Lets get this out in the Open…..
Donald J. Trump, a ex-American President, IS working to help Russian President Putin meet his goals….
It HAS been that way since Hillary Clinton decided to run for President…
(Putin hated and was afraid of of the then US Sec of State it is reported)
Probably before….
I what might be seen as a deep cover mole operation?
The ex-KGB Russian leader has carefully played to and drawn in Trump to see things his way and help him get things his way…
And this HAS played out in public with some Americans marching along with Trump to the delight of the Russian dictator…
Warned by American Intelligence community in 2017….
A President Trump turned his back on them openly saying he believed the Russians , NOT his won Government…
Swing to today….
Trump and his idiot supports rant about getting rid of the American Democracy fro something akin to Putins autocratic Communism…
The effort to give the Ukraine to Putin as a prize and later NATO just shows how strong the Russian leader has co-oped the leadership of the Republican Party….
And Trump’s right….
‘Say something over and OVER and OVER?…And people will begin to believe it’s true….
This as Putin smiles and tries to conquer the beacon of democratic world….
The Untied States of America….
WithOUT one shot fired at it…..
Jonathan Last: “Trump’s political career is inextricably linked to Putin and there are many theories as to why.”
“The ‘why’ doesn’t really matter. It makes no difference if Putin has been blackmailing Trump with kompromat or if Trump sincerely believes that Russia deserves to dominate Europe.”
“But all the same, there’s a simple, non-conspiratorial explanation. Russia has a long history of playing spygames and waging information warfare against other states.”
“In Trump, they saw an American politician who was wholly transactional and they realized that this presented them with an opportunity: If they helped Trump in such a transparent and ostentatious way that it was basically public, then Trump would see Russia as being on his side, and so would treat them as allies.”
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Russia HAS been able to get around American and Western efforts to hurt it for its actions against Ukraine that could threaten Europe …
The United States on Friday unleashed its most extensive package of sanctions on Russia since the invasion of Ukraine two years ago, targeting Russia’s financial sector and military-industrial complex in a broad effort to degrade the Kremlin’s war machine.
The sweeping sanctions come as the war enters its third year, and exactly one week after the death of the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, for which the Biden administration blames President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. With Congress struggling to reach an agreement on providing more aid to Ukraine, the United States has become increasingly reliant on financial tools to slow Russia’s ability to restock its military supplies and to put pressure on its economy.
Announcing the sanctions on Friday, President Biden reiterated his calls on Congress to provide more funding to Ukraine before it is too late.
“The failure to support Ukraine at this critical moment will not be forgotten,” he said in a statement….
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The United States was not alone in ratcheting up the economic pressure on Russia this week. The European Union unveiled its 13th tranche of sanctions on Russia, banning nearly 200 people and entities that have been helping Russia procure weapons from traveling or doing business within the bloc. Britain also announced sanctions on companies linked to Russia’s ammunition supply chain, as well as on six Russians accused of running the Arctic prison where Mr. Navalny died.
Despite the breadth of the sanctions that Western allies have imposed on Russia, its economy has proved to be resilient. China, India and Brazil have been buying Russian oil in record quantities, and spending on the war effort has stimulated the Russian economy, which the International Monetary Fund said last month was growing faster than expected.
It is unclear whether the sanctions that were announced on Friday will make a significant difference in the trajectory of the war.
“These sanctions have considerable symbolic significance but might prove of limited practical value in crimping the Russian economy’s performance or deterring Putin’s military aggressions, particularly given that military aid to Ukraine remains in jeopardy in Congress,”…
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