Donald Trump’s Putinization of America My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-... - ThreadSky

We must all push back against this. https://youtu.be/odFG5YupiAE

28 years after it went up, the Berlin Wall fell. 36 years after that the US lost the Cold War by inaugurating a puppet of a long-game-winning KGB agent, becoming a Russian vassal state.

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sluggishcheetah.bsky.social•1 day ago

Democracy didn’t win the Cold War, capitalism did. 🫤

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youille.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Putin and Trump are destroying their countries

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carenaak.bsky.social•1 day ago

Are Americans really ready to crawl into bed with two rapists?

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loganhhh.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.change.org/p/petition-on-april-1st-we-storm-the-capital-like-jan-6th spread the word

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katpic57.bsky.social•1 day ago

“No matter how many times Donald Trump openly parrots the Kremlin line, it’s never not going to sound wrong coming from the President of the United States.” Huh?🥴

Seriously? You just gave him power. And you seem to know nothing about coercion of the mind. FYI: Sure as hell sounds wrong to me.

ow✔️

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flottfitness.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for speaking the truth on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social this morning!!

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timsull.bsky.social•1 day ago

Attempted putinization. That would be tyrant is not going to get his way.

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chiefdowdy.bsky.social•19 hours ago

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terribletowelie.bsky.social•1 day ago

fuck that puta

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woodenwood.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump is a Russian asset.

Long live the Resistance.

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jeffwave.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for your writing, thinking and sharing. That’s all we can do! And vote!

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aozorasf.bsky.social•1 day ago

If there was only some constitutionally protected institution that could have warned the American people about Trump's alliance with Putin when he was running for election yet again.

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monstrumhorrendum.bsky.social•1 day ago

Seriously? Trump sucked up to Kremlin/Rus. Oligarchs for 40(!) years, and his "resume" was widely available for anybody who can read. He announced his candidacy in 2015 shortly after his Russian-funded and Kremlin-approved Miss Universe in Moscow, for God sakes! Russ-s have share in "Trump Org'!

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aozorasf.bsky.social•1 day ago

I should’ve used the sarcasm font.

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pauldu.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump, historically, quickly removes advisers of competence and skill like Fiona Hill. He prefers to rely on his own deeply flawed instincts. What we are seeing now is his authoritarian tendencies sabotaging foreign and domestic policies

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thruaglassdarklyy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hill has mentioned how he treated her, not as the Russian expert that she was and is, but as tho' she was the secretary or assistant, apparently asking her to get coffee or some such.
When there were all those VP candidates, Donaldson, Vivek and Haley thinking they had a chance was a joke.

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owyheesmoke.bsky.social•1 day ago

There is no way most Americans will be Putinized by this jackass in chief. Maybe his brain dead MAGA but not the majority of us. Where’s our anti dictator high level voices out there when we need them most?

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rickyrodeo.bsky.social•1 day ago

We’re here because of the RNC, not trump. Every opportunity was available to scratch trump from politics. They passed on all of them. This is a REPUBLICAN party that brought the Russian system to our doors.

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owyheesmoke.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump has always been a Russian asset. GOP thought they could control him but maga liked his dumbshitery and his fake “tough guy”. GOP lost control and here we are.

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monstrumhorrendum.bsky.social•1 day ago

GOP gave nomination to a chronic bankrupt, polit. wh*re RINO who switched parties 5 times, non-conservative, dead horse who tried to run several times before 2016 with 0 traction... and cleared his way from other, liferime R candidates, BECAUSE he had Kremlin's backing+massive propaganda from them.

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darwinwest-woods.bsky.social•1 day ago

In 2018, at a press conference in Helsinki, Trump announced that he accepted Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russia did not intervene in American elections, despite our own intelligence agencies’ conclusion to the contrary.

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darwinwest-woods.bsky.social•1 day ago

Please...go on.

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pingl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump is definitively a Russian admirer and Putin is an idol for him.
Remember he repeats all the time Russia,Russia,Russia like an anthem.
He always said Putin is a genius and he thinks that he is a stable genius, probably referring to evil genius.
Stunning how GOP turned out being Russian fans.

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mikehypercube.bsky.social•1 day ago

It only just occurred to me why Trump might keep saying "stable genius" instead of just "genius". Because Putin has been in power for many many years - that's stable.

Trump wants to be stable like Putin.

