This was always, always on the cards. Years ago, I wrote "... consensus contempt for diplomacy, a State Department in disarray and an impulsive and emotionally-fragile leader who worships the trappings of military power. That’s not an infallible recipe for armed conflict, but the prognosis certainly doesn’t look good."
We've always known that Trump likes to feel like the big man in charge, and what says "absolute power" more than sending people out to kill and die for you, or unleashing the might of the American military on people who can't fight back? Bullying by proxy is absolutely Trump's style. I think what's held him back so far is (a) his worry about how it would look if the war didn't go according to plan and he got blamed for it, and (b) his short attention span. Throwing cruise missiles at distant targets is about his speed; he'd really hate having to be responsible for a more extended conflict.
yeah, i don't think a person who has committed multiple sexual assaults, and loves to name call and threaten people, was ever going to be "pro peace"
the first time around he had multiple people in his administration, and in congress, holding him back. this time no one stops him, so his appetite grows.
forever wars aren't off the table. i'm sure by his third term we'll be at war with denmark and mexico, if not canada too.
He's just following the Stephen Miller playbook. From the NY Times:
“Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,” Mr. Miller told Jake Tapper, the CNN host, after being asked repeatedly whether he would rule out using military force.
The remarks were part of a vocal push by Mr. Miller, long a powerful behind-the-scenes player in Trump administration policy, to justify American imperialism and a vision for a new world order in which the United States could freely overthrow national governments and take foreign territory and resources so long as it was in the national interest.
“We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
[...] Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, denounced Mr. Miller’s remarks soon afterward, saying on CNN that “Mr. Miller gave a very good definition of imperialism.”
This was always, always on the cards. Years ago, I wrote "... consensus contempt for diplomacy, a State Department in disarray and an impulsive and emotionally-fragile leader who worships the trappings of military power. That’s not an infallible recipe for armed conflict, but the prognosis certainly doesn’t look good."
We've always known that Trump likes to feel like the big man in charge, and what says "absolute power" more than sending people out to kill and die for you, or unleashing the might of the American military on people who can't fight back? Bullying by proxy is absolutely Trump's style. I think what's held him back so far is (a) his worry about how it would look if the war didn't go according to plan and he got blamed for it, and (b) his short attention span. Throwing cruise missiles at distant targets is about his speed; he'd really hate having to be responsible for a more extended conflict.
yeah, i don't think a person who has committed multiple sexual assaults, and loves to name call and threaten people, was ever going to be "pro peace"
the first time around he had multiple people in his administration, and in congress, holding him back. this time no one stops him, so his appetite grows.
forever wars aren't off the table. i'm sure by his third term we'll be at war with denmark and mexico, if not canada too.
We're not taking about the Epstein files so, "mission accomplished."
Christ, what an asshole.
I think someone needs to return his FIFA Peace Prize.
He's just following the Stephen Miller playbook. From the NY Times:
“Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,” Mr. Miller told Jake Tapper, the CNN host, after being asked repeatedly whether he would rule out using military force.
The remarks were part of a vocal push by Mr. Miller, long a powerful behind-the-scenes player in Trump administration policy, to justify American imperialism and a vision for a new world order in which the United States could freely overthrow national governments and take foreign territory and resources so long as it was in the national interest.
“We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
[...] Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, denounced Mr. Miller’s remarks soon afterward, saying on CNN that “Mr. Miller gave a very good definition of imperialism.”