You would think that when a dictator invades a country in Europe and starts flattening its cities and slaughtering its citizens including women and children and babies that it wouldn’t be much of a stretch to denounce him as a murderer and a war criminal and anything else you can come up with. The thing to do would be to take the side of the people who are under attack and, as many Americans have done, contribute money to humanitarian efforts aiding the millions of refugees who have fled the country in terror.
DonaldTrump sees in Vladimir Putin a kindred soul, a man very much like himself. And Trump is in awe, and perhaps jealous, of Putin's nefarious accomplishments.
They are both evil incarnate. History is littered with with horrors wrought by similar men. They all too often end up leading nations, and I will never understand why the rest of mankind permits it.
While I agree with you, Lucien, what we must accept is a very large percentage of our population, primarily those on the far right, really do not care all that much about honor and principle particularly if they get in the way of acquisition of political power to enact their own agenda. What we have in the Trump base is a coalition of racist, xenophobic losers who have become convinced the Republican Party is going to help them solve their grievances and, yes, limit participation in our democracy only to those who are "worthy" of calling the shots for everyone else.
What is amazing to me is just how many of Trump's base love to wave the flag and shout patriotic slogans while their money and votes are dedicated to a fascist state of mind. They are too damn dumb to understand the inherent conflict but they do vote with regularity and consistency to hold off the inevitable demographic transition which is coming. And, unfortunately, appealing to their honor is not the answer, They and their beliefs must be crushed at the ballot box.
I am reminded: there is no honor among thieves. They are thieves stealing our democracy in broad daylight, fully weaponized with arms and ammo, the entire PPP funding apparatus at their back and a propaganda machine that spews out disinformation by the minute. I'm only surprised at the footage of carnage Murdoch allowed to be shown during that "interview" with the devil.
The flag is a symbol, and what it symbolizes to you and me is not what it symbolizes to those who wave it at Trump rallies or carried it into the Capitol on 1/6 (along with the Confederate battle flag and not a few swastikas). Listen to the defenses of some of the 1/6 perps. "Just following orders" keeps coming to mind. "Trump told us to" means much more to them than the U.S. flag.
In order to qualify for membership in the Trump-Putin Admiration Society you have to express contempt for Democrats and democracies in general and favor an authoritative hard-nosed type of governing body. So I guess based on the Hannity interview Trump ignores the fact that Russian soldiers are committing atrocities on innocent civilians day after day. Now recently the rape & murder of a 16 year old girl - a child really. How would he or Putin feel if this happened to their daughters? But they don't think this way. Putin and his army are less than human, less than animals. Monsters.
We have known trump is a horror for a long time. By writing about him and posting his photo you add volume-presence-import to him no matter what you are saying about him you add to his stature as someone worth writing about. Leave him alone and he is reduced / deflated - stop touching him ! Journalists who continue to write about trump are like toddlers playing with turds in the toilet. WE KNOW TRUMP IS AN EVIL SICKO - allow him to evaporate. Leave trump obsession to Lawrence O'Donnell.
Mussolini, with all his faults, looks pretty good in comparison to a pair of truly evil monsters who have done nothing, NOTHING, good in their entire lives!
The best thing I can say about that orange criminal baboon is that he should be sent to Russia and left there to stay. Revoke his citizenship, strip him of his title. He has disgraced this country by his sheer presence, and his treason has been long standing.
He's beholden to Putin, he worships Putin, so why not give Putin the honor of keeping him? Edward Snowden lives there, and you don't see him denouncing the Russians invading Ukraine, either. Traitors have no place in our society.
As much as it pains me to see trump still in the spotlight we need to be kept up to date on his nonsense from time to tme since he is still a large influence on the neo confederate GOP... Hopefully someday he fades from the spotlight. Sadly when that happens there will be many mini trumps out there spouting garbage... People like Desantis
DonaldTrump sees in Vladimir Putin a kindred soul, a man very much like himself. And Trump is in awe, and perhaps jealous, of Putin's nefarious accomplishments.
They are both evil incarnate. History is littered with with horrors wrought by similar men. They all too often end up leading nations, and I will never understand why the rest of mankind permits it.
Game recognize game .
He’s in debt up to his eyeballs with Putin and is scared shitless by him.
