& “The Kremlin Papers” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremlin_papers show who’s investment Trump is ( apparently The Guardian has now disappeared all such content? from DuckDuckGo, it has, anyways… how spectacularly depressing to see propagandism go THAT deep, eradicating journalism even-more, since Guardian changed ownership ).
He’s playing a negative-sum game, same as Putin, same as mass-shooters: the intent is that NOone matter, after he’s gone: he gets to be “the last word”, & gets to be the “king” which presides over the destruction of the world’s potential.
Zero-sum games are competitive-narcissism, but negative-sum games are competitive-nihilism-and-narcissism… different motivation entirely.
Thank you for pointing-out that he could be doing that particular machiavellianism: I’d not thought of any such game.
I’ve been telling people for years that Trump’s going to ditch NATO & back his original backer, Putin, against NATO.
https://www.lee.senate.gov/2025/6/lee-introduces-withdrawal-from-nato
& “The Kremlin Papers” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremlin_papers show who’s investment Trump is ( apparently The Guardian has now disappeared all such content? from DuckDuckGo, it has, anyways… how spectacularly depressing to see propagandism go THAT deep, eradicating journalism even-more, since Guardian changed ownership ).
He’s playing a negative-sum game, same as Putin, same as mass-shooters: the intent is that NOone matter, after he’s gone: he gets to be “the last word”, & gets to be the “king” which presides over the destruction of the world’s potential.
Zero-sum games are competitive-narcissism, but negative-sum games are competitive-nihilism-and-narcissism… different motivation entirely.
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