U.S. President Trump said today (Beijing Time, October 17) that I proposed using 2000 Tomahawk missiles to target Putin. But he didn't like the idea.
Reporter: "Did Putin try to dissuade you from selling Tomahawk missiles?"
Trump: "Well, of course. Do you think he would say, 'Please sell the Tomahawks'? I did say, 'If I give your opponent thousands of Tomahawks, would you mind?' I really told him that. I said it that way. He didn't like the idea. Sometimes you have to be a little light-hearted. The Tomahawk is a fierce weapon. It's a fierce, aggressive, highly destructive weapon. No one wants to be hit by a Tomahawk."
[Witty] Comment: Trump openly threatened to aim 2000 Tomahawk missiles at Putin, but in a humorous manner, he wrapped the missile threat into a slightly relaxed negotiation tactic. This half-true and half-false military extortion clearly reveals the theatrical nature of his foreign policy decisions. If Russia truly deployed strategic missiles such as Kalibr, Sea Storm, and Cherry to Venezuela, Trump would surely raise sanctions under the pretext of threatening the security of the Western Hemisphere, just as the United States has long treated Latin America as its backyard and recklessly engaged in military exports to other countries with a double standard. The boast of "Tomahawks are fierce" is essentially the narrative of a nuclear power bullying others - the U.S. can wave a missile club at any country, but any defensive cooperation from other countries will touch its hegemonic nerve. This unipolar bullying "strategic art" is merely an old trick of paper tigers trying to bluff.
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