@Durek_The_Bald

I'll try to outline his game.

What goes on is that he's into a really greedy strategy. He does the defect move of the prisoner dillema, all across the board. Right now, there is no one in the world that trusts him.

On the front page, he talks. Peace in Ukraine, yadda yadda. On the actual field, he attacks, by proxy (hit on the Russian tactical bombers). He repeated this exact move with the "talks" about the Iranian neuclear program, while carrying out the hit, again by proxy.

His supporters fantasize that it's some grand strategy or something. It's not. It's quite simple single-sided deceit and aggression. The fact that it hasn't progressed yet to its logical conclusion, i.e. the nuclear war, is irrelevant.

It's bully tactics, and consequences be damned - fuck the poor who will pay, and fuck the middle class, who thought he would consider them at all.

@adam-l I don't really follow politics, or take it very seriously. But I'm pretty sure Trump is the first American president during my lifetime who hasn't started or escalated a full-on war.

Bush Sr.: Iraq.

Clinton: Yugoslavia.

Bush Jr.: Iraq

Obama: Libya and Syria, resulting in the massive refugee wave that largely destroyed Europe as well.

Trump: Nothing. So peaceful, in fact, that the media had to focus on "trade wars" in order to label him an aggressive president.

Biden: Ukraine-Russis proxy war (which is pretty massive for a proxy war).

Trump again: Same as the last time.

As a former "leftist" (I still am in some ways), the reaction to Trump's presidency over here in Europe has been nothing short of weird. It's always been a thing here, that American presidents start wars. So we scoff, and say: "There they go again; America, self proclaimed world police". This has particularly been the case on the political left.

Suddenly we get a rather peaceful American president for once, and it's all upside-down. The left absolutely hates him, pointing to potential wars (North Korea, China) that haven't happened yet, and simultaneously calling for a more war-like president to deal with Russia. Meanwhile, I'm left wondering what happened to what we always wanted from an American president. 'Cause Trump seems to be pretty much it.

Disclaimer:

I'm aware that the role of the president is just to be the face of whatever cartel behind him. So when I say "Trump" or "president", it's not because I believe it's actually about that person (but rather about the group he represents). It's just quicker to write as if the president is in charge of stuff.