As I’ve been saying this whole time, Trump will make an overture, Putin will piss on it because he’s a congenital idiot, and the only interesting thing is how Trump will react. Russia wants a long-term, large-scale American humiliation. It wants something like the Afghanistan withdrawal but on a world scale. And even if that happens, it will still not be enough. As with any narcissistic injury, nothing can feed the narcissist’s hunger. This is beyond logic and reason. It’s an emptiness inside the size of the universe that only grows larger the more it’s fed.
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There’s an old Doonesbury cartoon from around the time that Russia invaded Afghanistan. The ambassador of North Vietnam is talking to the Soviet ambassador, and says that the North Vietnamese leadership wants clarification on the Soviets’ intentions. The Soviet ambassador replies “Well, we want to rule the world.” After some silence, the stunned North Vietnamese ambassador says “Wait…you mean it’s true!?”
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Apparently, the US leadership still hasn’t gotten the message. I don’t know what else needs to happen, honestly.
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