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Jay Berman's avatar

Alaska meeting part of Trump’s “Speak loudly and act like you are carrying a big stick” tour.

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

1) Excellent analysis

2) You don't give Trump and his team enough credit.

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Steve Berman's avatar

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

Yes, certainly, and I am as skeptical of DJT's abilities as anyone, but we've tasted quite a lot of his delicious 2.0 pudding already!

Also, I agree that not much can come of this meeting.

Steve, what do you think Putin thinks he can ultimately get? How can he *not* at this point come away with Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk? And is he already planning his next special military operation for two or three more oblasts?

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Curtis Stinespring's avatar

Thanks. Your opinion on the outcome of the meeting is probably correct. Nothing will really be accomplished which is probably correct. I also learned that there is no international air space between Russia and that part of Alaska and that fact has some significance.

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SGman's avatar

Looks like Putin wants resources out of Alaska, reportedly rare earth minerals - which the US sorely needs for strategic purposes.

Talk about dumb as rocks.

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