Osiris-ODS
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Trump didn't praise Putin, WTF are you talking about? I heard what Trump said, he said he got along with Putin and other leaders among the world's more despotic regimes, because they respected one another in the context of maintaining global balance and peacetime. Saying there's mutual respect between two nuclear powers is not blanket praise of Putin in any way shape or form. By contrast, Biden standing at a podium at the G7 conference and calling Putin a killer in front of the world without provocation, the day before meeting with him, is overtly antagonistic and destabilizing to diplomacy.1. I think I agree with the OP. Years ago Saddam Hussein attacked Iran and then took Kuwait. Just by the force of his will and ambitions.
2. Putin may have had his ego stroked too much with the recent spike in oil revenue and flush with cash upgraded his military, so why keep it on the shelf, use it to advantage. Instead of upgrading the pitiful Russian economy. Biden gave Putin the excess cash by shutting down US oil & gas production.
3. If you are trying to link Trump to Putin as an overly aggressive "global authoritarian" I disagree. Trump is no Putin, besides, here in the US the president cannot order the US military to attack without congressional approval. The joint chiefs would refuse illegal orders.
4. Are you using Trump's recent praise of Putin as part of your rationale'? I don't know why Trump praisied Putin. Is he blowing smoke? Is he playing him for some reason? Does he have a sincere admiration for dictators? It doesn't matter. What matters is that Trump's many gaffes will be used against him in the 2024 GOP primaries, so once again Trump doesn't understand US politics.