i envision trump truly actually believing that he would just say the word "you make deal now!" and the war would be over in 24 hours. i think he was genuinely surprised and confused why it didn't happen and monke didn't even entertain the idea. he might even believed that if he would droll about economy and losses over the phone - putin might suddenly understand something he didn't know already. > what do you mean they don't pick up the phone? call them again! > what do you mean they are not interested? i do not understand. are they insane?  trump to me seems like a very vindictive man and he might actually start doing "politically rash decisions" as in - fucking over russnigeria with legitimately targeted sanctions and ignoring the lobbying because he's assblasted and confused.
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