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Why Trump’s Stance on Ukraine Has Changed – Part 1

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It seems that the Trump administration might be listening to some classic rock lately, because his recent stance on Russia and Putin is awfully reminiscent of The Who’s 1971 classic “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Or maybe Melania just yelled at him.

The issue with the Trump and Putin dynamic is that they’ve been operating on two different playing fields. Trump thought he was just caught up in your standard playground pissing contest (the kind of conflict that he loves). Putin was playing along, but Trump is finally realizing that Putin’s war on Ukraine is existential. The Russians MUST take Ukraine. They MUST expand their borders. Otherwise, it’s the end of Russia as we know it.

This is the geographic playbook that Russia has always followed. Now that their demographic crisis has reached critical mass, there is only one path forward. So, Trump’s stance on Ukraine is starting to shift, but this is only the beginning.
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