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Meaning he would really hate if biden wins. It’s always the same shit, accusing the “enemy” of exactly what they are doing, and pretending the exact opposite of what they want… Nothing new under the sun.
A former CIA officer basically argued the same thing back in 2022
Imagine having coherent politics and recognizing that Putin knows that Biden is more stable than Trump and would be less likely to escalate the war in Ukraine…
…Instead of having to be like “is he playing mindgames? Is this him trolling us? He says he wants blue team to win in 2024, but we are blue team and we hate him!”
He says he wants blue team to win in 2024, but we are blue team and we hate him!
Well we’re off to an awfully bad start because this is about the shallowest bad faith caricature I could possibly imagine. Let’s put it this way:
- Putin absolutely has a propaganda strategy aimed toward the west that utilizes a number of tools and messaging strategies
- Among the strategies reported on, one has been to escalate existing divisions within the United States, with one example reported on being creating opposing conservative and liberal events and scheduling them at the same location
- Purin preferred Trump for his first term
- Putin preferring Biden can be politically damaging to Biden in the context of domestic politics
- a Trump victory could prove exceptionally destabilizing to domestic politics in the United States
I’m not even 100% saying I’m right, but every step of this is perfectly reasonable, it doesn’t rely on any outlandish assumptions, and communication about this isn’t helped by mocking people with bad faith caricatures and performative incredulity.
Trump seems like he is more likely to dismiss the war or help the Russian side by weakening NATO. Why would Biden be preferable to Russia if he is going to continue trying to supply Ukraine?
The thing is Trump would either weaken nato by insisting on member nations upping their military expenditures or escalate the war.
In the first case NATO doesn’t need to weaken for Russia to accomplish its immediate objectives, it is weak enough already.
In the latter case nukes might fly.
It makes sense for Putin to want Biden to stay president, there would be no additional winning and major risk with a Trump presidency.
or escalate the war.
This seems to run contrary to everything I’ve read about Trump’s position. The first half of what you said is at least somewhat accurate. But the second half is contradicted by numerous reports from Trump that his approach would have been to “take a deal” and get out, implicitly with substantial land concessions from Ukraine. And then there’s the fact that both of them have profess to having positive relationships with one another and admiring one another.
So he likes that Biden is more “predictable” than Trump. Ig that’s true enough.
God damn mega troll… Gotta admire the legendary mind fuckery against for both sides though.
