Trump Slams Allies in favor of Putin (again)...

[Millhouse]

(07-10-2018, 11:42 AM)Nately120 Wrote: The love of Putin came before Trump.  For years we were hearing right-wing pundits and voters talk about what a take-charge real man Putin is and what a wimpy beta ***** Obama is.  Trump is our version of the fake democracy, plutocrat who is going to make the rich richer and make the poor manlier.  It's like when people think rooting for a particular football team makes them tougher or better or blah blah blah.

It's only natural that Trump fits in better with leaders like Putin and Kim Jong-un than he does with the European and Canadian types who represent semi-reasonable democracies.  We don't want that crap, we want someone who we think is on our side breaking the rules and forcing his (our) will on others.  The ends justify the means.

(07-10-2018, 11:51 AM)jj22 Wrote: True,  the GOP base has long had affection for Putin. Specifically during the Obama years when they fell head over hills with him over his shirtless horseback pic. They actually preferred Putin to Obama. That's carried over with the election of Trump. Putin knew what party to help win.

Just another reason those expecting the GOP led congress to protect us from a alliance with Russia isn't dealing in reality.

To be fair, I remember Mitt Romney calling out Russia during the 2012 campaign debates, and criticizing the Obama administration and others for not being more critical. He considered Russia the U.S.'s number 1 political enemy in the world.

Now I am not defending Trump here or others in the GOP, but when the GOP candidate of 2012 debated with Obama on this, but taking the very anti-Russian side, it should be noted.