TRUMPUTIN
There's method in this madness, Hamlet, Shakespeare. A long trajectory of history: from Munich 1938 to Yalta and Alaska. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin embody two variants of the same ancient logic: that of naked power, stripped of ideological trappings. Two powers—one hyper-capitalist and transactional, the other revanchist and imperial—are developing the logic of Machiavelli's Prince, updated to the 21st century: those who can, take; those who can't, negotiate or yield. The prince must know how to imitate the fox (cunning) and the lion (strength) to defend himself from deception and wolves, Prince Machiavelli. On the poker table, the cards are now territories, energy resources, trade routes, and military capabilities. Latin America is no longer an arena open to Russian or Chinese penetration: it is "our home." The operation against Maduro in Venezuela, the blockade of Cuba, the pressure on the Panama Canal, and even the provocations in Greenla...