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| | :Actually, I've been hearing more of Kotkin in recent weeks, not because I want to, but because he keeps coming up on my autofeed (such is the [[AI claptrap]] and [[algorithm]]s in [[YouTube]]). Despite being [[anti-Trump]], I find his criticism of [[Samuel Huntington]] in agreement with my own since the 1990s. One thing is for certain, he is not the vehement [[Russophobe]] that you paint him. This gives just one more example of your misuse of sources and incessant [[trolling]] I must keep an eye on. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 17:56, February 24, 2026 (EST) | | :Actually, I've been hearing more of Kotkin in recent weeks, not because I want to, but because he keeps coming up on my autofeed (such is the [[AI claptrap]] and [[algorithm]]s in [[YouTube]]). Despite being [[anti-Trump]], I find his criticism of [[Samuel Huntington]] in agreement with my own since the 1990s. One thing is for certain, he is not the vehement [[Russophobe]] that you paint him. This gives just one more example of your misuse of sources and incessant [[trolling]] I must keep an eye on. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 17:56, February 24, 2026 (EST) |
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| − | :This article is linked to about 200 mainspace articles. In 2023, Kokin, with his [[Biden]]esque perspective, referred to the [[NATO war in Ukraine]] as a "strategic defeat" for [[China]] because China's support for [[Russia]] supposedly "drove a wedge between China and [[the West]]" - until [[Trump tariff]]s brought [[Europe]] and [[China]] back together again. | + | :This article is linked to about 200 mainspace articles. In 2023, Kokin, with his [[Biden]]esque perspective, referred to the [[NATO war in Ukraine]] as a "strategic defeat" for [[China]] because China's support for [[Russia]] supposedly "drove a wedge between China and [[the West]]" - until [[Trump tariff]]s brought [https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/04/11/trumps-tariffs-and-china-eu-relations-a-challenge-turned-into-opportunity/ Europe and China back together again]. |
| | [[File:It's hammer time.jpg|thumbnail|center|400px|If Donald Trump is elected in 2024, it's hammer time for the Chinese and Russian economies. | | [[File:It's hammer time.jpg|thumbnail|center|400px|If Donald Trump is elected in 2024, it's hammer time for the Chinese and Russian economies. |
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| | *''[[FT]]'': [https://www.ft.com/content/a12657e5-e160-444d-9b4e-87e89480e625 Donald Trump’s new flat-rate tariff is a boost for China]. | | *''[[FT]]'': [https://www.ft.com/content/a12657e5-e160-444d-9b4e-87e89480e625 Donald Trump’s new flat-rate tariff is a boost for China]. |
| | *[https://www.richardhanania.com/p/the-judiciary-as-the-last-bastion The Judiciary as the Last Bastion of Intellectual Conservatism]. The [[Supreme Court]] strikes down [[Trump's tariffs]]. | | *[https://www.richardhanania.com/p/the-judiciary-as-the-last-bastion The Judiciary as the Last Bastion of Intellectual Conservatism]. The [[Supreme Court]] strikes down [[Trump's tariffs]]. |
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| | + | The point here is: |
| | + | *(a) anyone with a cursory interest or understanding of [[economics]] & [[geopolitics]] could see this happening in 2023, 2024, and 2025; |
| | + | *(b) [[User:Conservative]] has no interest, knowledge, or understanding '''even of the sources he uses''', as evidenced again. He relies on [[AI]] & [[search engine]] results of certain words and phrases for his [[confirmation bias]]. |