Trumps affinity for Putin is bad, his imitating him is worse. The Putinization of America has begun, with an unaccountable oligarch running the show and a toxic mix of public power & private interests. Excerpts and gift link to my new article in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/internationa... - ThreadSky

garrykasparov.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Trumps affinity for Putin is bad, his imitating him is worse. The Putinization of America has begun, with an unaccountable oligarch running the show and a toxic mix of public power & private interests. Excerpts and gift link to my new article in @theatlantic.com: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/putinization-america/681837/?gift=VKTPfqGIqBNOaUPDrxFJbf4QurNgvC5CNIM3W_4CvAc&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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dolanrider.bsky.social•3 days ago

Having got this far creating the structure of government he has always dreamed of he won't give up without a fight. Sad that so much of what's been dismantled was in originally put in place to protect everyone from people like him!

garrykasparov.bsky.social•3 days ago

Putin waited to invade because in Trump’s second term, Putin was expecting him to abandon Ukraine, lift sanctions on Russia, create divisions within NATO, and leave Ukraine relatively defenseless before Europe could get organized to defend it. That is, exactly what is happening today.

garrykasparov.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cutting bureaucracy isn’t usually associated with despotism and power grabs. We tend to think of wannabe dictators packing the courts and increasing the size and power of the state. But that isn’t what you do when you want to make the government impotent against private power—*your* private power.

garrykasparov.bsky.social•3 days ago

These are not the acts of people who expect to lose power any time soon, or ever. They are racing to the point where they will not be able to afford to lose control of the mechanisms they are ripping up and remaking in their image.

dawnhulot.bsky.social•3 days ago

My heart is broken. I don't have a country anymore. Thank You for posting on Bluesky @garrykasparov.bsky.social . We need your voice here.

areader55.bsky.social•3 days ago

Accurate. They will never relinquish power voluntarily.

areader55.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump didn't in 2020 when he lost, only 2028 tends to be worse.

jean-salvati.bsky.social•3 days ago

We should expect them to tackle the judicial branch next (Musk, Patel and others have already attacked it in the media), and to continue subverting the electoral system. We’ll be lucky to have free and fair elections in 2026, let alone 2028.

sjurkep.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm so sorry you have to witness this storyline once again Garry. The American people must wake up, and fast.

familypast.bsky.social•3 days ago

Great read! I wonder whose 'private power' is really at play—Trump’s, or someone behind him?

foggytao.bsky.social•3 days ago

Very worrisome to see this developing. Even more frightening is the creation of Trump's own violent security force that will be set upon those that disagree and speak out against his actions. There will be detention at Guantanamo, worse in El Salvador.

katpic57.bsky.social•3 days ago

…”stopping Putinization—the looting by cronies, the centralization of authority, the moving of decisions into unaccountable private hands—is the vital matter of the moment. Trump admiring Putin is far less dangerous than Trump becoming him.”✔️

corneliagyura.bsky.social•3 days ago

I have never seen 2 US citizens in this high positions being so clueless and ignorant. US stands completely alone with this opinion. No wonder - no democratic, educated country would elect something like this in leadership…. beside here.

corneliagyura.bsky.social•3 days ago

Open for ideas what we all can do.

1984-obrien.bsky.social•3 days ago

Tarriffs on low and middle class Americans that jack up our tax burdens 10-20%, massive fed job cuts to hide graft and massive tax cuts for the rich.

onlytruthcansolve.bsky.social•3 days ago

RUZZZIAN BULLIES ARE ALIVE AND WELL - FUNCTIONING AS THE US. GOVT............................... note: NEITHER TRUMP NOR VANCE - know or understand ANYTHING ABOUT RUZZZIA - and if they do - NEITHER HAS BEEN TO UKRAINE!
we all know where loyalties of the US administration are!

capemaydave.bsky.social•3 days ago

a big question: given that Russia was reverting back to authoritarianism after a brief respite in quasi-democracy while the US has been (with varying degrees of adherence) democratic ab initio will Trump find his path more difficult than Putin

or easier 😬

mad-adhder.bsky.social•3 days ago

Since the SCOTUS decision in Citizens United, the US has been hurting into a plutocratic oligarchy. Trump doesn't need to do much to get us there, just remove the dead skin that was once democracy. This didn't happen overnight.

mad-adhder.bsky.social•3 days ago

*hurtling

justanothermaleusr.bsky.social•3 days ago

TY Sir!

DonT 1.0:
"The timing led Trump and his defenders to say that he had been tough on Russia: The invasion would never have occurred on Trump’s watch"

Now, go read Ruth Deyermond on almost the same topic:
https://bsky.app/profile/ruthdeyermond.bsky.social/post/3ljau6emfg22z

Combine them -look at their background-& make your own opinion

rondorland.bsky.social•3 days ago

I respect the Ukrainian citizen too much to name him,and I didn't have the heart to break his heart yesterday,he was so excited posting tRumps press conference with RSBN. Unlimited US weapons and extending the sanctions for a year!!
Trump beats his chest, exactly like Putin. All lies. ALL of it.

blackcat1111.bsky.social•3 days ago

Russiapublicans are corrupt to the core, starting with Trump and Vance.

britchic2016.bsky.social•3 days ago

What do we do now?
I’ve been fighting and screaming about this shot since 2015.

What do we do? Please somebody, tell me?
We need someone to offer trump some “tea”

colmateur24.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you, Garry. Always accurate. It must feel particularly painful to see the country of "freedom" now copying the country you fled.

bjornarb.bsky.social•3 days ago

But,!what do Putin have on the crazy old stupid man Trump? Did he rape the girls he did jugde when he was a referee in beauty contest and Russia have a video or more?? We can also say: where did you be when USA sold their soul to Putin

dmcc70.bsky.social•3 days ago

Do you remember when republicans used to be so concerned about government overreach?

healthcare-for-all.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks for the article, but now I am not going to sleep much tonight. Again.

justgimmesometruth.bsky.social•3 days ago

Putin has spent a lifetime working to create the collapse of the US as revenge for the fall of the Soviet Union. Dictator Trump/zMAGA is his Trojan Horse, brought within our gates by a system of corrupt politicians willing to sell our country out for their personal gain.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/putins-revenge/transcript/

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