Trump must counter Vladimir Putin's coming deception games -- here's...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : An initial ramp-up of American military equipment for Ukraine will show Putin that Trump means business.
53% : Instead of falling for Putin's traps, Trump 2.0 should follow the doctrine of "peace through strength" -- particularly flexing the element of economic "strength.
40% : Trump must resist this ploy.
40% : Trump should not fall for it.
31% : By arming Hezbollah in the Middle East, fortifying North Korea with advanced air defense technology, toppling governments in Africa and challenging America through its "Axis of Resistance" with Iran, Putin has made the world a more dangerous place for Trump 2.0 to clean up.
28% : Vladimir Putin's regime is readying a new bag of diplomatic tricks for the second Trump administration, as the Kremlin angles to lure Trump's incoming national-security team into helping Russia under the false guise of putting "America First."While Donald Trump largely avoided Putin's ploys during his initial term, Trump 2.0 must slam the door on them.
25% : Trump returned America's heavy armor and troops to Europe, imposed new sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine and made a major effort to stop Putin's weaponization of energy by blocking his Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany.
19% : Trump and his allies must accept that Putin's Russia is no friend, but a dangerous foe -- one that will deploy deception at every turn.
14% : Trump will need to establish more geopolitical leverage over Russia, as the Obama White House and its European allies failed to do when they tried to negotiate peace with Putin after his 2014 invasion of Ukraine.

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