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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by thajkn on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @08:17AM (#42061815)
It was partly a global man made issue because every country (including the U.S.) printed COVID money like crazy.

It was the Supreme Court, staffed by Trump, who stopped the COVID madness with their vaccine mandate ruling.

The other issue is that Biden and his cronies Nuland, Blinken, Sullivan et al. deliberately escalated the Ukraine situation in 2021/2022, with the well known consequences. Note that Zelensky himself begged Biden not to be too aggressive at the Munich summit in early 2022! If I were Ukrainian, I'd loathe Biden.

The Biden administration mandated that their EU "allies" would participate in disastrous sanctions, which sent the EU into economic stagnation.

The U.S. is safe because it has natural gas and the reserve currency, which means they can print money more easily. It is not to Biden's credit that the U.S. economy is comparatively better.

I'd say that over 50% of Europe is very happy with the Trump victory, the EU press does not reflect public opinion.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by joyeuse6701 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:14AM (#42062593)
Trump printed that Covid money. Trump escalated the Ukraine situation with his scandal over aid and casting doubt in the unity of NATO, exactly what Putin wanted.

I’m surprised you would write all of this, blaming Biden for Ukraine’s situation, without a word about Putin. I guess Putin isn’t responsible at all for Ukraine’s situation eh? It’s all magically Biden.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by rightbyte on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:09AM (#42063481)
Ye, Trump was pissed over not getting info about Hunter Biden doing business there?

And the concept of 'NATO unity' is a joke. NATO is the US and the extension of its 'soft power'. How is e.g. unity between Greece and Turkey supposed to work out, or France with itself.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by tkahdn on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:20AM (#42063665)
I never understood this argument. Of course Putin is responsible, but what is the point of mentioning it?

Suppose you are on a tour in Rwanda to observe gorillas, and the tour guide tells you not to look them in the eye. One tourist feels humiliated by that instruction, looks a gorilla in the eye and gets beaten up. Who do you blame if you know in advance what the gorilla will do?

It was patently obvious to anyone who experienced the cold war what Russia would do if Ukraine would be a NATO member, preferably equipped with Tomahawk missiles. It was obvious to Merkel, to Obama, to Zelensky.

Of course Russia is to blame, but what is the point if you are supposed to be the adult in the room? You are also to blame.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by kmeisthax on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @08:50AM (#42062256)
Why would any European be happy with Trump winning[0]? The cornerstone of Trump's economic policy is shittons of tariffs that will cut the EU out of trading with the US and devastate them.

[0] aside from "it gives us moral cover to start deporting citizens we don't like"

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by tkadf on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:24AM (#42062711)
He said that in 2016 and 2016-2019 were great years for Europe. He won't leave NATO either. He has less room to maneuver than people think.

What he will probably do is reverse the insane foreign policies of the Biden administration and stop the world from burning. I think he'll deescalate the Ukraine and Taiwan situations. Probably he'll not attack Iran either even though he is said to be a bigger hawk on Israel than Biden. But he also has a sense for economics and will not want another oil crisis.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by kmeisthax on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:58AM (#42063300)
If he has a sense for economics why does he want to put 20% tariffs on everything?
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by pvaldes on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @03:41PM (#42069008)
Only Orban and pro-russian parties were happy today in EU

Americans could had saved Russian economy with this move, currently facing an imminent stagflation, so I bet that Putin is also a very satisfied cat and licking his lips at this moment. He has a golden excuse to pause the war for a while in the most favorable conditions for him, and rearm himself