Is The Felon an American tyrant or a Russian puppet? Hard to tell

“And here we are, eight years later, utterly bewildered why Trump might be in such a rush to deliver up Ukraine to Russia and lift sanctions to pursue business deals, precisely the quo outlined by the lies told years ago.” — Empty Wheel, which is not at all bewildered about The Felon’s enthusiasm to do business with Putin.

Neither is LGM: “Donald Trump is Vladimir Putin’s direct proxy in Washington D.C. This is not hyperbole. Trump asked Putin to intervene in the 2016 election in his favor. He did this on national TV, so I didn’t exactly have to break into any secret files to discover this. Putin did intervene, per the unanimous conclusion of all of America’s intelligence agencies in the wake of the election. There were also numerous direct connections between Trump’s campaign and the Russian government, although under the circumstances that’s barely relevant: Again, Trump publicly asked for Putin’s help to get elected president, and Putin gave it. And again, these are ascertained facts, to the extent that anything can be a fact in the political world today, which, given its increasingly Orwellian and Kafkaesque character is perhaps not saying very much, which in turn explains the mess we’re in.”

Given FOTUS is clearly on Putin’s side in Ukraine — and that we’re now stopping anti-Russian cyber-security — the question is how much of the rest of his agenda is based on him being Putin’s poodle. Though for the record I’m sure the Felon whining that Zelensky disrespected him is sincere. There’s no greater crime in the Felon’s universe than not telling President Snowflake that he’s the best little baby of all time.

Now, a FOTUS official on conquering Canada: “Mr. Trump, he said, had come to realize that the relationship between the United States and Canada was governed by a slew of agreements and treaties that were easy to abandon.” Easy, in the sense that the Felon has spent his life breaking contracts and stiffing business associates — and he’s still doing it — so he probably thinks this will work just as well with Canada. And while it’s obviously in Putin’s interest to have us alienate our neighbors, it’s equally likely The Felon is dazzled by making his kingdom bigger and better.

Ditto his dedication to conquering Greenland.

FOTUS is, unsurprisingly, finding lots of ways to use the power of the Oval Office to repress speech and ideas he doesn’t like. Sen. Rick Scott would like him to shut up more people.

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Suspending intelligence sharing with Ukraine is great news for Russia.

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Then there’s the economy, on which Trump’s cabinet are now saying recession is a good thing. “Another president might be making speeches, even doing fireside chats, to reassure the public. But Trump seems focused instead on annexing Canada, a subject on which he has grown ever more obsessive even as Canadians recoil at any thought of associating themselves with a nation that seems to be turning into the Republic of Gilead from The Handmaid’s Tale.”

“American foreign policy has always put America first. That’s what nations do. It’s axiomatic. Why did the United States do Lend-Lease with Britain before we entered World War II and bankroll the Marshall Plan afterwards? Why did we airlift supplies into West Berlin? Why did we spend trillions of dollars on nuclear weapons that have never been used? Why do we police the global shipping lanes and ensure stability in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East? It’s not because we’re nice. It’s because these actions further our interests.”

Tulsi Gabbard is acting in her boss’s interest — whoever her boss may be — when she says America’s allies aren’t committed to freedom. Given what we’re seeing out of this administration, I suggest pausing for laughter.

Or maybe it’s simply the Felon is losing his wits — though of course, that and being Putin’s lackey could both be true.