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Super powers aren't so powerful:
Again, the reason why Trump talks down Ukraine’s actual successes in an existential war is that his kids are supposed to profit from his war of vanity. It’s all an advertising campaign to him, right down to the burials of US soldiers, where he hawked his golf cap.
— Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) 2026-04-06T17:35:35.308Z