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Old 02-25-2022, 01:18 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB View Post
But that's exactly the point: they result in little. As in no foreign superpowers making any moves on his watch, because they were scared Trump would swat them.
Even if true I doubt that would have lasted him a second term. Putin is smart enough that he'd have caught on anyhow that it's all useless hot air and that Trump's apparent idolizing of Putin may well have resulted in a weak response from him.

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As such, he wants to see his vision of the Soviet-era borders restored before he dies
Good point, and if he cares more about seeing that happen than the state he leave his own nation and citizens in, then why not go for it now when he won't have to worry about any of that after he's dead and won't be his problem.
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