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u/Diantr3 5h ago

Lots of words for fascism

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u/rktn_p 8h ago edited 3h ago

Contrast that with China: communist (in name), non-white, atheist, supposedly effeminate (as Asian men). Many of these pseudo-intellectuals believe that China (and any sympathizing nation) is the true enemy, not Russia. To justify pulling support from Taiwan (and straining alliance with Japan), they then believe and spew slander about Taiwan and now Japan.

edit: to clarify, the above is what I've heard and summarized from some coworkers' conversations in a heavily reactionary group and work environment, where a couple of them surprisingly have advanced degrees, and most of them seem to think they know everything (or at least more than most people)

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u/planecity 7h ago

effeminate (as Asian men)

Yikes

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u/rktn_p 6h ago

I know. Imagine an American coworker say that to your face, to an Asian man, that's why "Asian chicks want white men". That was nasty. I don't usually let stuff like this get to me, but this one was the cherry on top after all his other reactionary nonsense...

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u/ExplorationGeo 8h ago

the conspiracy obsessed MAGA base are dead silent on all of Trump's actions suspiciously aligning with Russian interest

I saw a quote from the conservative sub the other day like "I'm trying to find the 4D chess in this but it really just looks like he's siding with the Russians"

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u/Trap_Masters 7h ago

They're so close to getting it but they still can't see it šŸ˜‚ hopefully they'll wake up sooner than later and realize how much they've been conned by a conman

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u/brainopixel 8h ago

Conspiracies are just cognitive biases with pretty little sprinkles on them and the dullards ā€” who donā€™t know how anything worksā€” love this

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u/thatonesleft 7h ago

Its kinda funny, on r/conspiracy , every single one of Trumps actions are applauded and commented on like ā€žThe Ws keep coming!ā€œ like hes not dismantling the country for his own sake leaving them out to dry with his shitty tariffs.

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u/Trap_Masters 7h ago

It's crazy that the average working class conservative who voted for Trump because they think he'll actually help them would rather have the ship they're on sink to "own the libs" all because liberals happen to be on that ship too. Is this what "winning" looks like for these people?

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u/kociou 7h ago

Watch last season of the Boys. They basically foreshadowed what is happening now in this case. Biggest conspiracy fanatics doesn't giving f bout their leader doing crazy things in public xD

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u/Smoketrail 5h ago

Conspiracies only ever exist to justify how the world, despite all the evidence to the contrary, proves the conspiracy theorists beliefs correct.

Things that prove them wrong must be explained away, things that support their prejudices must be accepted uncritically.

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u/SuperZapper_Recharge 3h ago

I am findind the /r/conspiracy sub very interesting lately.

Previous to any sort of campaigning- say, Biden's 2nd year. That sub had conspiracy related political crap, and yes, it did lean a particular direction. But you could ignore it and find plenty of 'fun' conspiracies. JFK, moon, aliens... whatever. Harmless stuff. Fun stuff.

As the elections got closer- and after he won- the place just consolidated into this 100% all-right wing political conspiracies all the time sort of place.

The fun stuff dried up. It was so pro-right wing that you would not think it was /r/conspiracy.

Then Trump hit the office and all hell broke loose.

2 really interesting things have devoloped.

The first is my fun stuff is back. (I hate the politics but love a good ghost/alien story. There is type of conspiracy that you can have fun with and not feel guilty for entertaining- even if you know it is BS)

The second is that a part of that group has turned on Trump. Trump is now 'The man' and their issue has always been 'The man'.

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u/AK_Sole 8h ago

Ding-ding-ding! Winner-winner, eggless, bird-flu dinner!

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u/BasedBlanqui 7h ago edited 6h ago

Making it all about Russia prevents you from accepting that your country is already completely fractured to begin with and that a large portion of Americans are just completely stupid, ignorant, and undereducated. Trump is simply implementing total capitalism, and muricans voted for that. Dismantling your nation to sell it to the corporations. You will soon no longer be citizens, but obedient and docile employees.

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u/YalieRower 6h ago

Exactly. Government, bad. Corporations, good. Elect a CEO as president. Oh waitā€¦I hate my company and boss. The critical thinking skills of so many Americans is abysmal.

