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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
Yes and this shows you two things.
1) Typical US foreign policy has always been one-sided its interests and aims in the region. I mean this as no disrespect to my American friends on here but then the US Government is (like Britain) an imperial power which acts in its own self-interest.
2) The Trump administrations foreign policy is not much different from standard US foreign policy. Yes, there is the flirting with Russia and the lunatic brinkmanship with North Korea but there is no pacifist populism in what Trump does. Much as with his economic policy, its a standard hard-right Republican agenda. He gutted the EPA and passed an elitist tax cut. He bombed Syria and he sucks up to Israel. The neo-cons run things behind the scenes as Trump re-tweets NAZIs.
1) Typical US foreign policy has always been one-sided its interests and aims in the region. I mean this as no disrespect to my American friends on here but then the US Government is (like Britain) an imperial power which acts in its own self-interest.
2) The Trump administrations foreign policy is not much different from standard US foreign policy. Yes, there is the flirting with Russia and the lunatic brinkmanship with North Korea but there is no pacifist populism in what Trump does. Much as with his economic policy, its a standard hard-right Republican agenda. He gutted the EPA and passed an elitist tax cut. He bombed Syria and he sucks up to Israel. The neo-cons run things behind the scenes as Trump re-tweets NAZIs.
CopperCicada · M
@Burnley123 If I have a "problem" with Trump supporters, it's that they are unable or unwilling to see that their dog is no different. It's business as usual.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@CopperCicada Indeed. Same dog but slightly worse and really good at barking loud obnoxious distractions.
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@Burnley123 If the announcement goes ahead as expected , then the question must be asked if this was an arrangement the Trump transition team had already entered into with the Israelis as Flynn's indictment revealed. There is simply no other reason why the US would agree to something so clearly against its own interests.
CopperCicada · M
@Burnley123 I know people who voted for Trump specifically because they were in favor of an isolationist, anti-interventionist, and anti-militarist approach to the Mideast and third world in general. Trump ran on a platform that was against national building and world policing. I know people who identified with this as a matter of faith and/or social and economic conservatism.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@RodionRomanovitch I don't think he will actually move the capital if that is what you are suggesting.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@CopperCicada That is interesting and it is my impression from what I have read of Trump voters. TBH some of the ones who comment on politics of SW are nuts but then I know that they are not representative.
I remember seeing a video of his final election ad, which was anti-war and anti-elitist.
I remember seeing a video of his final election ad, which was anti-war and anti-elitist.
Northwest · M
@Burnley123 [quote]TBH some of the ones who comment on politics of SW are nuts but then I know that they are not representative[/quote]
The rank and file is clueless, when it comes to foreign policy. I don't mean that as an insult, more like a statement. Trump is not going to get us into another war in the Middle East. Adopting the neocon strategy, of on-sided support for Israel, is back to the old days, where we were not involved militarily, but made sure that Israel had the upper hand.
His supporters will not know the difference.
The rank and file is clueless, when it comes to foreign policy. I don't mean that as an insult, more like a statement. Trump is not going to get us into another war in the Middle East. Adopting the neocon strategy, of on-sided support for Israel, is back to the old days, where we were not involved militarily, but made sure that Israel had the upper hand.
His supporters will not know the difference.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@RodionRomanovitch Yeah he moved the capital. He is that bad.