This article is relevant to Trump’s foreign policy and patterns of behavior. Ryan Evans, a well-respected military analyst and host of *War on the Rocks*, discusses Trump’s recent action in Venezuela and explains his own theory of mind as to why Trump does what he does, and why Ryan thinks his understanding is correct.
anon36485 on
Because they’re idiots and susceptible to low quality propaganda?
PaxChelonia on
> It is difficult to tell when Trump is being instrumental rather than just winging it or not paying attention.
Sums it up pretty well lol
AnachronisticPenguin on
Because he doesn’t genuinely care about foreign policy, he says everything and constantly changes his mind so they can project whatever they want on him for that at least.
C-Wolsey on
So the author defines regime change overly narrowly, and in a way Trump would see it, both different from the way it would normally be understood and uses that to claim vindication, peppered with some of Trump’s public statements as evidence.
musical8thnotes on
A mixture of naive stupidity, chauvinism masked as concern-trolling, and grifting.
We have had 12 year of Trump in the public view. If 12 years is not long enough to make judgement, then someone is either MAGA or a fool.
79792348978 on
point #1 about the urge people have to pin a doctrine on him is so aggravatingly true, I honestly cannot fathom how anyone could listen to the man talk for any length of time and think Trump is a guy with a clear and consistent doctrine on almost anything, and certainly not something as complex as foreign policy
TF_dia on
Trump’s superpower is his uncanny ability to get people; opponents and supporters alike to project their values and ideas into him interpreting his actions in a much more positive light that he deserves.
My unsubstantiated theory of why is because people are much more tolerant to evil than stupidity.
As in, the people that follow FoPo closely can accept the fact that the USA elected an evil man as President, but can’t cope as easily with the fact they elected an utter fucking imbecile, so they prefer to see him as “Evil, but rational” than “Moron making stuff up as he goes”.
gyunikumen on
GrAnD sTrAtEgY
Sodi920 on
Because Trump demonstrated Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism are all wrong. The one true IR theory is Schizophrenic-boomerism.
Source: I’m doing my IR post-grad and every day is a gambit between the pistol and the bottle.
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This article is relevant to Trump’s foreign policy and patterns of behavior. Ryan Evans, a well-respected military analyst and host of *War on the Rocks*, discusses Trump’s recent action in Venezuela and explains his own theory of mind as to why Trump does what he does, and why Ryan thinks his understanding is correct.
Because they’re idiots and susceptible to low quality propaganda?
> It is difficult to tell when Trump is being instrumental rather than just winging it or not paying attention.
Sums it up pretty well lol
Because he doesn’t genuinely care about foreign policy, he says everything and constantly changes his mind so they can project whatever they want on him for that at least.
So the author defines regime change overly narrowly, and in a way Trump would see it, both different from the way it would normally be understood and uses that to claim vindication, peppered with some of Trump’s public statements as evidence.
A mixture of naive stupidity, chauvinism masked as concern-trolling, and grifting.
We have had 12 year of Trump in the public view. If 12 years is not long enough to make judgement, then someone is either MAGA or a fool.
point #1 about the urge people have to pin a doctrine on him is so aggravatingly true, I honestly cannot fathom how anyone could listen to the man talk for any length of time and think Trump is a guy with a clear and consistent doctrine on almost anything, and certainly not something as complex as foreign policy
Trump’s superpower is his uncanny ability to get people; opponents and supporters alike to project their values and ideas into him interpreting his actions in a much more positive light that he deserves.
My unsubstantiated theory of why is because people are much more tolerant to evil than stupidity.
As in, the people that follow FoPo closely can accept the fact that the USA elected an evil man as President, but can’t cope as easily with the fact they elected an utter fucking imbecile, so they prefer to see him as “Evil, but rational” than “Moron making stuff up as he goes”.
GrAnD sTrAtEgY
Because Trump demonstrated Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism are all wrong. The one true IR theory is Schizophrenic-boomerism.
Source: I’m doing my IR post-grad and every day is a gambit between the pistol and the bottle.