@Brandon9000,
Brandon9000 wrote:
Apparently, you don't understand something very simple, Trump uses the carrot and stick to get people to do what he wants, especially foreign leaders. You just keep asking why he's offering a carrot as though you didn't see the stick or comprehend the strategy. When you use a carrot and a stick, it doesn't mean that you really like someone. It just means that you pull from the front and push from the rear. Do hostage negotiators try to get their way by telling the suspect how horrible he is? No, they pretend to be the suspect's friend. It's not complicated.
So... in your estimation, Trump’s this brilliant foreign affairs strategist, and what we see as his fumbling, obsequious ass-kissing of despots is really him working his master plan to manipulate them into giving him what he wants?
Oh, that’s really intriguing. So tell me, besides infiltrating our national election, what has Putin given us? Besides murdering Otto Warmbier, continuing to amass potentially threatening weapons capability, getting out of the nuclear agreement and advertising their humiliating bromance, what has Kim Jong Un given us? Besides murdering Jamal Kashogghi and then getting Trump to help him deny any involvement, what are we getting from Mohammed bin Salman?
I guess it’s one theory - that Trump is playing three dimensional chess and seeing the big picture. Another MUCH more feasible one is that he’s selling out his country to indulge his hero-worship for murderous strongman dictators. Just straight up, dumbass striving to be seen as he sees them - as a powerful leader.
