Trump is Working for Putin: Josh Marshall Calls It
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo looks at what is happening and says it: We’ve Got a Problem. A Big Problem.
...The last twenty four hours of attacks on our closest allies capped by President Trump’s seemingly out of the blue demand to bring Russia back into the G-7 (making it again the G-8 which it was for most of the post-Cold War era until Russia was expelled over the annexation of Crimea) simply brings the matter into a newly sharp relief. If candidate Trump and President Putin had made a corrupt bargain which obligated President Trump to destabilize all U.S. security and trade alliances (especially NATO, which has been Russia’s primary strategic goal for 70 years) and advance the strategic interests of Russia, there’s really nothing more remotely realistic he could have done to accomplish that than what he has in fact done.
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Marshall discusses some of the implications of this, and looks at possible objections, but he really can’t come to any other conclusion.
...Back to the main point. We have a President who clearly got a great deal of assistance from Russia in getting elected. We can argue about how important it was to his victory. But the reality of the help is not in any real dispute. His campaign at a minimum had numerous highly suspicious contacts with people either in the Russian government or acting on behalf of the Russian government while that was happening. That is a very generous interpretation. He’s doing all the stuff he’d have been asked to do if such a corrupt bargain had been made. At a certain point – and I’d say we’re clearly at or past that point – it really doesn’t matter whether we can prove such a bargain was made.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/weve-got-a-problem-a-big-problem
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/6/8/1770374/-Trump-is-Working-for-Putin-Josh-Marshall-Calls-It
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if you repeat something 17 times...it's a conditioned stimulus. I have never subscribed to that theory...some stimuli are more profound than others. (A really good message on a sign as opposed to...i dunno..) point being, that's the dogma out there. Media outlets assume after 17 repetitions that you've been trained...I don't know about you, but, the best thing has been to turn stuff off so as NOT to hear it. The powers that be think they have us figured out individually. I think the times have changed and a cold wind is a blowing in this nation. Such a shame. As if the average American doesn't have enough shit to worry about but now we have to somehow unseat a deeply flawed administration. John Kerry and the like...where are you? You probably got cheated too.
As per usual. I dunno...bc I don't. It's f
Friday and I'm pondering along w you guys.
that's coffee.
that's my People.
it's the only thing I call him other than just Trump.
