Wolfpaw
Banned
There would in all likelihood be no diplomacy or anything of the like between the Reich and a Trotskyite USSR. I mean think of the propaganda Hitler would suffer in Germany if he were to be making agreements with the epitome of "Jewish Bolshevism". I'd have a hard time believing even Goebbels could make that one fly.
At the same time, I think you could see more activity from Communist parties around the world as Trotsky never abandoned his ideas of world revolution. Nothing major, maybe, but definitely more agitation and calls for more militancy amongst other Communist parties. This could have huge ramifications elsewhere, make other countries far less willing to deal with the USSR.
You may also see a more successful Republican resistance during the Spanish Civil War. Probably not enough to ensure a Republican victory, but Trotsky probably would have poured a lot more into the effort. Stalin did little to help the Republicans, seeing the fight in Spain not so much as a new kind of war or struggle against fascism, but a minor and relatively unimportant replay of the Russian Civil War. Basically, Trotsky would care about the whole thing, whereas Stalin by and large did not.
At the same time, I think you could see more activity from Communist parties around the world as Trotsky never abandoned his ideas of world revolution. Nothing major, maybe, but definitely more agitation and calls for more militancy amongst other Communist parties. This could have huge ramifications elsewhere, make other countries far less willing to deal with the USSR.
You may also see a more successful Republican resistance during the Spanish Civil War. Probably not enough to ensure a Republican victory, but Trotsky probably would have poured a lot more into the effort. Stalin did little to help the Republicans, seeing the fight in Spain not so much as a new kind of war or struggle against fascism, but a minor and relatively unimportant replay of the Russian Civil War. Basically, Trotsky would care about the whole thing, whereas Stalin by and large did not.