California was sane during the Great Depression. The LAPD sent police to the border with Arizona to regulate people from other states coming into the Golden State.
Russia lost Afghanistan.
Russia lost the cold war and the Warsaw Pact.
Russia lost Syria.
Russia lost Iran.
Russia is losing influence and possibly land in the future to China.
Russian is having trouble keeping Ukraine.
I am not even sure that they are successful in humiliating Trump.
He was a better choice than any other options available at the time, but he has aged poorly. His downturn was when he tried to provide amnesty and Sean Hannity sounded the alarm and the
White House was flooded with calls and he had to back down. That it how I remember it, anyway.
Trump’s path of thinking:
“I’ll send them back to the country they came from”
“you can’t do that”
“I’ll send them to that cool prison in El Salvador”
“you can’t do that”
“I’ll send them to GTMO”
“you can’t do that”
“I’ll open up Alcatraz”
“you can’t do that”
“Fine! I create ‘Aligator Alcatraz’ in Florida”
A dictator would never have gone through all of this. He is trying to get his agenda done within the system. I also think this is somewhat of a game to him. He seems to be having a good time.
I don’t think wives shoot police officers or mullahs in the head in Iran, lol. Someone needs to call her out on her privilege of benefitting from the second amendment.