Posted on 03/05/2022 7:27:00 AM PST by Mariner
WASHINGTON (AP) — From the earliest days of his first presidential campaign, Donald Trump aggressively challenged the pillars of Republican foreign policy that defined the party since World War II.
He mocked John McCain's capture during the Vietnam War, validated autocrats with his platitudes, questioned longtime military and security alliances and embraced an isolationist worldview. And to the horror of many GOP leaders at the time, it worked, resonating with voters who believed, in part, that a bipartisan establishment in Washington had brokered trade deals that hurt American workers and recklessly stumbled into so-called “forever wars.”
But Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine is posing a serious test for Trump and his “America First” doctrine at a moment when he is eyeing another presidential run and using this year's midterm elections to keep bending the GOP to his will. He's largely alone in his sustained praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin as “smart,” an assessment he reiterated last week during speeches to donors and conservative activists. His often deferential vice president, Mike Pence, split with him on the issue late Friday.
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“The plans of the Left had been in progress for a long time, by then. They depended on international forces like Russia and NATO. Absent the “Russian collusion” BS, I expect Trump probably would have begun the dissolution of NATO, an albatross around the neck of MAGA.”
The very essence of institutional Trump hatred.
He was going to overturn the world order.
As Sundance said, multiple trillions of dollars were (are) at stake. Along with the most basic and fundamental levers of worldwide power.
“Trump’s praise of Putin” is a GD lie.
But then again, they always LIE about him, what he says and what he means.
But it is all made up BS.
Note: Trump didn’t “praise” Putin by calling him smart.
praise
[prāz]
VERB
express warm approval or admiration of.
“we can’t praise Chris enough—he did a brilliant job”
synonyms:
commend · express approval of · express admiration for · applaud · [more]
NOUN
the expression of approval or admiration for someone or something.
“the audience was full of praise for the whole production”
synonyms:
approval · acclaim · admiration · approbation · acclamation · plaudits · [more]
Blah Blah Bla from the AP. Everything is Trumps fault.
I’d say the power elite over here isn’t much better than Russian oligarchy. Look at all the propaganda they use. The government bureaucracy and its friendly media are just tools to control our lives, our words, our elections, our information and our opinion. Something they don’t want you to know?
They redact the hell out it or lose the documents. Vote for the wrong guy with a different plan for America? They fix the election. The court rules against them? They threaten the judges or pack the court. Protest too hard? They keep you in a filthy DC jail. The one thing they haven’t done yet is threaten to use nukes on us. But that lying SOB threaten tanks and planes if we get too frisky. That’s just the political stuff. That doesn’t include the economic tyranny they impose. It’s not about serving the people or keeping us informed.
Ukraine is the new Charlottesville.
If Trump is “praising” Putin we need some quotes that actually do it. Saying Putin is “smart” is not praising him. Putin mapped out a strategy to enrich his country, take advantage of the West’s ineptness, bided his time, etc. That does indicate he is indeed smart - that isn’t praising him. Hitler was also a genius / smart in manipulating political institutions to rise to power - that isn’t “praise” of Hitler to acknowledge that.
The never ending false narrative of the MSM.
It's Jill "Democrat Swill" Colvin.
Click on the keyword to see her sordid Democrat-puffing history on Free Republic.
Tested by war? Is America in a war now? I thought Ukraine and Russians were fighting.
Vladimir Putin is smart he knew to wait until Trump was out of office and the democrats rigging the election helped Putin it’s the same old game no matter what name communists go by they always cling for their cause.
Exactly. Trump never praised Putin. He basically said compared to a senile old fool, Putin is a genius.
Yup double 🐄💩.
That's exactly how I feel. I voted for him in 2016 with some sense of trepidation but it just seemed like he was upsetting the right people. Voted for him enthusiastically in 2020.
Bkmk
Jill Colvin, another Gates/Soros/CCP moron who lies 24/7.
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