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It's time to admit the obvious: Donald Trump sure is acting like a Russian agent
Trump's remarks praising Putin's military aggression against Ukraine should be the last straw for anyone inexplicably holding out hope he's not driven in part by Russian interests.
6:00 PM · Mar 6, 2022
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-putin-genius-russia-ukraine-rcna17328?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Russian President Vladimir Putins military aggression against Ukraine as fears of war in the region grow. The deluded Russian despot seems set on recreating the Soviet Union and reliving a bygone era.
Trump's fawning statements in response are the latest reminder that America not too long ago was under the thumb of a Kremlin fan boy. Well address that shortly, but first, here are Trumps comments from his Tuesday interview on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show," an ultraconservative radio talk show:
I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, This is genius. Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine, of Ukraine, Putin declares it as independent. Oh, thats wonderful.
The praise didnt end there.
So Putin is now saying, Its independent, a large section of Ukraine," Trump continued. "I said, How smart is that? And hes going to go in and be a peacekeeper. Thats the strongest peace force. We could use that on our southern border. Thats the strongest peace force Ive ever seen."
He then called Putin a very savvy person whom he claimed to know very, very well.
*snip*
no_hypocrisy
(45,771 posts)Trump wanted to "buy" Greenland and wouldn't let it go when he was refused.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)calimary
(80,693 posts)If they love Russia and Putin so much, THERE! Go live with him! Knock yerselves out. And GOOD RIDDANCE!
Love it or leave it!
keithbvadu2
(36,362 posts)Repubs brag that Putin did not invade Ukraine while Trump was in office.
Falsely claiming that Trump was so tough.
Donald was too valuable as a Russian asset to embarrass or risk his effectiveness to Putin.
DENVERPOPS
(8,677 posts)Putin wouldn't have needed to invade Ukraine. Trump would have just given it to Putin, like he did with Syria........
mountain grammy
(26,568 posts)lastlib
(22,979 posts)tRump has always seemed more than willing to give Ukraine gift-wrapped to Putin, tied with his lord's favorite color ribbon.
BTW, it's false that Putin didn't invade when TFG was in office. Russia has been fighting Ukraine over Donbas/Luhansk since Zelenskyy was elected.
House of Roberts
(5,120 posts)Putin is an enemy to the US, and to humanity.
DENVERPOPS
(8,677 posts)WTF about Trump, his spawn including Jared, and the Republican Senate. As well as the entire republican party at this point.
All walking around free, enjoying the fruits of their efforts.................
WAKE UP AMERICA, especially the 70 Million of you that have been played and conned........
OAITW r.2.0
(23,813 posts)Why not both?
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)boston bean
(36,186 posts)Blue Owl
(49,913 posts)onecaliberal
(32,478 posts)unblock
(51,974 posts)He's not acting.
Nevilledog
(50,660 posts)hadEnuf
(2,149 posts)Trump has Russians in the White House frequently and at the least he clearly had no worries about security. If he wasn't handing stuff over to the Russians I'll bet they were sure taking advantage of the situation. Putin knew and still knows a real asshole when he sees on and that is Donald Trump.
I wonder what the classified files were that Trump took with him to Mar-a lago? Have they been sold by now?
We should be treating Trump like John Walker.
Irish_Dem
(45,619 posts)Putin has been working Trump for many decades. And it paid off.
Martin68
(22,671 posts)Slammer
(714 posts)As I've always said, Trump isn't acting.
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)Anti-American activities, wouldn't he hide it??
Hekate
(90,189 posts)Remember the photo of a barely adolescent Ivanka giving daddy a very public lap dance? That girl was all legs at that point. Anyhow the photo shows her dancing to the music yes, on his lap while he smiled at the camera in that smug pleased-with-himself way. Someone else caught on camera, a middle aged man, looked utterly appalled at the spectacle. Others looked away.
It is important to note that while he was being publicly aroused by an obviously underage girl, nobody stopped him.
Nobody has ever stopped him. It is stunning.
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)It's not like these actions are only rumors, most of them we've seen on tape - over and over!
peppertree
(21,526 posts)And Putin wasted every last ruble he sank into the fat bastard.
Which, ironically, redeems Cheeto a little - in a roundabout way.
Cha
(295,899 posts)mvd
(65,148 posts)Imagine if both Russia and the US had nutcase leaders.