In a 2013 letter, the brash inheritor who had become an oft-bankrupt loser of casinos called the then despotic, now genocidal Vladimir Putin his would-be “best friend.”
Did that spell trouble? Has the GOP styled itself God’s Own Party? Was Steve “All Hell...Tomorrow” Bannon in on the J6 action? Does our 18th President occupy Grant’s Tomb?
Seriously. In 2018, in Helsinki, Donald Trump openly sided with Putin against our own intel. If memory serves, Bill Maher made bold to point out how our own POTUS plainly was “not on our side.”
Several years later, Russia’s ogre has blitzed Ukraine for nearly twelve months. Surely even Trump should be able to see how kowtowing to Vlad the Mad Emir has blown up in his oddly orange face. One would hope even the land of the free’s “wholly owned subsidiary of the Kremlin” (quoting Malcolm Nance) could start humming “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and give “The State Anthem of the Russian Federation” a rest.
But no. Honks Mar-a-Lago’s indelibly pro-Putin poltroon, “FIRST COME THE [American M1A1] TANKS, THEN COME THE [Russian] NUKES!” (Really? Is Trump predicting? Cheerleading? Or both? Why am I thinking of Slim Pickens near the end of “Dr. Strangelove?”)
In truth, what came first were Putin’s own tanks. Bombs. And missiles. Killing and maiming innocents of all ages. (Much to the delight of what looks to be Trump’s current would-be “best friend,” Nick Fuentes.)
Implicitly and a priori, Trump blames President Biden’s material aid to Ukraine for any escalation that may ensue. Playing off of that, Trump squawks “Get this crazy war ended, NOW. So easy to do!”
Yup. Easy as pie. Just surrender! Declare victory. Go home (if you have one, which you likely don’t). And let Putin and his kleptocratic goons rule your every waking minute! (What could be better than that?)
Of course, it warms the heart to see Big Blonder so loyal to his old pal. Too bad he evinces no trace of loyalty toward his own country. (Which, come to think of it, he tried to destroy in a coup attempt.)
So. Earth to Dems: if you’re not fearmongering the ever-jowlier political avatar of ‘Moscow on the Hudson’ (and his freedom-fragging party) you’re soft-pedaling. Doing so, you’re getting drowned out- and just plain drowned. For the love of God and country, start making some big, blue waves. By telling the whole damn truth about our enemies, foreign and domestic. For a change.