Re:Ask HN: Is anyone else genuinely scared that this is the ...
by cyberge99 on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:49AM
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Trump emboldened Putin by increasing US dependence on foreign oil. Privately met with him, without record or press.
In 2017, the first Congressional Delegation to Russia (all Republicans) had a private meeting with Putin on July 4th - Independence Day!
Trump recently praised Putin and called his tactic “genius” and just today Tom Cotton(R) refused to denounce Trumps support of Putin.
Ad nausem…
Trumps indirect support of Putin and Kim Jong Un was also particularly unnerving.
Re:Ask HN: Is anyone else genuinely scared that this is the ...
by radford-neal on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:59AM
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"Trump emboldened Putin by increasing US dependence on foreign oil."
This statement seems detached from reality, unless by "foreign" you mean "Canadian".
What are you talking about?
There was the controversy about his talk with Zelenski of course, but the end result is described here:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-admin-approves-sale-an...
And delay in sending weapons to Ukraine is not unknown for the Biden administration:
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/18/white-house-ukraine...
So maybe your point is that sending weapons to Ukraine was a bad idea that just annoyed Putin, and that's why it's Trump's fault?
Looking at broader economic issues, how could you possibly think that Trump's support for energy development in the West helped Russia, which relies on high oil prices to support its economy, as compared to Biden's shutting down of energy development?