“He used to quite reasonable”
Old Soviet, KGB. Reasonable? I would use the term measured, with an undercurrent of ruthlessness.
I agree! When he was weak he tried to please America and pretend to be someone who can be a friend.
When he had eliminated his internal opposition, felt safe at home and got high on the high oil prices he showed his true self.
In 2008 he approached China urging them to take advantage of the economic crises to destroy the US economy.
>Some scary details have emerged from Hank Paulson’s memoirs.
>Allegedly, it appears Russia may have tried to conspire with China in a bid to collapse the U.S. financial system. They were hoping to sell Fannie and Freddie bonds during a time when the U.S. economy was on the ropes.