We always knew Former was a coward.
While I agree with you, Lucien, what we must accept is a very large percentage of our population, primarily those on the far right, really do not care all that much about honor and principle particularly if they get in the way of acquisition of political power to enact their own agenda. What we have in the Trump base is a coalition of racist, xenophobic losers who have become convinced the Republican Party is going to help them solve their grievances and, yes, limit participation in our democracy only to those who are "worthy" of calling the shots for everyone else.
What is amazing to me is just how many of Trump's base love to wave the flag and shout patriotic slogans while their money and votes are dedicated to a fascist state of mind. They are too damn dumb to understand the inherent conflict but they do vote with regularity and consistency to hold off the inevitable demographic transition which is coming. And, unfortunately, appealing to their honor is not the answer, They and their beliefs must be crushed at the ballot box.
I am reminded: there is no honor among thieves. They are thieves stealing our democracy in broad daylight, fully weaponized with arms and ammo, the entire PPP funding apparatus at their back and a propaganda machine that spews out disinformation by the minute. I'm only surprised at the footage of carnage Murdoch allowed to be shown during that "interview" with the devil.
The flag is a symbol, and what it symbolizes to you and me is not what it symbolizes to those who wave it at Trump rallies or carried it into the Capitol on 1/6 (along with the Confederate battle flag and not a few swastikas). Listen to the defenses of some of the 1/6 perps. "Just following orders" keeps coming to mind. "Trump told us to" means much more to them than the U.S. flag.
Unfortunately, Trump is a mere symptom of a far, far larger horror within the Republican Party.
Imagine calling Bill Buckley a racist moron...
t-Rump is a sub-human, evil monster. And so are those who worship him.
In order to qualify for membership in the Trump-Putin Admiration Society you have to express contempt for Democrats and democracies in general and favor an authoritative hard-nosed type of governing body. So I guess based on the Hannity interview Trump ignores the fact that Russian soldiers are committing atrocities on innocent civilians day after day. Now recently the rape & murder of a 16 year old girl - a child really. How would he or Putin feel if this happened to their daughters? But they don't think this way. Putin and his army are less than human, less than animals. Monsters.
The only threshold Trump should cross is Sing Sing.
We have known trump is a horror for a long time. By writing about him and posting his photo you add volume-presence-import to him no matter what you are saying about him you add to his stature as someone worth writing about. Leave him alone and he is reduced / deflated - stop touching him ! Journalists who continue to write about trump are like toddlers playing with turds in the toilet. WE KNOW TRUMP IS AN EVIL SICKO - allow him to evaporate. Leave trump obsession to Lawrence O'Donnell.
"like toddlers playing with turds in the toilet" -- that is a brilliant image!
The thing is, Trump is a murderer too.
https://paulslansky.medium.com/hed-kill-us-if-he-got-the-chance-1bd2cb37609a?sk=9f3f51b6e18d50f7ade1daf323dff8d2
This is a powerful and sobering piece.
Tweedledee and Tweedledumber, in that photo!
What horrible monstrosities unleashed upon the world. Tinhorn Mussolinis, the pair of 'em.
Mussolini, with all his faults, looks pretty good in comparison to a pair of truly evil monsters who have done nothing, NOTHING, good in their entire lives!
Absolutely!
The best thing I can say about that orange criminal baboon is that he should be sent to Russia and left there to stay. Revoke his citizenship, strip him of his title. He has disgraced this country by his sheer presence, and his treason has been long standing.
He's beholden to Putin, he worships Putin, so why not give Putin the honor of keeping him? Edward Snowden lives there, and you don't see him denouncing the Russians invading Ukraine, either. Traitors have no place in our society.
I could not agree with you more.
Manchurian candidate!
Immaturian candidate!
Trump saying he rebuilt NATO is the biggest joke!!
If Sweden and Finland join, we who served in various NATO HQ's will dance on Former's grave!
“Not a civilized man.” Perfect.
As much as it pains me to see trump still in the spotlight we need to be kept up to date on his nonsense from time to tme since he is still a large influence on the neo confederate GOP... Hopefully someday he fades from the spotlight. Sadly when that happens there will be many mini trumps out there spouting garbage... People like Desantis
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