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Anders Puck Nielsen is not a psychologist, but he is a very respected military analyst here in Denmark, and I suppose part of that is to understand your enemy. And IMO although reasonably simple, this is a new and unique analysis of how Trump think.
Very interesting if you want to understand the dynamics between USA and Ukraine after Trump became president.
It may seem confusing that I call Trump the enemy, but in many ways he is. USA does not have the same priorities under Trump USA used to have with other presidents. And this explains why.
Its not confusing at all, because he is the enemy. Period. He is not an ally or friend
It's really confusing and messy as they were providing Intel, tech support, etc. Whilst at the same time trying to stop all that, at the same time trying to get eu to pay for all the gear to US companies.
There's some real double logic going on, but at the end of the day the US profits most whilst a war is going on, and the hotter it is, the more they profit.
There are no doubt many in the military who want to help support Ukraine, but I'm saying Trump specifically
Yeah :(
My Buffalo, Trump is not making these decisions. The man can't even make it through the day without needing to be shepherded around by secret service. He is presiding over a very complex, sprawling, coordinated system of government and he is responsible for communicating and selling decisions that 99% of the time are made long before they get to him. Nowhere would this be more obvious than with military decisions, particularly involving Russia. The US never dismantled it's ColdWar-era intelligence, planning, decision-making, contingency, and logistics apparati for dealing specifically with Russia. At no point has Trump ever studied military strategy, at no point has he ever been capable of understanding the strategic consequences of any decision involving proxy wars, encirclement strategies, great power conflict, etc. Anyone who actually believes Trump just came up with the desire for Greenland on his own is falling for the kayfabe. His job is to sell the decisions that get made by the joint chiefs and the CIA. That's it. How he sells it has to do with his psychology, but what he has to sell is well outside of his control, much like his bowels and bladder.