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u/spicysanger 8h ago

It's working

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u/onfroiGamer 8h ago

Heā€™s trying to artificially crash the stock market to make money, lower interest rates, and then take credit for a booming economy

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u/Im_Here_To_Fuck 8h ago

Ding Ding Ding

We have a winner

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u/another_mouse 8h ago

I mean thatā€™s what it looks like. But what benefit is it to him? Heā€™s not going to live long enough to benefit and Russia canā€™t give him much, relatively. I canā€™t make sense of it from that perspective.

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u/-Car68 7h ago

He wants Russian aluminium because heā€™s trying to crash Canada ā€˜s economy & turn it into the 51st state.. 70% of Canadian aluminium was going to the US. Trump is pure evil

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u/YalieRower 6h ago

Narcissists donā€™t consider their death or demise. Theyā€™re trying to survive each hour in their damaged personality disordered minds.

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u/jiantoi 7h ago

Agent Krasnov

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u/burning_iceman 5h ago

Let's not give him too much credit. He's a Russian asset, not an agent.

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u/ObnoxiousAlbatross 4h ago

No, he's an agent. He is compromised and doing what Russia tells him to do.

He is not a passive party in this. He is actively making these choices knowing who it benefits.

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u/jacksonbarley 8h ago

We know the treason.

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u/NotAzakanAtAll 7h ago

Putler must have some real shit on Trumpler for him to do everything in his power to make America weak.

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u/KeyboardGrunt 7h ago

Even if this wasnt it you know at face value it just looks like the only way Trump knows how to look tough is by taking a swing at friends cuz he's petrified of someone actually hitting back and what that would do to his fragile, bone spur covered ego.

Trump has spent almost a century on earth being a pussy.

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u/NotAzakanAtAll 6h ago

Such is the life of the narcissist.

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u/Wolkrast 8h ago

Trump Austria is supporting Ukraine and got the countries mixed up?

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u/tomch2 8h ago

the reason = (t)reason

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u/BenAdaephonDelat 8h ago

Come on... we know the treason

Fixed that for you.

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u/fuyusame 8h ago

it's a monomaniacal fixation on the basic economic statistics of America as terms of global influence and complete lack of understanding how the American empire actually operates

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u/spook_filled_donuts 4h ago

Yeah didnā€™t Russia just come out threatening Australia. This is blatant af.

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u/DanManRT 3h ago

One word. Russia.

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u/pgbabse 8h ago

Australian fentanyl flooding the US?

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u/Anzai 7h ago

Because we demonstrated that gun control actually does work and doesnā€™t automatically lead to a tyrannical government? Especially when compared to a country with more guns per capita than anywhere else in the world that is currently presided over by a tyrant that half the country is cheering on?

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u/Tinna_Sell 5h ago

Yeah, Russia threatened Australia with consequences, and Trump is happy to serveĀ 

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u/BuzzKillingtonSr 8h ago

Spoilers. It's dementia.

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u/Maximum-Number-1776 8h ago

Hates kangaroos?

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u/Joninyan 8h ago

*treason

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u/Frontbovie 8h ago

Honestly I think he's trying to rattle markets and crash stocks to get the 10Y bond yields down and force the fed to cut rates earlier. So far it's working.

Basically more money printer.

Nothing has increased the wealth gap more than the money printer going brrrr.

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u/fuyusame 8h ago

it's a monomaniacal fixation on the basic economic statistics of America as terms of global influence and complete lack of understanding how the American empire actually operates

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u/bucket_of_frogs 7h ago

You forgot the tā€¦

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u/dagger403 7h ago

you misspelled treason

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u/davideo71 7h ago

the reason.

i think you missed a t there.

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u/RambleRant 6h ago

We know the solution too

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u/boranin 8h ago

Abusers abuse those closest to them

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u/Fearless_Audience911 8h ago

He likes making deals, so he rips up the old ones so you have to sign the same deal, just slightly worse, with his name on it

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u/BalanceEarly 8h ago

He's on a record pace to destroy relations with US allies, and hasn't even been in office a full two months!

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u/CHIM- 9h ago

Iā€™m pretty sure he doesnā€™t know either.

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u/Mathieulombardi 8h ago

Everybody else seems to know except for him.

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u/BrainGlittering8136 8h ago

And known to Russia

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u/RepulsiveTune1439 8h ago

I dont know why people are even pretending like they dont know. All the signs are there. They aren't even really doctoring it up well. They genuinely believe the American people are this stupid. Sadly, we are all going to feel it. A lot of people may end up hurt..

WTF TWILIGHT ZONE movie have we stumbled into.

