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[Closed]

well yeah

 

[Black Wizard]

I feel like the shady crap Hillary has been tied to would be more likely to get us in a war than anything Trump would do

 

[Closed]

They're always getting involved in wars

 

[Closed]

yeah, I agree

 

[Rosie]

http://www.economist.com/news/unite...-similar-barack-obamas-donald-trumps-would-be

 

[Rosie]

I'm reading that for my international relations class.

 

[Rosie]

"“realpolitik kind of guy” who sees a dangerous, ungrateful world, which for too long America has been asked to fix on its own. Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant-general and adviser to Mr Drumpf, compares his boss to Ronald Reagan for his willingness to treat Russia as a competitor with whom deals can be made, notably when making common cause against Islamists in Syria."

 

[Closed]

I still think it's silly for people to think he's going to start wars

 

[Rosie]

realpolitk is focused on "war" and what causes war and conflict.

 

[Closed]

Did he say that?

 

[Closed]

Or did someone else write it?

 

[Rosie]

His advisers explained him as such

 

[Rosie]

"In contrast, when Trump advisers explain their candidate’s worldview, they start with how their boss feels about himself, his gut instincts and abilities as a negotiator—with pesky policy details to be filled in later. They describe a “realpolitik kind of guy”

 

[Dat Kid1]

Dat Kid is in the building!

 

[Solid Snake]

Well at least I don't have to put my hands up