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Trump Says U.S. Elections Rife with Fraud, Demands New Election Law, May Send Troops to Polling Places. Is He Preparing a Coup?
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Kayfabe.
A person who's bad at chess plays the game thinking that the opponent will step into traps that have been laid out for them. They don't think about the opponent being smarter, more experienced, having a will of their own, or looking out for themselves. That person would be great in a wrasslin' match, because now it's time for the opponent to run into a clothesline or whatever.
Back in the real world actions have reactions: “no nation has friends only interests.” Make NATO uncertain that the US will show up if needed, and threaten to pull support for weapons? That looks great in the wrasslin' match. Big strong man yelling at a TV camera impresses people who tuned into watch wanting to be impressed. In the real world it will take generations for the US to build back the trust it had if it can. Anyone wanting to make moves on a global scale will do so before that situation reaches a steady state.
The only thing that could make it worse in the real world for the US is if it started an unnecessary war for no reason and expended a huge amount of hard to replace munitions in a very short time while simultaneously giving an adversary a lot of looks at what modern US equipment looks like. It plays great inside the wrasslin' match, though.