The chaos brought by Trump is weakening the United States
We may hate him but the Russians don’t.
Russian experts, government officials, and prominent talking heads often deride the American president for his Twitter clangor, haphazard approach to foreign policy, clownish lack of decorum, and unfiltered stream of verbalized consciousness. But all the reasons they believe Trump “isn’t a very good president” for America are precisely their reasons for thinking he is so great for Russia.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a Russian client whose regime teetered on the brink of collapse only to be saved definitively by Trump’s chaotic approach to the Middle East, recently said that “President Trump is the best type of president for a foe.” The Russians heartily agree. The Trump presidency has been wildly successful for Russia, which is eagerly stepping into every vacuum created by the retreat of the United States on the world stage.
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“They say Trump is making Russia great. That’s basically accurate,” pointed out Karen Shakhnazarov, CEO of Mosfilm Studio and a prominent fixture on Russian state television. “The chaos brought by Trump into the American system of government is weakening the United States. America is getting weaker and now Russia is taking its place in the Middle East. Suddenly, Russia is starting to seriously penetrate Africa… So when they say that Trump is weakening the United States—yes, he is. And that’s why we love him… The more problems they have, the better it is for us.”
MAGA!
And his followers continue to see him as a strong man who will keep America strong.
MAGA?
MAGA……………………………………………………….?
You mean “Make America Goo Again….?
That MAGA…?
I am ambivalent about this. I’m sure that many here, like me, have not been fans of the American Empire-in-all-but name and our throwing our weight around in ways ranging from unseemly to evil, and have often thought we should be taken down a peg or two.
But geez.
Sure, it would not be painless in the best of circumstances (see: end of British empire after WW2), but at least the UK was succeeded by a mostly* friendly power. But here we are, the UK and US not just ceding power to unsavory and unfriendly rival powers, but actively self-destructing.
Be careful what you wish for, I guess.
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**Our strong-arming of the UK over Lend-Lease “debts”, to name one exception
Yeah, Bruce, I personally would like to see the American empire come to an end without turning American into a colony of Russia, or even ceding any part of our own internal independence to Russia – or anyone else. But if it has to be someone else pulling our strings, couldn’t it at least be someplace that’s a better place to live? Like, say, Norway?