“Over the past 25 years, the world has bent to the vision of one man,” Franklin Foer writes. Vladimir Putin derailed not only the transition to democracy in Russia, but the transatlantic democratic order that followed World War II.
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He’s definitely been put in the catbird seat by Trump. He’s now in a position to do what he does best, create chaos by playing the United States and China against each other. He was on his way down and the American electorate and the Republican Party of Trump through him a lifeline.
The majority of our people, including repubs,see Putin as the danger he is to the world and humanity.The people “bent” to his will are the greedy,corrupt, maniacal people that want to “own” it all, just like him.And,just like him, they don’t care about anything but money and power.They must not win.
One man. A degenerate scourge whose mind is broken and disturbed impacts the planet. Resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. He needs to be erased and Trump is the exact wrong person to do it.
The sad part is the opportunity cost of this demented vision. He could've spent this time building good things for Russians and the world. I will always remember what Obama said (paraphrase): what has Russia contributed to humanity lately other than weapons and chaos?
I disagree with this take somewhat because it seems to overstate Putin's cunning and foresight. E.g. "old" KGB playbook would not have worked absent social media. We are living in the social media age. Putin just lucked out there. Absent Facebook & Twitter, I don't believe he would have succeeded.
https://youtu.be/wjOG1ohZvVA
HeritageFDN/Trump see Hungary as THE model to emulate.Oligarchs control media/newspapers sharing only propaganda; fired UniversityBrds replacing with Sympathizers;stole govt wealth; removed checks&balance; silenced investigations/critical voices.They’ll betray U.S. like Ukraine.
The whole Zelensky bull shit with Trump/Vance was a total setup. Gives them pretext to do what they are doing and will try to force Zelensky to resign to install Tymoshenko as a Putin puppet.
Stop writing all this hysterical trash, Atlantic. Vladimir Putin is a flea. He was almost erased by his own chef, who didn’t have the soufflé to finish the job. USA under a Zelenskyy-style fighter would have finished that war and Putin in short order. But USA got Biden and Trump instead.
Putin’s plan includes: rebuilding Russian empire; energy dominance; destroying democracy; getting a “useful idiot” in the WH.. etc Trump’s ties to KGB Putin should terrify everyone. It’s extremely suspicious that today’s GOP & SCOTUS conservatives continue to condone Trump’s countless crimes.
Trump wants to emulate Putin. Republicans will do nothing to stop him. And Democrats, while acknowledging Trump and Musk are running a bulldozer over democracy, seem satisfied to stand by and watch. They need to stand in front of the bulldozer.
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The US won the civil war militarily, but not culturally. It has remained a divided land ever since.
Europe defeated the nazis militarily, but nationalism wasn't defeated culturally.
In both cases, remnant anti-unification was the cause.
This White Christian Nationalism has been our national staph infection since the 3/8ths compromise.
HeritageFDN/Trump see Hungary as THE model to emulate.Oligarchs control media/newspapers sharing only propaganda; fired UniversityBrds replacing with Sympathizers;stole govt wealth; removed checks&balance; silenced investigations/critical voices.They’ll betray U.S. like Ukraine.