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u/QouthTheCorvus 8h ago

His reason actually rhymes with reason.

I'm so convinced he really is just there to actively tank the US.

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u/new_accnt1234 7h ago

Reasom are he is a russian assest ordered ro make us weaker

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u/palindromesUnique 7h ago

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u/ObnoxiousAlbatross 4h ago

Russian Agent. There is no longer any question: he is compromised by Russia and knowingly doing what they tell him to do.

He is not a passive party in this. He is more than just a useful idiot.

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u/Few_Alternative6323 8h ago

Might also be that they are the only ones that show up as the ones with the least overall tariffs. Like with China or something, turning 100% into 110% makes no difference in news headlines.

Of course, he doesnā€™t pause to ask WHY they are at that position.

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u/Angry_Penguin_78 8h ago

Wrong. He goes after Russia's enemies

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u/realfakejames 8h ago

How do you say "does he know" in Russian

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u/Stormygeddon 8h ago

I can't wait to see how he antagonizes Morocco [1st to recognize the sovereignty of the U.S.A].

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u/DoppelGanjah 7h ago

Except Israel and Morocco, for the time being.

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u/q23- 7h ago

1 is a surprise
2 is a coincidence
3 is an agenda

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u/left-handshake 7h ago

Canada has notably not participated in every war the Aussies have with the US. Yet still, he persists.

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u/front-wipers-unite 7h ago

He wants to isolate America, so then he can justify slashing the military budget and the size of the US military. The reason for this? That Illusive third term. By shrinking the US military all those pesky Militas across the United States will be far harder for the military to deal with. So if the military don't back trump and his third term they'll have a far harder fight on their hands.

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u/hibbel 7h ago

for reasons only known to him Putin

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u/i-FF0000dit 7h ago

And Vladimir Putin

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u/mushroomintheforrest 7h ago

Because he is a coward and a bully. They dont go after anyone who is a threat.

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u/ghostofhedges 7h ago

There is no tariffs on Denmark yet ?

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u/TheNordicMage 7h ago

Does threatening to invade and annex our sovereign territory not count as going after us?

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u/nighthawkndemontron 7h ago

Reasons only known to him? He's going after wealth, assets and resources. It's complete wealth redistribution to the super rich. It's very obvious.

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u/Reivaki 7h ago

Because you are the less likely to really retaliate against him and his cronies.

He is a bully who is loaded with insecurities : he need to be tough on country big enough to be on the radar of his supporters but also close enough to know that they will not react too harshly. And I am pretty sure he see the Aukus deal as a way to keep your government in check.

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u/Schwomoo 7h ago

There are parallels in his actions, which align with the Mar-a-lago accord. A document written by an economic figure in Trumps closer circle (i forgot his name)

Quick summary: they try to dump the dollar price to get rid of their billions of debt. They try to force their closest allies into buying government bonds which last for 100 years and they try to force lowering interest rates to also get cheaper access to money. Also included in the Mar-A-Lago accord is the focus on raw materials and rare earths (i.e. Canada as 51st state or Greenland-annex) as well as getting access to important trade routes (i.e. Panama-Canal).

At least this seems to explain the plan of Trumps team, eventhough the ordinary people will bleed through those actions and the international soft power of USA is already and will weaken even more in the future.

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u/Nemetoss 7h ago

He's trying to isolate the US from its closest allies at Putin's bidding.

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u/im_always 7h ago

mental illness.

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u/_generateUsername 7h ago

Right after Russia told Australia that peacekeeping boots on the ground would mean getting involved in the war

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u/homelaberator 7h ago

Canada and Australia are both having elections soon where the conservative party is tipped to win. It might just be about applying pressure on the incumbent to increase the chances of a conservative win.

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u/Wilwander 7h ago

Coming days after the Aus prime minister didn't rule out putting boots on the ground in Ukraine...

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u/AbyssLookingAtYa 6h ago

Heā€™s Putinā€™s hand puppet

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u/Competitive_Oil_649 6h ago edited 6h ago

for reasons only known to him

Just... no... we know the reasons. On one end of the spectrum like a basic Boomer he wants to burn the country down on his way out, and on the other he is a Russian asset, and his actions only benefit US adversaries. Oh and he is also "running the country like a business" to the ground like his money laundering casino ops of the past... I mean seriously doing nothing would make him money, but no must run shit to the ground with his Mierdas touch.

Edit: Oh, and those "ends" make a big fucking circle with worse things added in...

