Everyone has elections. Russia has elections. China has elections. North Korea has elections. How free and fair they'll be and whether the result will be respected is an open question but there … (View Post)

I think on current evidence "Mad King and scheming courtiers" is the correct way to model Trump. You don't know what he's going to do tomorrow because he's mad, he often agre… (View Post)

IIUC the US are still providing intelligence, selling weapons and delivering weapons already funded under Biden. They're also still enforcing sanctions on Russia, arguably more vigorously where … (View Post)

What's everyone else's take on Vance? Mine is that he's a careerist. He might believe things but he doesn't believe them very hard. In the debates he made the best effort he could… (View Post)

Is there an American base in Europe that they value? Like the bases are mainly there to protect Europe from Russia which isn't a goal Trump is interested in, and the Americans have been trying t… (View Post)