JVL asks - "who is in Trump's ear" about this imperialist crap?

I was wondering that myself - then someone mentioned it on the Reddit-sphere and a light bulb went off.

There is only one entity on the planet that is interested in this. It's not Stephen Miller, it's not any of the broligarchs. It's the one that has decades of experience in active measures, pitting an adversary against itself - and it's Putin and the GRU.

After the years-long effort to sow dsicord among Americans has finally worked, it's time for stage 2 - pit the West against itself. Suggest directly or via Elon that maybe America should look for some countries to annex.

Good case - normalizes land grabs and keeps the allies busy quarreling with each other. Best case - an actual set of military skirmishes starts, or an all-out war. Takes the entire collective West out of the equation.

This is not coming from Oranger Mussolini, and this explanation makes complete sense to me personally.