The Republicans have repeatedly accused President Obama of being a Manchurian President, a double agent secretly in the employ of foreign entities, and working to harm America from within.
They’ve accused him over and over and over and over and over again, on the basis of nothing but easily-debunked evidence.
So now, the hot news story of the day is that Donald Trump may in debt to Russian oligarchs connected to Putin, in the amount of millions — potentially HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS — of dollars. He has surrounded himself with advisors who have worked for Putin-leaning strongmen, he has indicated he would pull out of NATO, he has praised Putin himself, he has massive personal business holdings in Russia and Eastern Europe, his campaign specifically altered the GOP platform to no longer support Ukraine…
Wouldn’t this mean that Trump is quite possibly an actual Manchurian Candidate, a candidate being supported by foreign powers who want to see harm come to America?
I know this is speculation — and outrageous speculation at that — but given that the Republicans have repeatedly gone after our president on far flimsier pretexts, I feel this should be totally fair game. Plus, all of this speculation could be ended in a moment by Trump, if he would just release his tax returns and we could see that he’s not actually in Vlad’s pocket.
But until he does release those returns, the prudent and sensible thing to do is keep asking at every opportunity: is Donald Trump an actual Manchurian Candidate?
Edited to add: about a minute before I hit publish, user jaaneezutto published the same idea in their own diary.