I think this gives Putin way too much credit. Putin's no fox. He's a hedgehog who knows one big thing: that he's running a country that's reasonably happy and successful when it's at war. Everything else he gets 'credit' for is due to cognitive biases run amok. The Trump phenomenon goes far deeper than discontent with the war in Ukraine - which is not all that marked, anyway. And if 3% inflation is all it takes to destabilize a US administration to the point where someone like Trump is seen as likely to be the next President, then there's something very wrong at the heart of the Union.
Deliberations over the dem candidate will not help if things are looking up for Trump anyway. You may also be giving too much credence to rightwingers that you've come across if you think there is some real chance of Michelle Obama being a dream candidate waiting in the wings. I mean, the extremist far right also thinks that she is going to be placed as the candidate, although they think it will happen through some kind of behind the scenes of machinations whereas you seem to believe she would coast to victory via the sacred process of habermasian deliberation and debate in a hastily run primary. The Obamas have clearly chosen to stay on the sidelines of US politics and become fabulously wealthy doing so without any of the headache. If you're right that Trump wins without dem primary being held then good luck on your long trade with chegg (1 of the few firms actually devastated by chatgpt).
There are things Trump talks up that both he and Biden would do. They don't matter. China and Russia relations fall into that category. There are things Trump talks up which he cannot do, many from the populist laundry list. Those don't matter either. The big differentiator would, perhaps, be how hard he goes on 'Iran'. I guess that does line up with a fossil fuel energy trade.
It really says something when the brazen commiting of genocide can be brushed off as irrelevant. You might as well point out the utter lack of legitimacy we have on the world stage, cause it's all downhill from here.
I think this gives Putin way too much credit. Putin's no fox. He's a hedgehog who knows one big thing: that he's running a country that's reasonably happy and successful when it's at war. Everything else he gets 'credit' for is due to cognitive biases run amok. The Trump phenomenon goes far deeper than discontent with the war in Ukraine - which is not all that marked, anyway. And if 3% inflation is all it takes to destabilize a US administration to the point where someone like Trump is seen as likely to be the next President, then there's something very wrong at the heart of the Union.
Deliberations over the dem candidate will not help if things are looking up for Trump anyway. You may also be giving too much credence to rightwingers that you've come across if you think there is some real chance of Michelle Obama being a dream candidate waiting in the wings. I mean, the extremist far right also thinks that she is going to be placed as the candidate, although they think it will happen through some kind of behind the scenes of machinations whereas you seem to believe she would coast to victory via the sacred process of habermasian deliberation and debate in a hastily run primary. The Obamas have clearly chosen to stay on the sidelines of US politics and become fabulously wealthy doing so without any of the headache. If you're right that Trump wins without dem primary being held then good luck on your long trade with chegg (1 of the few firms actually devastated by chatgpt).
There are things Trump talks up that both he and Biden would do. They don't matter. China and Russia relations fall into that category. There are things Trump talks up which he cannot do, many from the populist laundry list. Those don't matter either. The big differentiator would, perhaps, be how hard he goes on 'Iran'. I guess that does line up with a fossil fuel energy trade.
It really says something when the brazen commiting of genocide can be brushed off as irrelevant. You might as well point out the utter lack of legitimacy we have on the world stage, cause it's all downhill from here.
That it is
This newsletter seems to be more about politics than it is about policy. Do you have posts on actual policy? If so I will be a regular reader :p
1. Team D will do no such thing, any more than they will hold a primary that isn't rigged.
2. Trump will not change anything. Trump is weak, stupid and easily manipulated.