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[amarcheschi]

Europe being carved up? My man over there has single handedly given new life in the European defense sector, with other countries joining nato

[kadoban]

It depends how well European countries are able to defend themselves (and their political systems) from attack and corruption by Russia. So far, IMO, results have been mixed. I am hopeful for Europe though.

[atemerev]

While being smarter than Trump is a very low bar to take, Putin and Dugin are not the sharpest pencils in the box either.

Smart people are often beaten into submission by bullies. Being smart is not everything there is.

[rpmisms]

Underestimating your enemies is a common mistake. Not only are Trump, Putin, and Dugin all intelligent people, they all have access to much more and much better intelligence than you or I.

Trump especially irks me, because he's calculated his entire persona to appear somewhat dumb, and it works. He's not an idiot at all, and people espousing that view are falling for propaganda.