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Biden was just timid. If Russia was successful at one thing it was convincing the world of its conventional military might, then their bullshit nuclear saber rattling. But I have to wonder how much this narrative may have been reinforced by the US defense industry.Bide
Presidents have not done much as could be done for Ukraine - Biden, Trump. Both have been parsimonious .I didn’t say it did. But his reluctance to give sufficient help is prolonging Ukraine’s misery. That reluctance is due in part to his tantrums about Europe’s free riding on defense.Trump's tantrum (whichever one of many you refer) did not cause Putin's invasion, of which Ukraine is indeed paying the priceThe problem is Ukraine is paying the price for Trump's tantrum.It’s cute you think Trump has a strategy.
I agree with you. I think he's emotionally driven amd erratic. But I think he's got thoughts and feelings, and being USA's president means we have to give a shit. A bit like being married to an abusive and violent husband. We can puzzle together what pattern Trumps outbursts have, and from that infer an implicit strategy. A bit like the abused wife might make put protective measures in place when she notices her husband opens a can of beer.
But Europe's lack of interest in its own self preservation, or interest in being a credible threat, should annoy any of its allies. Trump has every right to be annoyed about that.
And he is succeeding in goading Europe into military spending where Biden, Obama and first term Trump failed.
So perhaps we should reluctantly admit that Trump is what Europe needed to wake the fuck up out of its deluded slumber. Which is painful to admit
And before it is mentioned Australia can and should be doing much more for Ukraine
And if any other nation should have been doing more for Ukraine, it should have been South Korea. The cheap bastards could have really moved the needle sending much needed artillery.

