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12. Rubio: too much association with neocon regimes...
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 01:00 PM
Sep 21

...and obsession with conservative bête noires (especially Cuba) to ever be fully trusted by the MAGA movement. OTOH, the MAGA chuds seem to be just as hateful toward Cuba as any neocons ever were. MAGA always was about marketing; it never differed that greatly from the simpleminded, utopian world-building that preoccupied neocon "thought". For all the nationalism proclaimed by the MAGA movement, it is really only seen in their economic program--and even there, only occasionally. When it comes to foreign policy, Trump is just as eager as any neocon to send our armed forces on one or another ill-advised misadventure (e.g. Venezuela, Iran, threatening Mexico).

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