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This is an extremely Trump-like view, that foreign policy is a zero-sum game with a winner and a loser, and the object is to win.
Yes, and to be clear, I'm not saying that I actually hold that view. I'm just saying that that's the view they have - and there's nothing hypocritical about it. It's flawed in plenty of other ways, but hypocrisy isn't one of them.
It's a distinctly American view. Other countries do look at making deals where the benefit is mutual.
Our foreign policy, specifically over the last 40 years, has been vulgarly in service to the Epstein Class and their business interests, and we saw this backed up in Jeff's own emails. It was a feature of both our wars and the manner in which we wielded soft power. The only real difference here is tactics and presentation, and if Donald were willing to make nice speeches like his predecessors, people would care significantly less, I think.
That said, there is some legit hypocrisy here. In his first term, Donald did distinguish himself in disentangling the US from several foreign wars and his reticence to start others. (Most notably Syria and Afghanistan.) He also campaigned on doing so again, even beginning office by establishing a ceasefire in Gaza.
But then he needed people to stop asking questions about his likely pedophilia.
100% agree on the social media posts though. No one gives a shit about the supposed hypocrisy, on the left or the right. Hell, they didn't call the last guy Genocide Joe for no reason.