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Dennis Donovan

(28,028 posts) Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:37 AM Wednesday

Greg Sargent Podcast: Trump's nationalism is malignant and expansionist.

Greg Sargent
‪@gregsargent.bsky.social‬
Oh look it's Trump's "neopopulism" and "isolationism" showing itself again (cc @dandrezner.bsky.social , @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social)

‪Greg Sargent‬
‪@gregsargent.bsky.social‬
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Trump's presser should embarrass commentators who have sugar-coated his nationalism, calling it "populist" and "isolationist" and casting it as being about safeguarding "sovereignty." His nationalism is malignant and expansionist.

Our pod exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1899...

January 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM

https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3lfa7uz4jg22n

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Greg Sargent Podcast: Trump's nationalism is malignant and expansionist. (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Wednesday OP

Seems to be less America First and more America Uber Alles. tanyev Wednesday #1

Given this is pretty much what China has been doing, just less stupidly, will be interesting to see world response dutch777 Wednesday #2

tanyev

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1. Seems to be less America First and more America Uber Alles.

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Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:44 AM

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dutch777

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2. Given this is pretty much what China has been doing, just less stupidly, will be interesting to see world response

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Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:56 AM

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I suspect some versions of "f**k off!" but will be interesting. Smarter thing would be to just call it stupid and say "We don't waste time responding to Stupid". What folks have to stop doing is feeding into the Trump news cycle by even spending time responding to his every little thing. It feeds Trump energy when Denmark says "Oh geez, we have to boost our defense spending on Greenland" or whatever. Quietly respond through the ambassadors if you must, but don't feed Trump and the media further.

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