Post #1626197
2026-03-23 20:21 UTC
@Jer @cstross @isaackuo Trump has never understood soft power. Just like he doesn’t understand alliances or friendship.
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@cstross@wandering.shop 2026-03-23 20:45
@qhstone @Jer @isaackuo Trump maybe *could have* learned to understand diplomacy and alliances, 20-50 years ago, if someone had taught him the elements of Game Theory and strategies for winning the Prisoner's Dilemma, and cold-bloodedly framed it as "this is how you maximize winning". But he's too old, demented, and angry to learn anything like that now. And back then he was just playing at being a real estate gangster, so not interested.