Trump's Super Power Over Putin
Here is a reminder of what Trump claims regarding his power over Putin. He is recounting a conversation he had with Putin about Ukraine. He claims he knew Putin wanted to invade Ukraine but that he did not do so because he (Trump) cautioned him to not do so.
Trump is presenting himself as some powerful figure who single-handedly prevented Putin from invading Ukraine. He claims the Ukraine war would have never happened if he were PotUS at the time and as candidate bragged that he would end the war with a phone call (even as president-elect).
The reality is that Putin is the one controlling Trump. Putin apparently has realized how to manipulate Trump with praise and likely promises of even greater power. In result we see the PotUS doing something that no other PotUS has ever done ... trash an ally during a time of war and create propaganda for the invading adversary. Russian media is no doubt showing 24x7 the PotUS declaring that Ukraine started the war, that Zelensky is a dictator with a 4% approval rating, that Zelensky is being unreasonable and disrespectful, and that Ukraine has already lost the war.
Then, to make things worse, Trump cuts off Ukraine's intelligence and halts aid to our ally. (He later reversed himself ...)
What does it take for Trump supporters to realize that Trump is not only full of shit, but he is entirely incompetent. He is wholly unfit for office in terms of character alone, but now further demonstrates that he is also incompetent and dangerous.
He has single-handedly:
- created a trade war with China, Canada, Mexico, and the EU
- abandoned our allies in the Ukraine war
- damaged all international relationships since now the planet knows that whatever trust they gad in the integrity of the USA must be substantially reduced
- triggered inflation rather than reduce prices (the key reason he was elected)
- raised fears of a recession and disrupted a booming stock market
And that does not even get into the stupidity of renaming the Gulf of Mexico, trying to remove birthright citizenship (jus soli), threatening to take back the Panama canal, hacking up the federal government rather than carefully trimming the fat, etc.
So review this clip and see this lying sack of shit make grand claims and compare that with the reality of him behaving as Putin's useful idiot and violating the long-standing position of the USA as the reliable leader of the free world.
The contrast is sickening.
Transcript:
President Putin and I would talk about Ukraine. It was the apple of his eye, I will tell you that. But he never—there was never a chance of him going in, and I told him, "You better not go in. Don't go in. Don't go in." And he understood that. He understood it fully.
But I'm only interested—I want to see if I can save maybe millions of lives. This could even end up in a World War III. I mean, to be honest with you, you've been hearing—now Europe is saying, "Well, I think we're going to go in, and we're going to go."
All of a sudden, you're going to end up in World War III over something that should have never happened.
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Putin's useful idiot.
Putin was supposed to give up and go home when Trump ascended...
Right?
trumpski would end the war in 1 day with 1 phone call ...
The contrast is staggering. Trump is so full of shit on most matters. He makes bold promises and then fails to deliver (of course) and then lies about it.
Remember during the campaign when asked about the mere 80 miles of new wall he put up and 372 miles of wall repair? He claimed that he put up more wall than he thought was necessary. Yet he campaigned in 2016 on a great wall (impenetrable, tall) covering the Southern border with all sorts of technology (sensors above and below ground, towers, aerial surveillance, ...) and that Mexico would pay for it ... 100%.
And this from an interview regarding what he actually did:
Just one whopping lie after another and his supporters keep defending this insanity. Trump has made the most outrageous claims of any PotUS in my lifetime, has failed miserably to deliver, yet his supporters just keep lapping up his bullshit.
What did Obama or Biden do to either prevent or end this war?
You need us to explain to you the history of what Biden did regarding the Ukraine war? This is something you have to do on your own. You are armed with incredible tools which will deliver a substantial supply of all that Biden did to counter Putin.
Now, look at what the buffoon Trump has done. Instead of shoring up our ally (Ukraine) and setting up a position of strength prior to negotiation, Trump instead did something that no other PotUS has ever done ... trash an ally during a time of war and create propaganda for the invading adversary. Russian media is no doubt showing 24x7 the PotUS declaring that Ukraine started the war, that Zelensky is a dictator with a 4% approval rating, that Zelensky is being unreasonable and disrespectful, and that Ukraine has already lost the war.
What kind of grand idiot thinks that the best way to negotiate peace is to kowtow to the stronger side (the invader) and diminish the weaker side (the victim)? How does anyone with any concept of negotiation think that strengthening Putin's position will make him more willing to come to the negotiation table?
But you ignore the total incompetence of Trump and try to deflect to Biden (and Obama). Pathetic.