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'Backfired spectacularly': European officials reportedly now view US as an 'adversary' (www.rawstory.com)
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If Vice President J.D. Vance hoped to earn respect among international leaders with his speech in Germany last week, it wouldn't work, according to one senior diplomat.

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Grift is a word that is interchangeably used with scam or con (as in a confidence game)

The con here is that there is nothing substantive in Vance's speech. It was simply designed to cause a rift between the US and Europe

The goal is to reestablish the Russian Empire in order to help facilitate a global plutocracy

Divide and conquer

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I get all that, but where's the money from the con? Grift is most literally about obtaining money.