[affinepplan]

> too many things would have to fit perfectly for it to make sense

things like immediately reversing course on military support for the only country at war with Russia? things like torching relationships with our closest allies we've spent decades, if not centuries building?

things like repeatedly and publicly praising Putin? things like both ex-KGB officers and current UK legislators publicly stating the possibility?

things like everything in this article? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates...

I don't know why you think it's quite so far fetched. it's not a certainty but at this point I would say the preponderance of evidence calls it "likely"

[rayiner]

> things like immediately reversing course on military support for the only country at war with Russia

America has a tremendous interest in not being at war with the world’s second largest nuclear power. We also have no interest in sacrificing good relations with Russia for the sake of Ukraine.

[fedsocpuppet]

We should definitely go back to the good relations we used to have. Maybe if we're nice to them again they won't be running around with polonium, forcing migrants through Belarus, sending in little green men to their neighbors, and generally trying to destabilize the entire West. They're just misunderstood - it's not a country of thugs, they just want to live in peace and pump oil. Hey maybe if we have good relations we'll even be able to benefit from their recent invaluable contributions to science and technology.

[LunaSea]

Is that the reason for threatening the territorial integrity of Canada, Greenland and Panama?

[lm28469]

> We also have no interest in sacrificing good relations with Russia for the sake of Ukraine.

No problem sacrificing good relations with Canada, Europe, China, the entire Arab world, though... The mental gymnastic people go through lol

[lm28469]

He's a mentally challenged 80 years old failed businessman who loves people he perceive as strong, that would explain all of that.

Lot's of americans and europeans are fan of Putin, because "he tells it how it is", he doesn't like gays, &c. Trump is a simple mind so it's not really surprising. He also sucks Saudi's and Israeli's balls all day long for the same reasons