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thruaglassdarklyy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well... since we know CPAC and MAGA have been in close cahoots with Orban, WTF haven't y'all been talking about just EXACTLY what DID happen in Hungary?
Why act like this is some surprise?
To say we are disappointed with the press is an understatement.

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laureanne.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you.

What I don’t get about Trump and Musk kneeling before Putin is, it’s Russia?!? 40% do not have indoor toilets. They have no drivers of wealth and innovation like businesses and universities. They don’t even have a legit arms industry any longer. All they have is #oil and #gas.

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teriannme.bsky.social•1 day ago

Been reading about Trump being called a Russian name and he is a Russian asset.

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unclesamson.bsky.social•1 day ago

We're at the "Yankee Go Home" stage of American foreign policy.

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jeffrathke.bsky.social•1 day ago

I lived in Moscow during that period as an American diplomat charged with reporting on Russian politics. Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social describes the eerie similarities:

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alsoanattorney.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ok but they were a nascent democracy. We are a robust democracy. We have far more levers to work to prevent a threatened takeover. It is scary and ugly but we will win.

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alsoanattorney.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Then again, I could be totally deluding myself as a means to cope

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mattkavanagh.bsky.social•1 day ago

So should we expect apartment tower bombings blamed on Canadian extremists?

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edwardtdean.org•1 day ago

Probably

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jeffwiersma.bsky.social•1 day ago

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maxyamy.bsky.social•1 day ago

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canukiwi.bsky.social•1 day ago

It all makes warped sense when you think of it in these terms - Trump wants to emulate Putin. Even his name is an anagram of Putrm which sounds like a mash up of Putin and Putrid.

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majorityrules.bsky.social•1 day ago

Okay MAGA, Reek is going to destroy our long standing alliances just to appease Putin. You own this.

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buddhaofnazareth.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump has been Putinized for 2 decades!

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alisonthorn.bsky.social•1 day ago

“Washington today echoes with so many uncomfortable reminders of that transitional moment in Moscow—the sudden, fearful silence of critics who had previously spoken out, the business tycoons rushing to kiss the President’s ring, the lying and reality distortions to fit the official narrative.”

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kia5.bsky.social•1 day ago

He wants to be Putin

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princehalbert.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank goodness we have a military to protect us from domestic threats... \s

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margotsibley25.bsky.social•1 day ago

What to do? Bidung was a gross failure. He was a sleaze. Not transparent. Trump is obvious.

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thruaglassdarklyy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Is that your spell check for whatever is your native language spelling Bidung for Biden?
A sleaze? A sleaze?!? Good fucking Lord, woman.
You sound like a fucking Putin shill.

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cathy3of6.bsky.social•1 day ago

Since Helsinki. Reporters put this Putin thing in proper context

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goldenfinch.bsky.social•1 day ago

Telling it like it is - so depressing😱

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oregonmelody.bsky.social•1 day ago

Too little too late. I am disgusted by the lack of fair coverage of the Biden administration, its accomplishments, and their importance in keeping our world safe and our freedom intact. Pundits reneged on their essential role as leaders of the Fourth Estate. We will pay a terrible price.

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beecollins.bsky.social•1 day ago

The very same is happening in the UK. Right wing bias in the nondom billionaire owned media and even the state broadcasting service, the BBC which was loaded with right wing management and journalists by the last Conservative government.

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oregonmelody.bsky.social•1 day ago

Lord you would think they learned something from Brexit—wait, that’s where this oligarchial movement notched its first big win in the West. Unless you consider Hungary the West.

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beecollins.bsky.social•1 day ago

Unfortunately, the brexit/Reform voters have proven to be very slow learners, blaming the 'wrong' kind of Brexit on everyone else, because it wasn't hard enough... The same anti migrant rhetoric and anti woke nonsense as the MAGA cult keeps the hate going. These people need to hate to feel alive.

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oregonmelody.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fear may be the most powerful drug of all.

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beecollins.bsky.social•1 day ago

You're right, it could prove so.
BTW, here's what journalist Carole Cadwalladr said about Trump and Brexit.

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manyakitty.bsky.social•1 day ago

Glasser and her worthless husband were among the absolute worst.

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spotandmae.bsky.social•1 day ago

True @peterbakernyt.bsky.social 's trashing BIden was on going help for Trump as Peter Baker gave on going help to the @GOP white nationalist authoritarians

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oregonmelody.bsky.social•1 day ago

Agreed. He gave the distinct impression that he was upset about not having the level of access to the White House that he believed was his entitlement. After all, how could he write a book giving the inside scoop on the White House if he didn’t have full access? In hindsight, he was a faulty filter.

