07-23-2016, 10:23 PM
(07-23-2016, 04:20 PM)Dan Wrote: So a Saeculum that started with McCartyism is ending with a candidate in the pocket of the Kremlin...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trum...ly-a-thing
Quote:Over the last year there has been a recurrent refrain about the seeming bromance between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. More seriously, but relatedly, many believe Trump is an admirer and would-be emulator of Putin's increasingly autocratic and illiberal rule. But there's quite a bit more to the story. At a minimum, Trump appears to have a deep financial dependence on Russian money from persons close to Putin. And this is matched to a conspicuous solicitousness to Russian foreign policy interests where they come into conflict with US policies which go back decades through administrations of both parties. There is also something between a non-trivial and a substantial amount of evidence suggesting Putin-backed financial support of Trump or a non-tacit alliance between the two men.
Let me start by saying I'm no Russia hawk. I have long been skeptical of US efforts to extend security guarantees to countries within what the Russians consider their 'near abroad' or extend such guarantees or police Russian interactions with new states which for centuries were part of either the Russian Empire or the USSR. This isn't a matter of indifference to these countries. It is based on my belief in seriously thinking through the potential costs of such policies. In the case of the Baltics, those countries are now part of NATO. Security commitments have been made which absolutely must be kept. But there are many other areas where such commitments have not been made. My point in raising this is that I do not come to this question or these policy questions as someone looking for confrontation or cold relations with Russia...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trum...ly-a-thing
This is the most frightening thing I have ever read about Trump; and that is saying a lot.
I know Russian culture, and Trump being into them 100s of millions of dollars means they own him, and by "they," that means Putin.
The most telling thing, as noted by TPM, is the one thing the Trump people insisted about the GOP platform, that they otherwise didn't give a shXt about, is the language on Ukraine.
The other is Trump's campaign manager having been the communications director for the former Ukrainian PM, Yanukovych, who is Putin's puppet that he wants to put back in charge.
This really begins to explain a ton of things.
This needs to get picked up by the mass media. Post this on as many forums as you can!