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1/ "While...Americans are concerned that the Trump campaign may have colluded w/Russia to influence the 2016 election, Trump’s outright convergence of interests w/Putin...may well prove far more damaging for U.S. interests in the long run." - @john_sipher theatlantic.com/amp/article/56…
2/ How do Trump & Putin's actions converge in an effort to "inject chaos into the U.S. political system?"
🔹️Assaults on foreign policy elites
🔹️Encouragement of fringe & radical groups
🔹️U.S. realignment on the global stage
🔹️Willingness to skirt the law
🔹️Assaults on foreign policy elites
🔹️Encouragement of fringe & radical groups
🔹️U.S. realignment on the global stage
🔹️Willingness to skirt the law
3/ Trump & Putin share a similar world view & traits.
They:
🔹️Feel disrespected & looked down upon
🔹️Favor bribable cronies over legitimate experts
🔹️Create scapegoats to distract supporters
🔹️Peddle conspiracy & outright lie
"They are bullies."
They:
🔹️Feel disrespected & looked down upon
🔹️Favor bribable cronies over legitimate experts
🔹️Create scapegoats to distract supporters
🔹️Peddle conspiracy & outright lie
"They are bullies."
4/ Lastly, why is all this important?
Convergence is a bigger deal than electoral collusion.
It means U.S. policy isn't just at the whim of a buffoonish campaign cheat.
It's at the whim of a man who shares Putin's fundamental goals, which are antithetical to U.S. democracy. /X
Convergence is a bigger deal than electoral collusion.
It means U.S. policy isn't just at the whim of a buffoonish campaign cheat.
It's at the whim of a man who shares Putin's fundamental goals, which are antithetical to U.S. democracy. /X
