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View submission: Starmer announces European four-point plan to reach peace and defend Ukraine
Putin will be disappointed that his preferred POTUS is not particularly influential in twisting minds outside of MAGA. But Trump will be able to tell MAGA, “see, Europe picks up the tab, I win!”. Yeah, you won Trump. But lost the US’s position as leader of the free world.
Comment by ZgBlues at 02/03/2025 at 22:29 UTC
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Yeah, I’m afraid Trump doesn’t understand that he is only useful to Putin if he is seen to exert some influence in the West.
If he can’t do that and sinks into isolation, then his value as a Russian asset plummets.
Orban knows this perfectly well, which is why he will never leave the EU in spite of railing against it all the time.
Trump is pretty dumb, even by Russian asset standards.