To be clear: on a Donald Trump scale, keeping things the same, only losing decades of political good will, not killing thousands of civilians, not starting a new pointless war, and not losing a few trillion dollars of American taxpayer money, is technically a win.
The text of the deal hasn't been released. No terms in a joint communiqué. The only information we have on what's in this deal is coming from the social media posts and anonymous background sources.
I wouldn't be surprised if they haven't actually closed on a final text yet.
He did still win though, because Denmark let him. We're all pretending it's ok because we're informed and know.
His supporters don't know. His supporters think he won. A week before midterms.
He did the exact same thing with tariffs. Lots of threats, then return to status quo is presented as some grand victory.
Trump Always Chickens Out
So we got what we already had?
To be fair, he almost didn't get that, what with threatening the EU and NATO.
The reality is irrelevant. What matters is that MAGA truly believes he won a great new deal.
Even if this was true, he'd break the agreement inside 72 hours.
Is there any surprise he'd simply declare victory regardless of reality? It isn't like his followers can tell the difference.
I speak with no source but a feeling from his past dealin' and I think he changed the deal to have his family profit from the mineral exploitation in some way. (Like he did with Ukraine aid)
My account on Xitter is now blocked from access because I replied to Eric Trumps post about this. I did not write anything bad I merely linked to the old deal from 1951.
Trump has been doing this all the time. He'd try to make a fuss out of an already good deal and when the negotiations doesn't go his way, he'd try to negotiate back to the status quo and reframe it as a new and better deal.
... permanent security and all other needs.
Poor bastards. They're now being fed only American beef!
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