#Trump/Russia

[originalleftist]

The huge flood of nigh-identical posts in the last day mocking Biden's age, health, etc, making "jokes" about him dying, and all leading to the same punchline of "One's old and the other's a Nazi, so they're both Equally Bad"... that's not coincidence. It's not organic. Y'all know this is a bot-driven psy-op, right? Even when real people pick up on it, they're taking their cues from whoever is paying the bots/paid trolls.

[w0lp3rtinger]

"- I have a lot of problems with Biden. He is clearly the better of the two options, which I recognize is a very low bar. Being better than Trump cannot be the standard, because Donald Trump is the absence of a standard.

"But the truth is, even if Trump looses, that won't be the end of this. The people who cooked up Project 2025 will just move onto Project 2029 instead, because for them, this is so much more than just one election, or indeed, one candidate. Project 2025 is born from impulse as old as America. It's an impulse that says one class of Americans is entitled to lead, and the rest of us are lucky to be allowed to serve- that thinks there should be a limited government when it comes to rules they have to live by, but also a unitary executive to keep the rest of us in line. These are old, old ideas that have been shouted from podiums-... but have now been placed into a new handbook for an only too willing president to use on day one.

"And in a perfect world, I would love if we had an opposing party better able to articulate a strong defense of our country's ideals and that also consistently lived up to them. People are entitled to hope for more from the next four years than someone just not being Trump (and for at least two supreme court justices to die)-...

"And for anyone tempted to think, 'Well, we survived Trump's first term,' first, not everyone did, and it should hopefully be very clear by now a second Trump term really does promise to be far, far worse, because if Trump's first term was defined by chaos, his second could be defined by ruthless efficiency. That should be troubling to absolutely everyone because Project 2025 is a movement who's members joke about wanting a white homeland and insist women have to have more babies to uphold western society.-

"We need to be better than this."

-John Oliver, June 19th of 2024

[degeneratedworker]

Paragraph Left: "Every four years, presidential elections are held in the USA. The two main political parties in the country—the Republican and Democratic parties—compete for power, each aiming to put "their own person" in the White House. However, both the Republican and Democratic parties are organizations of big capital in the USA, and all their activities are focused on ensuring and protecting its interests." Text Right: "The master will decide who defeats whom, as both are in his service!" Unknown Soviet Union 1968

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

[liberalsarecool]

Americans died because Trump puts Russia first. The entire country suffered. Families lost loved ones. Graduations, reunions, weddings, and billions of moments of joy were forever changed due to Trump loyalty to Putin.

US hospitals were sacrificed.

Medical professionals were sacrificed.

Retirement homes were sacrificed.

Never forget how Republicans give their power to Trump, who gives that power to Putin.

#VoteBlue

[verohallinto]

I live in Finland. It's been a very stressful few days seeing USA elect the convict as their president. Finland shares a land border with Russia and we have only recently joined NATO, which has caused further tension between us and Russia. Trump has indicated a desire for either weaken NATO support or to leave NATO entirely. This would like mean less NATO resources and weaken NATO support. We have a mad man at our border and we have aggravated him by not supporting his attack on Ukraine and by taking an active stance by joining NATO, something we had avoided doing for a really long time in an effort to maintain relations with Russia. A lot of European, especially Baltic, countries face similar situations and have reassess the threat Russia poses to them.

Ive seen a lot of discourse online these past few days where Americans take offense to Europeans reaction to the election. How can we not react when we have a credible threat to our safety at our door? Yes, we understand this is terrible for you but it is for us too. I personally already know my war time station. I know what my future holds should Putler attack us. I know hiw my life will change, should this happen. My family has made plans for their safety should this happen and I am so lucky I know my family takes this as a serious threat and makes plans just in case.

I dont mean to belittle anyones anguish over this, but I want to point out: it is just not the people in the US whos future is at risk because of this. It is very much a global threat.

[originalleftist]

They're just stalling. They have their orders from Trump, and he has his from Putin (Trump is dependent on Russian money, and the bond money he just posted to appeal the E Jean Carroll defamation verdict was reportedly underwritten by a Russian company).

[canberramaidan]

I'm not American, but my feed is full of soft russian propaganda. Fake accounts, or clueless Westerners, posting over and over about how Ukraine has to surrender for their own good.

They keep using the term "to the last Ukrainian", acting as if Ukrainians have no agency in fighting for their freedom, and as if russia has a right to invade and colonise their neighbour. AGAIN.

I have family killed, missing, or POWs in this genocidal invasion. They know what they're fighting for. Let them speak about their own country, which apparently nobody here can even find on a map.

And it's no coincidence that the Kremlin has upped their "Ukraine must surrender to genocide" narratives so much right now, days out from MAGA likely sending the world into WW3.

[aunti-christ-ine]

[originalleftist]

"Trump has promised to end Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine within 24 hours if elected but has declined to publicly elaborate on how he plans to do so. Two top Trump advisers also recently proposed a plan that would cease military aid to Ukraine unless it agrees to hold peace negotiations with Russia.

One of the sources told Politico that Trump "would be open to something foreclosing NATO expansion and not going back to the 1991 border for Ukraine."

This treasonous motherfucker.

I wonder if this was a topic of discussion while his plane was parked next to the Russian embassy jet for two fucking days at the airport.

[resdayn]

yeah

[simplegenius042]

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[the-orange-shit-stain-scam]

So called MAGA “Patriot” leaders wrap themselves in our flag while pissing on the legacy of our founding fathers and the constitution. A vote for The False Orange Savior is a vote for tyranny. Putin thanks all of the MAGA politicians via $$$ for their service in the dismantling of the “United” States of America. It is always hard to accept that you have been scammed. However, this is reality. Look up how Putin was trained to take down western governments via creating this form of internal cancer when he was in the KGB.

[jackassdemocrats]

America Last is what the socialist democrats are all about.

[charlesoberonn]

Donald Trump is responsible for the spike in international conflict in recent years.

His 2020 "peace" deal with the Taliban which completely sidestepped the Afghan government and gave the Taliban everything they wanted directly led to the botched withdrawal of US troops in 2021 and the subsequent Taliban reconquest of the country.

This was a reversal of US geopolitical efforts and a successful war of conquest by an enemy of the US. While the whole world watched. It empowered autocrats and enemies of the US and its allies worldwide to attempt to do the same. Most notably with Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

So next time you hear Trump boasting that there were no wars during his term, remember that it was his incompetence that led to the current state of affair.