If Trump really wanted a Nobel Peace Prize, he need only start WWIII with Russia and the europeans would give him a peace prize and promise him a gold statue as well.
Ridiculous? Yes, but the europeans have no priority other than the War On Russia and their own raging hypocrisy does not trouble them in the slightest.
I agree: trying to impose order on the chaotic pronouncements of this particular chief executive is a thankless task. Schizophrenia between actual MAGA (i.e. not MIGA) and the neocon artists strikes me as a pretty good approximation. Adding to the chaos, though: incompatible readings of what 'greatness' means.
"Now Trump is more fully in control of his government and his foreign policy."
Nothing could be further from the truth. By Trump's own admission, he is beholden to zionists. But overall, Trump is owned by the Deep State. Trump decides nothing—he is titular.
On a personal basis, his dumbass comments and actions are due to his narcissistic, self-absorbed delusions.
Excellent look into a Rube Goldberg of an administration. Really no surprise. Trump was and is woefully ill equipped, both substantively and temperamentally, for the office. His obsession with the Nobel Peace prize is illustrative: the prize has been rendered valueless since 2009, utterly worthless; a bauble. Trump somehow thinks it represents something genuine and somehow thinks he has done something to merit it. Both Trump and the prize are both counterfeits but it doesn't trouble him in the least so long as at the end of the day he has the bauble for his shelf. If it can't be translated into dollars and cents Trump has rendered himself habitually incapable of distinguishing the good from the bad, the genuine from the ersatz, the principled from the unprincipled. In choosing between his administration's factions, whichever promises the most and flatters best will get the prize.
Really sharp analysis here. The pendulum metaphor captures somethng critical that most commentators miss: these policy swings arent random incompetence but an active attempt to appease two fundamentally incompatible ideological camps. Back when I followed foreign policy closer, I saw similar dynamics play out in other administrations, but never this explicitly visible because the internal contradictions were smaller. Dunno if tthe stalemate can hold much longer though.
If Trump really wanted a Nobel Peace Prize, he need only start WWIII with Russia and the europeans would give him a peace prize and promise him a gold statue as well.
Ridiculous? Yes, but the europeans have no priority other than the War On Russia and their own raging hypocrisy does not trouble them in the slightest.
I agree: trying to impose order on the chaotic pronouncements of this particular chief executive is a thankless task. Schizophrenia between actual MAGA (i.e. not MIGA) and the neocon artists strikes me as a pretty good approximation. Adding to the chaos, though: incompatible readings of what 'greatness' means.
"Now Trump is more fully in control of his government and his foreign policy."
Nothing could be further from the truth. By Trump's own admission, he is beholden to zionists. But overall, Trump is owned by the Deep State. Trump decides nothing—he is titular.
On a personal basis, his dumbass comments and actions are due to his narcissistic, self-absorbed delusions.
Excellent look into a Rube Goldberg of an administration. Really no surprise. Trump was and is woefully ill equipped, both substantively and temperamentally, for the office. His obsession with the Nobel Peace prize is illustrative: the prize has been rendered valueless since 2009, utterly worthless; a bauble. Trump somehow thinks it represents something genuine and somehow thinks he has done something to merit it. Both Trump and the prize are both counterfeits but it doesn't trouble him in the least so long as at the end of the day he has the bauble for his shelf. If it can't be translated into dollars and cents Trump has rendered himself habitually incapable of distinguishing the good from the bad, the genuine from the ersatz, the principled from the unprincipled. In choosing between his administration's factions, whichever promises the most and flatters best will get the prize.
Really sharp analysis here. The pendulum metaphor captures somethng critical that most commentators miss: these policy swings arent random incompetence but an active attempt to appease two fundamentally incompatible ideological camps. Back when I followed foreign policy closer, I saw similar dynamics play out in other administrations, but never this explicitly visible because the internal contradictions were smaller. Dunno if tthe stalemate can hold much longer though.
When there are knife fights underway on the Bridge, is there any wonder that the ship of state lurches so drunkenly?