The Real Reason Russia Is Rooting for Republicans in the Midterms

[DonViejo]

State-controlled media joke about abetting Trump and believe his tough talk on sanctions is just a ploy. If the Republicans win the midterms, they say, he’ll come around.

Julia Davis
08.31.18 4:45 AM ET

Looking ahead to the midterms, President Donald Trump tweeted recently: “I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don’t want Trump!” And yet, they do.

Recent commentary on Russia’s tightly controlled state television reveals that pro-Kremlin forces are still rooting for the Republicans. And against his enemies, even in death.

With glee, Russian political figures rejoiced over the passing of the late, great Sen. John McCain. Oleg Morozov, a member of the International Affairs Committee of the upper house of the Russian parliament, wrote, “The enemy died.” Margarita Simonyan, editor in chief of RT [the Russian state’s international television network] admitted: “I am a lousy Christian... I can’t love my enemies. I can’t even have compassion for them. I can only will myself not to gloat.”

One of the reasons McCain’s death was so deeply enjoyed by the pro-establishment Russians is that they don’t see a worthy replacement for the anti-Trump, anti-Putin elements anywhere within the Republican party. Karen Shakhnazarov, a prominent film director who is a regular on Russian state TV, summed up that perspective on the political opinion show 60 Minutes: “Global empires like the United States are destroyed from within... The U.S. is deteriorating. They won’t find other fighters like McCain. There won’t be any others like him. This process is irreversible.”

With respect to the sanctions, Russian experts see them as Trump’s “pre-election trump cards,” a set of measures designed to make him look “tough on Russia” in the run-up to midterms.

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[Zoonart]

1. Russia did not spend all of this time and money

getting tRump into the White House just so that the Democrats could impeach him. This election will be fucked and perhaps to the point where it cannot be certified. JMHO

[beachbum bob]

2. $2 TRILLION in oil reserves....

[Achilleaze]

3. Because the republicans are selling-out America, that's why

They know they have the republicans by the short hairs, and they are intent on overthrowing American democracy. republicans are aiding and abetting them in that heinous, darkside, evil aim.

[empedocles]

4. Seems like most things that would be on putin's wish list to damage the US,

trump takes a crack at. Canada, world trade agreements, nato, . . .

Ugly.

And it seems very few traitortrump supporters know of putin instigated huge 'loans' to trump's 'billionaire' appearance.

That putin funding needs big traction here.