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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Trump is getting played because of his fragile ego. Him sharing a message of a person stroking his ego is evidence of it working.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    How is he getting played by the imperialist faction agreeing to up their imperialism budget (specifically what he demanded) and praising him?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Mark Rutte used to be the Dutch PM and his part in NATO is to advance the collective security of Europe, now by keeping the US on board. It's a something for nothing.

    The 5% is not binding, it's just words on a paper, not even the US spends 5%.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Furthermore, in the negotiations, they have allowed a lot of infrastructure projects to be counted towards this percentage calculations. So, there may not be much in the way of new actual military spending, just improving the roads/rails of the agreeing countries. That seems a lot easier to sell to the folks that are further from Russia.

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