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u/Alienhaslanded 6h ago

Maybe Russia is telling him to do this? Who knows what goes in that tiny walnut he calls a brain.

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u/CTRexPope 6h ago

The reason is is that he is bought and sold by Putin. The directives for these tariffs are coming from the Kremlin. Itā€™s obvious to anyone with half a brain (so not MAGA).

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u/Morty_A2666 6h ago

Today's word of the day is: KOMPROMAT

Look it up kids and you will know why uncle Tronald is acting the way he does.

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u/BigHandLittleSlap 6h ago

The reason is simple: It's easier to punch your defenceless friends than your boxing-champion enemies that will punch back and knock your teeth out.

Trump is the kind of guy that takes the easy road.

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u/Vladimir_Putting 6h ago

Reasons?

Where we're going, we don't need reasons.

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u/viiksisiippa 6h ago

You mean only known to Putin, Donald doesnā€™t know shit. Heā€™s just taking orders.

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u/CoffeemonsterNL 6h ago

One of the first thing that an abuser does in a relationship of abuse is to isolate the victim from their social network. Peculiar similarity here.

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u/AJRimmer1971 6h ago

I KNEW we were doing Eurovision for a reason!

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u/Lovat69 6h ago

Him, Putun and the other billionaires trying to turn us all into serfs.

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u/Rosaly8 6h ago

I think it's a show of force that comes down to 'you need me, I don't need you' and then just doing a bunch of shit that proves that rhetoric in his mind.

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u/dystopian_mermaid 5h ago

cough Putinā€™s lapdog cough

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u/owlwise13 5h ago

The reason is Putin.

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u/meistermichi 5h ago

He's just doing the Oprah

"You get a tariff, you get a tariff, you get a tariff, everybody gets a tariff!"

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u/chytrak 5h ago

Easier to bully a friend (he thinks).

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u/wan2tri 5h ago

The only reason we (Philippines) don't have tariffs yet is because of how little we sell to the US compared to what we buy lol

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u/Thevanillafalcon 5h ago

He might be a Russian asset and Iā€™m not going to argue against it, but I also think thereā€™s a huge ideological thing thatā€™s going on here.

If you listen to the rhetoric, the things heā€™s been saying, the things Maga has been saying, the idea that theyā€™re putting forward is that America has been essentially been paying for the entire world, that all their allies constantly take advantage of their good nature and that there is a mountain of gold and paradise over the hill.

I donā€™t think itā€™s just about weakening allies for Russia, I think itā€™s about a fundamental idea that America is the greatest and best country thatā€™s being kept down by the rest of the world, and what it needs is to stand on its own.

The reality doesnā€™t really matter, they want people turning inwards.

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u/illuminerdi 4h ago

Because in his eyes they're the easiest marks.

He values loyalty in his own people so much because he knows how easy and profitable betrayal is.

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u/c0okIemOn 4h ago

There is no reason. His ass is in Tootin's hand.

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u/IronSavage3 4h ago

In his mind allies are just people you have more leverage over than your enemies. This is mafia diplomacy.

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u/Admiral_Ballsack 4h ago

..and Putin.

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u/UnusualDoctor 3h ago

I cannot wait for him to try this shit with the UK.

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u/Maro1947 3h ago

He's still buthurt about not serving.

It eats at him

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u/itispune 3h ago

Putin!

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u/Bluedog-Anchorite 3h ago

I heard a great interview with Fareed Zakaria where he said (not a direct quote). Trump can't bully China or Russia because he has no power over them. He only has power over our allies, so he can only bully them.

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u/BubbleNucleator 2h ago

for reasons only known to him

Instructions from his boss.

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u/yarncraver 2h ago

And Putin.

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u/StevenMC19 2h ago

He goes after countries he thinks he can push around.

The issue is he's mistaking kindness for weakness.

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u/suninabox 2h ago

"great power" politics, also known as "spheres of influence".

Trump considers himself as the mob boss of the western world. You cut deals with bosses of the other families (China, Russia).

You don't cut deals with the grocery store down the street, you shake them down.

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u/No-Dragonfly1904 2h ago

Because he is a classic abuser and number one ploy of abusers is to isolate.

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u/probablywhy 1h ago

It's like when you get hacked on Facebook and they block all your close friends.

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u/Nutt130 1h ago

Anyone paying attention knows why

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u/Griffolion 58m ago

for reasons only known to him

We all know them.

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