The argument from Carlson (and much of MAGA) that Russia is not interested in invading Europe because it is “dying economically” reflects a bizarre but widespread MAGA idea of Europe. Though Europe’s economy is 12 times bigger than Russia’s, much of MAGA imagines Europe as an apocalyptic wasteland whose capitals have turned into decaying ruins inhabited mostly by migrant criminals. (The same worldview also imagines Russia as a Christian traditional-values utopia.)
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