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Summary

The article suggests that Vladimir Putin's recent actions, particularly his heightened nuclear alert, are reminiscent of Donald Trump's tactics during his presidency, emphasizing the fragility of global order and the role of fear in leadership.

Abstract

The piece draws parallels between Putin's recent escalation of the Ukraine conflict and the leadership style of former U.S. President Donald Trump, noting that both leaders have used fear as a means of control. The author, Annelise Lords, reflects on the insecurities and challenges faced by Jamaicans, which resonate with the current global tensions. The article posits that Putin has closely observed Trump's approach and may be emulating it, despite Trump's eventual political downfall due to American unity. The author emphasizes the importance of unity in facing bullies, drawing on personal experience, and concludes with a call for global unity to confront the current international crisis.

Opinions

  • The author believes that Putin's actions are a deliberate imitation of Donald Trump's political strategy.
  • Putin's threat of nuclear war is interpreted as an intimidation tactic aimed at the United States and NATO.
  • The article suggests that the American people's unity led to Trump's political failure, which is contrasted with the lack of choice for Russian citizens.
  • The author expresses a personal view that bullies, like Putin, can be overcome

Is Putin Imitating Donald Trump?

His actions remind me of Donald Trump.

Image by Annelise Lords (author)

Inspired by: A One-Man Show the West Neglected to Understand by Henya Drescher s and she aid:

Vladimir Putin has done more than any other human to remind us that the world order we have taken for granted is remarkably fragile.

My world does not give me and many others that privilege. Plague with daily bouts of insecurities, poverty, high inflation, dishonest and greedy politicians, sporadic violence amid a pandemic, etc many Jamaicans learn to take nothing for granted.

Born with a fighting spirit and our #strongwill2survive, many are still standing tall despite life’s trials and tribulations.

Earlier this week, Putin raised the threat of nuclear war when he ordered his country’s strategic prevention forces to be on a heightened state of alert. Some analysts remarked that the order was meant to intimidate the United States and NATO from the Ukraine conflict. What brought us to this point? Henya Drescher

His actions remind me of Donald Trump

Putin has studied Donald Trump and all of the things he has done in the four years he was President of one of the most powerful countries in our world. He ingested his actions, choices, and decisions and decided to imitate him.

Donald Trump failed because of unity, and the American people had a choice they refused to take for granted.

The Russians don’t have a choice.

They both use FEAR as a weapon.

The United States of America citizens are politically divided and are edging towards the issues many Jamaicans faced in our violent political history. The survivors refused to relive the pain of the past.

They call it ‘Third World Politics.’

As one of the survivors, it’s not something I want to relive.

#Iintend2survive, and it would be the fight of my life. It won’t be easy because I am not in my twenties or thirties.

A few million immigrants relived the past violent and deadly political history they survived in their country in the 2020 U.S. election.

Fear breeds control then reaps violence and death. If Donald Trump won, which I think Putin believes he did. Then he can too.

With nuclear power in his hands, if our world thinks he is unstable, then he will be given what he wants because of fear.

I met a bully once. He had his way for more than thirty years. He just chose the wrong day to test me — a day when I wasn’t myself.

I lost control and won.

Bullies just need the right opposition.

Our world has it in UNITY!

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