• OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Trump said he would encourage Russia to invade NATO countries that don’t fund their military at the agreed-on 2%.

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-russia-attack-nato-allies_n_65c7e443e4b069b665dfb762

    What other president would encourage their rivals to invade their allies?

    Trump has already seriously weakened the US’ soft power around the world with his trade wars and threatening to break/ignore treaties. Trump winning again is a huge loss for the US, and a huge opportunity for Russia.

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      9 months ago

      Not to mention that many countries shelter under the US’s nuclear umbrella. If the US is no longer guaranteed to actually be there, other countries might spin up a nuclear program themselves.

      It won’t be thousands of nukes, but then more countries will have a nuclear arsenal to protect themselves, making the chance some conflict will spark it’s use bigger.