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Originally Posted by JPhillips
Trump would have pre-emptively sold out Ukraine and then claimed to be a peacemaker when Zelensky was overthrown by the Russians.
I think Putin entirely misread what he could get by Biden and Western Europe.
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This. Remember Trump trying to pitch huge fits about NATO and paying their share? If Trump were in the White House, Zelensky would be dead and a Lukashenko-like puppet would be in Ukraine. Next Spring, we'd be wondering if the EU and NATO were dead after Russia rolled tanks into the Baltic states and the US did nothing (spoiler: yes, NATO would be dead). Trump would talk about how that used to be Russian soil, echoing Putin's talking points, and how this is Europe's problem and we need to protect our own interests and let them sort it out. Then, a couple days later, on the can, he'd spew out some other misogynistic or racist thing from Twitter and we'd be onto the next crisis and we'd be worrying about whether birth control will be covered by any insurance or just how close we are to making ghettos... I mean "sanctuary districts" in our major cities.
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