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Old 02-20-17, 07:54 AM   #47
ikalugin
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Originally Posted by Skybird View Post
Yes, both Trump and Putin want to destroy the EU. Divide et impera. Trumps economic America has greater weight if he does individual deals with single nations. Russians has it easier to dominate European poltics and decision making if not dealing with a "united" front", but a fractured group, and can drive a wedge between America and Europe.
Unitied, independent EU would be better for us, as it would be competing with US. The problem with EU that we have is not that it is strong (it is not) but that it is weak and it's external policy is highjacked by third parties.
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