Posted on 02/24/2022 5:49:47 PM PST by karpov
On the cusp of Vladimir Putin’s act of naked aggression against the sovereign country of Ukraine, the most important Republican in the country praised the Russian autocrat for his “genius.”
Former President Donald Trump’s comments were another instance of his shockingly favorable and morally bankrupt statements about Vladimir Putin over the years.
Asked in a radio interview what had gone wrong that Putin recognized the independence of two Ukrainian breakaway regions on President Biden’s watch, Trump couldn’t muster one remotely appropriate sentiment.
He immediately cited “the rigged election” of 2020, an obsession of his that is so all-consuming, it makes Ahab look uninterested in the White Whale by comparison.
He characterized the recognition of the regions that Russian separatists claim as “wonderful” and “smart,” never mind that it was a transparently cynical step to create a pretext for war.
He said the so-called peacekeepers Putin had ordered into the regions were “the strongest peace force” and we could use it on our southern border.
He called Putin “a very savvy” guy — which is one way to put it — and bragged of knowing him “very, very well.”
It would have been a shoddy performance from a backbench congressman or a commentator, but Trump is the former leader of the free world. He’s never going to feel constrained by that role the way, say, George H.W. Bush did, but he shouldn’t sound like he could be an anchor on RT, either.
Putin is a brutal killer whose cynicism has been on blatant display the last few weeks. He seeks to reverse the West’s victory in the Cold War and drastically diminish US influence in Europe, toward the ultimate end of tag-teaming with China to end the American-created international order.
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Absolutely not. It’s the exact same thing, IMHO.
He’s an adversary. Nothing wrong with pointing out what he did and is doing.
Some might think what President Trump is saying and detailing as a learning tool. But nahhhhh
Rich Lowry.
Rich Lowry was one of the never-Trumpers who helped put a senile fool in the White House. I don’t know where National Review gets its money from - with the exception of Victor D Hanson, it is unreadable trash.
It was genius of Putin to invade while slow Joe is in office. That was my take anyway
....the whole f*cking world is upside down....
Agreed.
If we were smart, US & Russia would be allies against the obvious Chinese aim of global hegemony.
But smart and our current dipsh!t cabal are as matter/anti-matter.
They still don’t get Trump at all...
A message to limp wrist Lowery:
1) Vlad Putin loves Russia and would never betray her.
2) Puppet Biden hates America and has already betrayed her.
You can lecture us about world events when this illegitimate, evil, corrupt Alzheimer’s patient is removed from the body politic forever.
Good grief, does this poor little village idiot not read history? Patton openly admired Rommel. You have to be cognizant of your opponents moves.
Congratulations leftists. You finally convinced Americans not to care about foreign problems because we have too many problems here at home.
No, they're not. Subtlety, nuance, figures of speech, parable, irony, and of course the unvarnished truth are alien to them.
I believe VDH left National Review around the time they went “never trump”
You said it much better than I did. For sure.
They hear what they want to hear.
Yep
Yours was just fine!
He is a genius compared to squash brain. Trump was insulting Biden.
Hook, Line and Sinker.
They know their stupid audience very well.
NEWS FLASH: NATIONAL REVIEW WRITER HATES TRUMP
Rich Lowry of National Cuck (Review).
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