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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsnot saying donnie is a russian agent; but if he *were* a russian agent,
it's kinda amazing to think that if russia had simply installed a puppet in the presidency, he would be doing almost exactly what donnie is actually doing.
- insult group after group of americans
- make americans hate other americans
- undermine nato commitments
- balloon the national debt
- piss away national wealth
- abandon trade treaties
- start trade wars
- insult allies
- undermine our world leadership
- undermine trust in our media
- undermine trust in our law enforcement
- try to provoke a useless war or two
- let the bureaucracy rot, leave positions unfilled and/or tie their hands
this is without getting into any speculation (never mind facts) about actual contacts or kompromat or business deals or whatever. just looking at actual on-the-job performance.
practically the only performance item that distinguishes donnie from putin's ideal puppet is that the sanctions haven't been completely lifted yet. not for lack of trying, though.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,433 posts)Okay, Ill say it.
Trumpy is a Russian agent.
There. Fixed it.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Comrade Trump is a traitor of the first order and betrays his country every day.
SallyHemmings
(1,822 posts)Bought and paid for by Putin.
calimary
(81,389 posts)He's a Russian agent/stooge/puppet/asset/toady/fool/bitch/mark/pet/manservant/lapdog/foot-stool/patsy/cockholster. Take yer pick.
I keep hitting edit because I keep thinking up new words (I'VE got the best ones!).
SallyHemmings
(1,822 posts)lastlib
(23,263 posts)calimary
(81,389 posts)Gotta add it, in your honor, lastlib!
niyad
(113,496 posts)Motley13
(3,867 posts)poboy2
(2,078 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)As long as you don't mind, that is --
I'm going to add it to the letter I'm composing for my miserable 3 RepubliCON MoC's. Fits right in. My first paragaph is likely to be something like this:
Where is your conscience? Where is your patriotism? Where is your concern for America's place in the world? For her future? For her children,and their children generations hence? Most importantly, where is your loyalty and adherence to your oath of office? WHAT WILL IT TAKE for the Republicans in Congress and the Senate to wake up and hold Trump accountable?
unblock
(52,280 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)Whiskeytide
(4,461 posts)... for a couple of months with all my friends and relatives. It really cant be countered.
The make NATO members pay their fair share is part of it too. Our big dog status in NATO is what has given us a lot of influence with and access to other governments. Small countries cooperated with our foreign policy objectives because we were the Alpha NATO nation. And they trusted us to act in sane, reasoned ways.
Now - they think were nuts, and that we are calling them takers. No longer trustworthy. No longer have their backs.
I can just hear Russia - in its best Barry White voice - saying Heyyy, Lithuania. Man, its been a while. You look good. Real good. How have you been? That ol USA aint treating you as good as you deserve, baby.
calimary
(81,389 posts)Certainly not Putin, either. He's only there because he's on the take and knows he owns trump.
NanceGreggs
(27,816 posts)... Spanky McShithole has done everything exactly as Putin could have wished for - and then some.
Just to add to your (excellent) list:
- encouraging division between Americans on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, etc.
- inciting violence towards liberals, Democrats - and protecting the NRA-types who are the most likely to carry out that violence
- appointing Cabinet heads who clearly have no experience or expertise in the areas they are supposed to oversee
- choosing "advisors" who have zero knowledge about domestic/international affairs
- creating endless chaos in the administration by hiring/firing appointees on a regular basis
- keeping the nation (and the world) on tenterhooks by changing his mind on important issues from one minute to the next
- using the powers of his office to seek revenge on perceived personal enemies instead of using those powers to advance the betterment of the citizenry
- undoing everything and anything that Obama accomplished, regardless of the consequences
- taking every opportunity to vilify HRC, who Putin hates
- announcing pulling the US out of Syria - Putin's dream scenario
The list is truly endless. There is nothing Trump has said or done that doesn't advance Putin's agenda.
unblock
(52,280 posts)sanctions was the only thing i could come up with that putin could possibly consider a disappointment.
NanceGreggs
(27,816 posts)... that the removal of those sanctions is still a real possibility as long as Trump is in office.
No doubt Putie is biding his time, knowing that the longer Trump is in the WH, the more likely it is that he will get everything on his wish list before the Orange Anus is removed.
I often wonder how many betting pools there are in Russia these days, wagering on just how far they'll get before Mueller slams the hammer down on the Traitor-in-Chief.
calimary
(81,389 posts)OMG!
Milady, you are Wicked! And I am in awe!
NanceGreggs
(27,816 posts)It just seems so appropriate.
calimary
(81,389 posts)And rather deftly, too!
Civic Justice
(870 posts)Skittles
(153,171 posts)whathehell
(29,069 posts)not to mention our president.
kairos12
(12,865 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)The reality (and the inside joke) is of course that only THEY are talking about it.
0rganism
(23,960 posts)basically the same effect, and it might be juicier bait for the slightly-less gullible
could sweeten the pot with "... and there's evidence of no collusion now too!" which somehow manages to be simultaneously meaningless, impossible, and irresistible wingnut food.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)sandensea
(21,648 posts)In fact, he puts the ass in asset.
jmowreader
(50,561 posts)Sovereign citizen "redemption" scheme activity has ballooned since Trump was installed.
OceanPete
(29 posts)He has destroyed this nation in less than a dozen years, pretty impressive!
And Putin did not fire a single shot except through cyberspace. Complacency has its price.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)unblock
(52,280 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Civic Justice
(870 posts)Hassler
(3,382 posts)someone in his admin is reading Putin's memos. Though not Fredo, he's too lazy to read anything.
dchill
(38,514 posts)Don't be shy.
elmac
(4,642 posts)but also a capitalist pig.
Enoki33
(1,587 posts)welcoming the Russian foreign minister and ambassador into the Whitehouse was an eye opener. Their insulting attitude towards the journalists outside was coupled with profound gloating. They owned potus.
unblock
(52,280 posts)seriously, other than failure to lift sanctions *yet*, there really doesn't seem to be a single thing that anyone can point to that suggests he isn't entirely on putin's side.
the most recent thing, making him rotate his spies, is pretty weak sauce. especially when spies hardly seem necessary when there's a puppet in the white house who divulges state secrets openly.