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Trump takes after Bush in most respects

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Sure the US tried to negotiate with the new power brokers in Ukraine, as did European powers (and the Russians), telling them that certain actions would lead to less or more support. But that was AFTER the revolution and is quite normal in any country. Even in the US political party leaderships factor in foreign acceptance when endorsing candidates for important offices.

Blaming the CIA for everything is to belittle the abilities of other countries (including Russia), the hardships of the Ukrainian people (it really is a poor and corrupt country that has not recovered from the Soviet-collapse to the degree its neighbors have, it's a miracle the whole revolt and civil war didn't happen earlier) and the role of chance/chaos in the world (that last one is a bias that has a fancy name which escapes me right now, but I'm sure you know it).

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