@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 3 months agoEuropeans watching US/CA relations implodesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down15
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoIt’s one of two things: Bully mentality. “Beating people up means I’m strong.” Kompromat. “Putin said I have to beat people up or he will ruin me, and I know what he has on me.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•3 months agoWhat’s in it for me, personally? These countries do not directly benefit Trimp, plus one of the many things he campaigned on was isolationism. Apparentlys people fell for that
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-23 months agoMaybe I assumed too much context …. It’s one of two three things: Bully mentality. “Beating people up means I’m strong.” Kompromat. “Putin said I have to beat people up or he will ruin me, and I know what he has on me.” narcissism /instant gratification. If it doesn’t directly benefit me, now, then I don’t care
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoOh. I mean that’s definitely a Trump Trait but I don’t think it’s relevant to a conversation about why he’s attacking his allies.
It’s one of two things:
Bully mentality. “Beating people up means I’m strong.”
Kompromat. “Putin said I have to beat people up or he will ruin me, and I know what he has on me.”
What’s in it for me, personally? These countries do not directly benefit Trimp, plus one of the many things he campaigned on was isolationism. Apparentlys people fell for that
I don’t understand your comment.
Maybe I assumed too much context ….
Oh. I mean that’s definitely a Trump Trait but I don’t think it’s relevant to a conversation about why he’s attacking his allies.