TRUMP REALLY IS A RUSSIAN STOOGE
Dr. Common Good
Dr. Common Good is usually not quick to assume or accuse a president of something this serious, but in the case of Trump (or Trump/Musk, whichever you like), the evidence is overwhelming, and it represents a serious threat to the United States – perhaps the most serious threat since World War II.
Just take a few of Trump’s recent actions:
- Halting the sanctions imposed on Putin/Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine.
- Ceasing offensive cyber operations and information operations conducted by the U.S. Cyber Command against Russia, at a time when Russia is no doubt engaged in significant operations of this kind against Europe and the US.
- “Pausing” all US aid to Ukraine,
- Calling for Russia to be readmitted to the G7.
- Openly siding with Russia against Ukraine, repeating Russian talking points about Zelensky as a dictator and as instigator of the war – which of course, is an absolute, baldfaced and shameless lie.
- Dressing down and humiliating Zelensky in a staged, made-for-TV attack.
What a dramatic, shocking reversal this is of US policy backing Ukraine and standing with – indeed, strengthening – our NATO allies, not to mention some 80 years of an alliance with Europe, initiated to protect against Russian aggression. What a dramatic reversal this is of the United States as global leader (albeit inconsistent) in defending democracies against authoritarianism. And yet Republicans and their allies just stand by and let this happen, itself a dramatic reversal of the traditional Republican stance.
What bizarre form of subservience or allegiance to Putin is going on here with respect to Trump? And why are so few on the Republican side calling him out on this?