(PROOF) Yes—Trump had achievements. I enumerate them here.
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(PS) One achievement I didn't mention is that Trump's aloofness to certain threats—born of venality and graft—correspondingly forced us to awaken to them.
We see Saudi Arabia more clearly; apprehend the danger from Russia properly; will exercise more caution in our friendship...
We see Saudi Arabia more clearly; apprehend the danger from Russia properly; will exercise more caution in our friendship...
(PS2) ...with Israel; understand the fragility of the EU and our importance to it with greater sharpness; can visualize the dangers of a war with Iran in a way that might have been impossible had we not come so perilously close to one; feel compelled to clarify our intentions...
(PS3) ...in Venezuela after Trump's (it turns out nefariously) muddled approach there; recognize the growing threat from an emboldened Turkey; feel compelled (one dearly hopes) to recommit ourselves earnestly and fully to our Kurdish allies in Syria; comprehend, as we had not...
(PS4) ...previously—apparently—how easy it would be for further missteps in the Middle East to produce another ISIS resurgence. Essentially, Trump stepped on every foreign-policy land mine around the globe, communicating (if nothing else) where and how we mustn't ever step again.
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