I find it incredibly funny that both libs and chuds think this is Putin trolling or playing some 4D chess to divide America, when in all likelihood, this was a purely honest statement if one applies even the slightest common sense:

With Biden, at least Russia will always know that Biden will be pushing for the standard US foreign policy doctrine against Russia. There is a certainty behind Biden’s policy.

With Trump, even if he somehow managed to become the true anomaly that re-establishes US-Russia ties (unlikely), then what happens after Trump steps down in 4 years?

Who and what ensure that the new administration will not just tear up whatever agreement they had signed (not the first time, nor will it be their last time doing so) and re-impose sanctions and military hostility against Russia?

What stops the US from exploiting the temporary truce under Trump to recoup and militarize the surrounding European states and plan for further NATO actions against Russia down the road?

What is the deterrence here? There is none.

Russia doesn’t need US military technology (it is already defeating NATO equipments at a fraction of the cost), it does not need US raw materials, it cannot fully utilize the Western export market anymore (Nord Stream was already bombed), it does not need computer chips (China’s indigenous chip makers can provide that), it does not need access to the dollar market (apart from the fact that Russia is no longer interested in the dollar, who can even guarantee that the US will not simply block their dollar access for the second and third time?), it already has nuclear weapons that readily retaliate if the US’s stick is simply not to nuke Russia. There is no incentive for compromise as well.

Considering all that, Biden is indeed the more predictable candidate when it comes to handling US foreign policy against Russia. There is no doubt about it. Trump can say whatever he wants, but can he suppress the will and demands of the national security apparatus? What can he even guarantee when he steps down in 2028?

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Americans act like their lives are Game of Thrones or Harry Potter or some shit where the Destiny of the World is in the hands of the individual, and that destiny is at risk of being changed because the individual is at risk of being defeated. And when I say Americans, I mean 50% voters and 50% government because it seems that they believe “materialism” means buying iPhone every year.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 25 points 9 months ago

and if you speak in an accent, it's dialectical materialism!