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delusionaltoday at 4:03 PM1 replyview on HN

I don't care about any of your examples. I am explicitly not talking about Iran, China, Russia, Takedown requests by the UK, "downsizing" the government, or "remigration". I have opinions about all that, but it is not what I'm talking about here.

I am talking about weaponized trade relations, such as coupling embargoes or tariffs, to inner market fines. I am talking about explicitly threatening allies for enforcing their own legally sanctioned laws inside their sovereign territory. I am, in part, talking about threatening allies with invasion, if they don't do what you want.


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exogenousdatatoday at 4:22 PM

How about just delegitimizing free & fair elections? The foundation of representational democracy requires confidence in voting.

President Trump has spent over 7 years trying, without any proof, that US state and federal elections are rigged when he or his allies do not win.