Normalizing Trump's March Towards WWIII
Is there ANYTHING Trump can say that will not be downplayed by a complicit media?
I’m 50 years old. As such, I’ve seen a lot of stuff in my life and sometimes, I have to sit you young folk down and remind you of the ye olden days. I consider it a public service.
You see, way back in the distant past of *checks calendar* January of 2024, there was a huge freak-out from the right and alt-left over Joe Biden bringing the world to the edge of WWIII. This was because President Joe Biden had the nerve to *checks notes* bomb a bunch of child-raping, slave-owning terrorists in Northern Yemen. If you’ll recall, I wrote about what a bunch of fucking liars and drama queens people were being over this.
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One whole month later, those very same people are suspiciously quiet as Trump loudly bragged he would kick off WWIII for real:
Trump said “one of the presidents of a big country” at one point asked him whether the US would still defend the country if they were invaded by Russia even if they “don’t pay.”
“No, I would not protect you,” Trump recalled telling that president. “In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”
Just to be clear:
A. Trump made this story up. No one asked him this question and he did not tell the president of any country that he would refuse to defend them.
B. The reason Trump made this stupid story up is to let Putin know what he would get if he helped Trump steal another election. In 2016, Trump asked Russia to “find” Hillary’s emails and they poured a huge amount of effort into rigging the election for Trump. Russia got more than they could possibly have dreamed of with a Russian asset in the White House.
Now, Trump is facing a steep uphill battle to win in November and he is openly calling on Russia for help again. He is offering up NATO countries on a silver platter to Putin, who just made it clear he intends to invade Poland next.
Invading a NATO country is far more likely to trigger WWIII than bombing a bunch of child-raping slave-owning terrorists in Northern Yemen. And yet…crickets from Republicans and the alt-left about the threat of nuclear Armageddon. Isn’t that strange?
The press, the GOP’s most reliable accomplice, is working hard to normalize (or ignore) Trump’s plea to Russia:
And the cherry on top? I give you the New York Fucking Times:
So we abandon Ukraine and Russia consumes it. Then they invade Poland and consume it. Where in history do we see this pattern stopping short of a full-blown war involving all of Europe? What country run by warmongering fascists has ever stopped invading its neighbors until it was forced to stop?
Russia unchained is a guarantee of world war. And Trump is promising to personally let Russia loose. Where’s the panic from the alt-left? Why is the press, after a bunch of alarmed headlines, now trying to smooth it over?
The answers are extremely fucking annoying.
The alt-left is very pro-Russia. They have been for years. Like the right, the alt-left sees Russia as the ideal. White men are in charge and they’re going to stay in charge. Bonus! Russia hates the United States and so does the alt-left.
What? Didn’t you think it was weird that an entire movement based on despising oligarchs, war, and imperialism were suddenly superfans of a warmongering oligarch with dreams of Empire? If you have an answer that fits the facts on the ground better, I’d love to hear it.
Meanwhile, after a few seconds of panic, the press is defaulting to its natural state of “Protect Republicans from themselves at all costs.” Trump’s capitulation to Russia threatened to expose Trump as the traitor we’ve all known he was since 2016 as well as sidetrack the Very Important Conversation about Biden’s age. Can’t have that. Therefore, this whole Russia thing is no big deal. And isn’t Biden’s age more concerning anyway?
You’ll notice I didn’t bother bringing up the GOP. That’s because the Republicans not being blackmailed by Russia have simply been paid off and most of them view Russia as an authoritarian ethonationalist paradise anyway. The few neo-cons left have very little say in their party polishing Putin’s boots with their tongues. A few more election cycles and Russia will own the entire GOP.
This is what overwhelming hypocrisy and dishonesty look like from people who claim to have the moral high ground. It would be laughable if it weren’t so shameless and dangerous.
There are 264 days until the 2024 election. Vote blue like your life depends on it.
A good rule of thumb (has never failed me yet) is to be very suspicious of those who claim the moral high ground.
They’ve always ended up revealing themselves to be utterly immoral, self-righteous hypocrites.
Thanks for this take on the Republican-Putin connection. I don’t understand how the anti communist party of Reagan has sunk so low. I was not a fan of Reagan, but you knew how he stood on communism. Today’s Republicans have no morals, while claiming to be Christian. They will sell our country out for financial gain and power.