As reported by umpteen news outlets (e.g. Newsweek, The Hill via Yahoo, the Independent), the former guy did what he does every time: as soon as a friend is down, knifes him in the back. In this case, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy and his cronies: Vladimir Putin & Fellow Murderous Kleptocrats Inc.
(Video courtesy of Sky News Australia)
In an interview on Fox “News” the never-should-have-been president praised Ukraine’s soldiers, demanded a stop to the killing and expressed a reaction to video images of the invasion that seems incongruously human and normal (as malignant narcissists can fake, fleetingly).
Transcript of key sections:
Russia has gotten in deeper than they ever thought possible […] to a certain extent because of the weapons that I gave, and that the Ukrainians used so well, I mean they used so well, amazing. […] So I think Russia is, something could be done with them right now, because they’re not looking so good […]
They have to stop killing these people, they’re killing all these people and they have to stop it. And they have to stop it now. But they don’t respect the United States … this is a holocaust, this is a horrible thing that is happening, you’re witnessing and you’re seeing it on television every night. Who can believe that this, they’re taking army tanks and they’re taking missiles and shooting them into buildings…
Interesting choice of words — holocaust — considering Putin’s claim to be “de-nazifying” Ukraine, and the fact that its president is Jewish and has Holocaust victims in his family. Was that intentional? Hard to say with the word salads that so easily spew from that mouth.
It’s a very big shift, as the papers are saying, from calling Putin “smart” last week.
Since the man is still the cult leader of the GOP, look for a thundering, baaing herd of Republicans to echo that big shift, in the same sincerely indignant almost-human tone.
Oh Vlad, if you’ve lost them…
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Update: as I wrote somewhere below, hunger for Putin to release the pee-pee tape in revenge is palpable in the comments here. So for old times sake I offer this vintage Colbert monologue, hoping that it’ll at least slake that thirst a wee bit.
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