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Foreign Policy Genius -- Digby
https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/25/foreign-policy-genius/ . . .
It’s not a question anymore as to what Trump and Putin want and what they are working together to achieve. Putin wants as much of Ukraine as he can get and the total normalization of the relationship between Russia and the United States. And that’s just the first step. He’s pushing Trump to drop out of NATO so that he can launch incursions into Europe. Trump is more than happy to let him do all of that. He thinks there are some hot real estate deals to be done, which is the key to world peace and prosperity. It’s why he and Steve Witkoff are the only people who can get this job done.
Seriously, in Trump’s mind, his territorial expansionism is just about real estate. It’s like taking over the Gulf and Western building in Manhattan and turning it into Trump Tower. No difference. This is all he knows. He is 78 years old and he has no other frame of reference. I think his buddy Witkoff is exactly the same.
He wants to take over Canada and turn it into an American state (or several.) He wants to take over Greenland and turn it into an American territory and extract its resources. Maybe they can turn it into a Trump resort of some sort as well. And, as we saw, the demented weirdo suggested to the entire world that he wants to take over Gaza and turn it into an “international resort” (after he cleaned it o Palestinians who he believes would be happy to go since he’ll build them some nice condos somewhere.)
Trump believes that foreign policy is nothing more than a real estate transaction and doing a “great deal” will win him the Nobel Peace Prize. It’s ridiculous but even if it were true I think it’s important to remember that he inherited his wealth and his companies went bankrupt 6 times. (Oh, and he and his company have been convicted of massive fraud.) If his alleged business acumen is transferred to his territorial expansionism, we should expect that it will end in a war.
It’s not a question anymore as to what Trump and Putin want and what they are working together to achieve. Putin wants as much of Ukraine as he can get and the total normalization of the relationship between Russia and the United States. And that’s just the first step. He’s pushing Trump to drop out of NATO so that he can launch incursions into Europe. Trump is more than happy to let him do all of that. He thinks there are some hot real estate deals to be done, which is the key to world peace and prosperity. It’s why he and Steve Witkoff are the only people who can get this job done.
Seriously, in Trump’s mind, his territorial expansionism is just about real estate. It’s like taking over the Gulf and Western building in Manhattan and turning it into Trump Tower. No difference. This is all he knows. He is 78 years old and he has no other frame of reference. I think his buddy Witkoff is exactly the same.
He wants to take over Canada and turn it into an American state (or several.) He wants to take over Greenland and turn it into an American territory and extract its resources. Maybe they can turn it into a Trump resort of some sort as well. And, as we saw, the demented weirdo suggested to the entire world that he wants to take over Gaza and turn it into an “international resort” (after he cleaned it o Palestinians who he believes would be happy to go since he’ll build them some nice condos somewhere.)
Trump believes that foreign policy is nothing more than a real estate transaction and doing a “great deal” will win him the Nobel Peace Prize. It’s ridiculous but even if it were true I think it’s important to remember that he inherited his wealth and his companies went bankrupt 6 times. (Oh, and he and his company have been convicted of massive fraud.) If his alleged business acumen is transferred to his territorial expansionism, we should expect that it will end in a war.