His words aside (we know they don't count as shit, right?) I can find few points where Trump's-age America has been more lenient or even less provocative with Russia in action, on the ground, than Obama's.
@Færd The main way Trump is serving Russia's interests is by systematically attacking the international groups that oppose Russia, such as the G7, Nato, the EU
Trump's foreign policy is at best in shambles and at worst a directed effort to reduce total American power and influence overall and to weaken and divide America's allies
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Russia would switch to another mode in the Middle Eastern scene of politics if that happened, but right now, their interest is not in such a war, no.
@Færd Iran is only a Russian ally because they're both American enemies. If Iran could be brought into international cooperation mode they wouldn't need to be friendly with Russia and could become an American ally in time.
A war on Iran would basically serve to allow A) distraction from Trump's woes B) higher oil prices, desired by Russia and Saudi princes (who wooed Trump with a glowy glowy orb) C) Iran would have justification (national security) to crack down on its citizens to a level not seen lately D) Russia then steps in with their military to "save" ally Iran after the first bombs drop, and gains more influence on an oil-producing country
@Færd I agree with you that Trump is most probably not following Russian instructions, or, if he is, very poorly. But he is the kind of president that Russia really wanted for America.
@VadimGalygin ZTE (chinese telecom) found guilty of reselling American tech to Iran (enemy nation). US says ZTE cannot buy any US tech, ZTE says they will close.
If I were Putin I would value Obama's willingness of cooperation and the stability and predictability of his policies over this loose canon named Trump.
His policies aren't even cohesive or consistent, so he fiddles holds campaign rallies while America burns, and even lights a few fires, then he insults all of America's friends
@Færd No, Obama (and presumably Clinton) would be punishing Russia with sanctions. The only reason the US still is is because Trump couldn't veto the sanctions alone.
I feel like Putin isn't that conniving or manipulative of Trump, he just says little offhanded remarks in passing that Trump will unconsciously pick up on. At first I thought when T mentioned Montenegro that Putin was behind the scenes slapping his forehead thinking "I told him not to mention that it would mess up the plans. But instead, P probably doesn't care, it's just another whilrwind distraction to mess with everybody.
@Robusto I know people are making all sorts of historical comparisons, but I feel like Americans surely wouldn't go that far. T is really so incompetent that just holding the title president is slowly not being enough to follow his directions. He's made all sorts of proclamations that aren't being followed.
@Mitch Maybe he does talk to Trump on other occasions and influences him that way. Or through intermediaries, such as the people around Trump. Some of Russian conexions, like Manafort?
@Færd That's a bit of the 'whataboutism' that people here (in the US) are complaining about as an argumentation tactic (which Trump supporters tend to use). Like the above "Obama didn't do anything either", sure maybe it was the same thing, but people weren't happy about that either and he wasn't actively trying to ruin things.
@Færd That isn't really relevant though. The fact that the US may or may not have interfered in other nations' elections shouldn't make the Americans blasé about Russian interference in their own elections.
So I'm working on a research project where I need a particular word a lot, but I'm not sure if the word I'm using is proper, or if there's a better choice.
Some background, regular T cells need to be activated by something called MHC, but CAR T cells do not need to be activated this way.
So o...
@Færd I don't think there's anything to be kept secret. They don't even whisper in his ear. He's so playable, they just say out loud "Gosh, I wonder what it would be like if some terrible thing but should end up getting Trump another building or loan? ha ha ha that's terrible it should never happen" and then T thinks it's his own idea.
@Færd I think there's just so much to be angry about that Russia...well, good point. I've heard that 'Russia' as a topic will be used as a primary campaign device.
@Færd I don't think, however, that we can exclude that someone in Trump's campaign group talked to the Russians or their proxies to coördinate some effort to bring victory to Trump. And Trump may have known about it, too.
Of course the Russians wouldn't approach Trump and tell him exactly what they were doing.
@Cerberus Or T would somehow, through multiple misdirections, get promised his loan, or pay-off of his debt to Russian mafia, or those poor teenage girls he had 'disappeared'
@Cerberus It could be totally reading between the lines of someone else reading between the lines a couple more levels deep, but supposedly some leader in Montenegro was assassinated presumably by Russia somethety something blah lah blah the US may not come to Montenegro's aid just because they're in NATO
@Cerberus There are more coming. And I hope they succeed in passing laws preventing candidates with ties with big companies and billionaires from running.
@Cerberus I think his response was 'Oh I forgot' (when he was supposed to divest becaise of CoI, or 'Oh I had been planning that for long before hand' when he sold a bunch the day before something caused the stock to fall or something.like that
So I'm working on a research project where I need a particular word a lot, but I'm not sure if the word I'm using is proper, or if there's a better choice.
Some background, regular T cells need to be activated by something called MHC, but CAR T cells do not need to be activated this way.
So o...
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…