Did Putin play a role in the attempted coup?

[kentuck]

Is the present conflict in Ukraine connected in any way to Putin's blatant interference in our elections? Was he working closely with Donald Trump?

I cannot help but think it is all interconnected. However, we cannot know what the Intelligence agencies know.

But, it is not hard to believe that he was cheering Trump on as Trump was attempting to overthrow our government.

It's a crazy world where the US and Russia find themselves very close to war.

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Yes. Russia was there January 6.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216780813

[Lovie777]

2. Yes . .....

[Scrivener7]

3. We know he got tfg elected, so just in that capacity, yes. Probably many more capacities too.

[Easterncedar]

4. Trump is his puppet

Putin played a long game. And is counting on the midterms

[uponit7771]

5. Yes, it's Putrid's wet dream to cause the "united" states to dissolve like the USSR

[Quakerfriend]

6. I think so. I believe that Paul Manafort

was ‘put in place’ as part of Putin’s plan.

[Ohioboy]

13. Yes

[wnylib]

19. Ditto.

[Rebl2]

20. Yep

[dlk]

7. Putin has been successfully using old Soviet-style psy ops in the US for some time

The coup attempt, along with the ensuing chaos and division, were the icing on the cake for him. Putin’s machinations are one reason America is currently so divided.

[Joinfortmill]

12. FoxNews, Murdoch, and Russia

[jaxexpat]

18. Very good analysis. The once unthinkable is, today, assumed to be fact by millions of Americans.

Almost as if an invisible voice is whispering madness into the weak-minded as they sleep.

The voice saying things like:
>Democrats are your weak and lazy enemy. Minorities their feckless tools.
>Buy a gun tomorrow, you can't be too safe.
>Liberalism must be eradicated like vermin.
>They're coming to brainwash your children.
>Reports of Ukrainian wins over Russian troops are filled with left wing propaganda.
>NATO is a waste of time and treasure. Trump was right.
>France and California are at the heart of the plan for global domination by atheists.
>Obama was the antic-Christ, Biden is Lucifer. All is as foretold in the book of Revelations.

....and the weak-minded just eat it up without a second thought. They are, after all, weak-minded. Well-armed too.

[MerryHolidays]

8. There is no doubt in my mind. I am hoping this is one of the biggest revelations of the J6 hearings.

Trump stood to gain from overthrowing the US government. But ask yourself who REALLY stood to gain?

RUSSIA: IF YOU'RE LISTENING...

[BlueJac]

9. He is still playing a role with the invasion of Ukraine.

[machoneman]

10. With money. Oligarch purchases of the DeVos, Trump properties, payments to Rudy, Manafort, Ron...

..Johnson and more. Bet Ginni took cash form Putin's allies as well. Hey, let's investigate her money trails.

New chant: let's see Ginni's e-mails. Clarence's laptop, found in a NJ repair shop with lots of incriminating evidence.

Hey, that's the ticket! Chops to John Lovitt.

[Rebl2]

22. I think

she definitely should be investigated

[Joinfortmill]

11. No doubt, but I wonder if we'll ever know.

[sop]

14. Russian money has been finding its way into the NRA's coffers for years.

The NRA has been using the Russian cash to arm militias and foment armed uprisings against our democratically elected government under the guise of patriotism and freedom.

[Fla Dem]

15. I'm sure Putin has a lot to do with extremism throughout Europe and the US.

[paleotn]

16. Whether the Kremlin was directly involved or not....

Putin was more than happy about it.

[rubbersole]

17. Russian cash to republicans through the NRA...

...has been going on for years. Putin installing a president of the United States is the greatest espionage coup in history. Infiltrating every aspect of our society is ongoing. I also hope the J6 committee exposes the threat this is to us. I think they will.

[Rebl2]

23. Yep

Probably democrats like Manchin too

[yaesu]

21. russia played a "yuge" roll, basically in financing giving the GOP, fox no news their talking point

for the misinformation campaign, to destroy our democracy, russia is & will forever be an enemy, it did turn out to be the true evil empire, the one thing ron raygun got right.

[NullTuples]

24. I'd say to check the investigation for Trump's first four crimes

But Garland has already let the statute of limitations run out on them, so they've quietly slipped away into history. They were the ones centered on the Flynn investigation and firings of Comey and Mueller.

Next month will be more Mueller & efforts to hide the Trump Tower meetings.

[Thunderbeast]

25. Da!

[sarge43]

26. Given that both of them had the same goal, yeah he did. n/t

[stopdiggin]

27. Putin was (and is) cheering ANYTHING

that serves to destabilize the west, democratic order, and the U.S. in particular. And it really isn't a whole lot more difficult, or complex, than that.

To that end - did the disavowal of free and fair elections by a sitting US president contribute to Russian goals and an agenda? Well, duh! But, as we've all seen quite clearly from events right out in the open - the Americans (and their fascist thug at the helm) didn't really need much of an assist from anybody on that score, did they?

[TeamProg]

28. I'm betting that someone (Russian or ?) will find a way to off Putin before a war with the U.S. n/t

[Democracy2020]

29. Yes... remember this?

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/10/527755991/trump-meets-with-russias-lavrov-at-the-white-house-today

[Baked Potato]

30. Yes, along with Bannon. Bannon is a Dominionist. Nt

[EndlessWire]

31. Remember how fast

that group of Repubs ran off to Russia? Just saying...

[Hotler]

32. I don't think the orange one and his henchmen were smart enough to devise the plan alone. Someone

had to furnish them with an workable outline of a coup, or an outline tailor made just for 1/6.The advisory team could be one, some or all of, Putin, Madurao, Lukashenko, Erdoğan, Bolsonaro. Stephen Miller?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. I have no doubt that Putin played some role