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Trump, Putin, and Realpolitik Closing Riff
from Find Your God (with Dan St. Germain) · #25
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3 minClosing rant predicting a brutal Trump era with internal fights over Russia, Putin's strategy of funding opposition to sow chaos, and a resigned conclusion about geopolitical hypocrisy before signing off and thanking Dan St. Germain.
- 1:02:24Tim predicts the Trump administration will be really bad, with fights between pro-KGB and anti-KGB factions
- 1:02:44One goal of civil war from Putin's perspective is installing enough of his people to create gridlock that benefits him
- 1:03:11Stock market likes a stalemated Congress for the same reason—nothing happening helps him too
- 1:03:28They were out to get Trump from the gate, but don't fuck with Putin because he plants child porn on your computers
- 1:03:55Russia funds opposition parties and protesters, then tells people they're doing it so nobody knows what's real
- 1:04:21You can't say Russia's evil while supporting the Saudi Arabian government—it's all realpolitik
- 1:04:43We've fucked with everybody's elections, they fuck with ours, but you have to have a conscience and also survive
- 1:04:59Tim compares moral consistency to walking and killing bugs—the contradictions are unavoidable in modern life
- 1:05:21Plugs for American Monsters podcast and upcoming live shows in the new year
Vladimir PutinRussian governmentDonald TrumpHypernormalizationSaudi Arabian governmentUkraine