Posted on 03/22/2022 5:56:52 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Remember how everyone said Trump was Putin’s poodle, and an isolationist to boot?
Worth taking in his interview this morning with Stuart Varney on Fox Business:
So much for the “Trump as isolationist Russian stooge.” You get a good sense here why Putin didn’t invade Ukraine on Trump’s watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-c1Me0Kezg
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Trump made a really big deal out of avoiding expensive and questionable foreign wars when he ran for president. So now what is he? Is he a hawk? A a Neo-Con? What exactly is he? He’s definitely not someone who made great political appointments in many cases.
Trump is a strong believer in Peace Through Strength. He wiped out Soleimani and 200 Russians in Syria.
Brandon’s weakness has lead the world to disaster. In Afghanistan, Ukraine and soon elsewhere.
Trump Bttt
It’s hard for Trump to say what he would do in this situation because he wouldn’t be in it. That being said in that interview you see a very different America under Trump. He leans into WW3 when he says yea, we got him too and you have no idea where they are. If this were happening under Trump the world wouldn’t be afraid of Putin starting WW3 they’d be afraid of Trump starting it. Very big difference if he were there. No way this would be happening.
You forgot the /s
I just read an article on Yahoo that said that Trumps withholding of weapons and praise of Putin could be the cause of the invasion.
Sure, $400mm of aid, three years ago, delayed a few weeks (if at all) was the impetus for Putin to invade.
Sure, Trump’s acknowledgement of Putin’s leadership of his own country was encouragement for Russia to invade.
The media simply cannot help itself in keeping Trump front and center.
I wonder if they learned anything in Virginia last year. Pinning the world’s ills on Trump is not an effective tool. I guess it might be where the candidate ties themselves directly to Trump.
But I don’t think that will be the case in the mid terms. There are plenty of candidates who will say, “I voted for Trump...but this is not about him....” and the electorate will see through the BS.
I think there are plenty of people who would rather a few mean tweets and peace than the alternative.
Actually he wasn’t vague. You quickly get the sense that Trump would be willing to nuke Russia. By the end of the interview you’re asking, why is Trump willing to start ww3 over this and then in dawns on you. Suddenly, Trump is the one to be afraid of and not Putin. It sounds like a line but his personality probably really is why everything was relatively peaceful during his time.
Good post.
The commies viewed Reagan the same way.
Just crazy enough to “maybe” push the button.
“Peace through Strength” is a nice slogan, but what does it mean practically speaking?
Trump lobbied hard for withdrawl from Afghanistan (especailly in the 2nd half of his term). Of course, he never did it. I loathe Biden, but at least he can say that troops actually left on his watch. He’s banking that will help him (and his party in the next election), which it very well may.
Trump had Soleimani killed...a feather in Trump’s cap as far as the interventionists are concerned. But I never realized that the US declared war on Syria (or their allies). Is Trump really just a closet Neo-Con who feeds his constituents (and the public) peace-slogans?
One last question: and it’s probably the most important one: Do you think a saber-rattling Trump will have more appeal to the average american voter than a more isolationist one? I for one don’t. Trump will be painted by the MSM as a fascist to begin with, so military bluster is something he needs to avoid. Mr. Trump needs to be careful of his rhetoric in his attempts to contrast himself with Biden.
Appearing more warlike and belligerent will appeal to the hawks here on FR, but I think it is a loser with the general public. There’s plenty of other topics on which he can hammer Biden.
You are on the wrong website if you think killing terrorists isn’t a good thing. President Trump rightly asserted US power. Now we get Brandon’s weakness and it will be American blood spilling instead of terrorists being BBQ’d.
Bishop_Malachi Is clueless. Probably a schoolteacher.
Since your voting habits don’t seem to have wasted quite enough of our contrymen’s lives and hard-earned money, I take it you’d advise Trump that Ukraine is definitely worth the investment of US blood and treasure?
You’ll notice both the America hating extreme left and losertarian right have an aversion to the US asserting its power. It’s really a self loathing position to take.
Trump is the only president in the last 20 years who did not start a war. It was his strength and threats of retaliation that has kept peace. He certainly would not have surrendered in Afghanistan.
Trump is the only president in the last 20 years who did not start a war. It was his strength and threats of retaliation that has kept peace. He certainly would not have surrendered in Afghanistan.
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But Trump argued publically that the time had come to leave Afghanistan. What was the point of staying except to nation-build?
And some people around here (not necessarily you but some others) apparently want to live in a 21st-century version of the Roman Empire.
Trump had implemented plans to leave Afghanistan. He was in the process of reducing troop levels. You left WING Moonbats need to get your news from somewhere other than CNN and MSNBC.
Trump had implemented plans to leave Afghanistan.
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...and George Bush jr. implemented plans to reform social security. The difference is that Trump was Commander-in-Cheif (with actual power to do what he said he would do). Now potato-head Biden gets the credit for actually getting us out of there.
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