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manyakitty.bsky.social•1 day ago

An absolute disgrace and journalistic malpractice at the highest level

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lil27.bsky.social•1 day ago

Truth

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davidc1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Much better chance of the USA collapsing before Russia

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tzipshmil.bsky.social•1 day ago

White America was always going to choose tyranny over sharing the country with “them”.

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mikethemadbiol.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

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sanho.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump’s Kremlin programming has been in place since the 80s. It’s mindblowing how consistent his position has been over the decades:

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suntzuog13.bsky.social•1 day ago

Russia plays the long game they don’t play for tomorrow they strategize for decades & wait. Planned opportunism which they shape.

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wantedno1.bsky.social•1 day ago

It was planned before Helsinki. You need to get the notes from that meeting. He was guaranteed the win in 2020 by Putin. Then Covid hit and he lost. Both Musk & Trump have close connections to Putin. We are being taken over. It's a coup. Check the # of Xs they spoke. Many Many

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snappypappy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why post a link we need to pay for to read? Don't waste our freaking time lady!

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leight4.bsky.social•1 day ago

America is not a putinization country, it’s just his administration. Most Americans don’t want this.

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philbeee.bsky.social•1 day ago

How many Russians actually wanted the Putinization of their country is unknown, and at this point quite irrelevant – which is the point of the Putinization.

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chas0853.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tens of millions of Americans are either ignorant of this or like what they are seeing. That has to change, but how?

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scottinmarin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe tell your husband to get his shit together and stop writing drivel.

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gmanv001.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump is a clear and present danger to the USA and needs to be ousted and tried for treason.

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msmilack75.bsky.social•1 day ago

great title

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its-me-t.bsky.social•1 day ago

Donald Trump works for the Kremlin, not for the United States.

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majister.bsky.social•1 day ago

“The Constitution is on fire! Americans must hear the truth now before it’s too late! To show our commitment to informing citizens of these existential dangers we are tucking this article behind the paywall because journalism doesn’t pay for itself amirite?”

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jgettysoleta.bsky.social•1 day ago

You and your husband are part of the reason he’s in the White House.

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gotommy.bsky.social•1 day ago

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4legsrgood.bsky.social•1 day ago

I bet you regret all those “Biden is OLD” and “Trump won’t be that bad” articles, eh?

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beefunwellington.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you. She’s awful. Her husband sucks, too.

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esockslucius.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was thinking "finlandization" but "Putinization" is much more on point.

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oldunreliable.bsky.social•1 day ago

It is what American voters wanted. He was out and they brought him back. They watched at J6 and shrugged. Biden is too old. Price of eggs. Hard to tell who is worse, the MAGA fascists or the ignorant and apathetic larger group that sat at home and could not be bothered to vote.

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stephenswithaph.bsky.social•1 day ago

Spare me.

Your husband, PETER BAKER, has played (and continues to play) a significant role in Donald Trump's "Putinization of America".

Maybe let him read your column.

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ritamac.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sad and angry!

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littleredmagahat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Who is giving Trumpnthe instructions to carry it out?

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manyakitty.bsky.social•1 day ago

You can get fucked all the way back to Moscow with your bullshit. Every time you went on TV to talk about Biden you looked like someone forced you to drink poison. You and your knob-gobbling husband have caused almost as much harm as Mitch McConnell.

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dibblehepcat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gleichschaltung

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bakerblue.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good word-can always count on the Germans..

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kleafier.bsky.social•1 day ago

Russian agents infiltrating the highest levels of the US federal government could not be doing a better job for Russia!

The US is quickly turning into an authoritarian state modeled after Putin’s Russia.

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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social•1 day ago

Glad I am not the only one to notice

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trythisagain.bsky.social•1 day ago

He is an ejo de Putin!

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sonjamaz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Overton window happening live. Now.

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waidbarks.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump imagines that America is his real estate portfolio and balance sheet, and we, his workforce.
Conducting a real estate deal about Ukraine in a sandbox, Trump is negotiating with the wealthiest entities on earth: Putin, bin-Salman, and Musk. Trump is negotiating on behalf of himself, not us.

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imtheomarshall.bsky.social•1 day ago

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