Remarks by former president and presumptive 2024 Republican White House nominee would be ‘music’ to Putin’s ear, critic says
  • HikingVet@lemmy.caEnglish
    125·
    9 months ago

    So he would trigger an article 5 incident to apease his ego? I hope one of is multiple cases gets him locked up. And I don’t care where, as long as it means he isn’t in office.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      131·
      9 months ago

      It’s worse and more specific than that. He’s basically saying “Russia is welcome to trigger an Article 5 incident, because I won’t respond to it”.

  • Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1152·
    9 months ago

    Why do I have a feeling that Putin told him to say that. It’s just too convenient for Trump to say that after that Tucker interview.

    Like, am I imagining things? It’s pretty clear they have communication, right?

    • gardylou@lemmy.worldEnglish
      80·
      9 months ago

      Oh no, they’ve been communicating since before 2016. Just look at the changes to party platform for the GOP that year regarding funding to Ukraine. The new policies, which came directly from Trumps people, reversed course on Ukraine and basically adopted pro-Kremlin positions. And it was out of left field…on alot of policy positions, they didn’t comment on shit or even have fully developed positions…but on Ukraine they have a very strong and very pro-Kremlin stance.

      • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        9 months ago

        Absolutely. For anyone who’s not familiar with Seth Abramson, he’s written three enormous books sourced from major news media piecing all of it together in excruciating detail. Here’s an interview about one of them for some flava.

        TL;DR Donald Trump is 100% colluding with russia and has been for well over a decade. There’s not a question about it. It’s a tower of concrete facts.

    • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      And that is why he was ok with Russia blackmailing him with the pee pee tape.

  • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
    57·
    9 months ago

    That’s funny coming from a guy who is infamous for not paying his bills.

  • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
    521·
    9 months ago

    “If I were president I’d encourage Russia to start a world war by telling them to attack a country in a very large military alliance that we’re part of”

    Just when you think the MAGAzis and their sprayed clown couldn’t get any dumber, here comes a public statement.

    He is desperate to stay in the headlines recently, wonder what (specifically )he’s trying to hide this time?

  • metallic_substance@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    9 months ago

    Well. At this point it feels like I’m just watching it happen. I can vote against fascism, but what the fuck else can I do?

    • astreus@lemmy.mlEnglish
      382·
      9 months ago

      We have to learn from Germany’s mistakes: armed resistance is legitimate in the face of fascism.

        • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.worldEnglish
          89·
          9 months ago

          There are soo many rabidly anti 2a liberals who don’t understand this. The cognitive dissonance when you point out that they are setting aside a key right and putting their faith in police and other authorities to fight fascism when they currently can’t be relied upon to NOT routinely discriminate and persecute leftists and minorities in a normal political climate.

            • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.worldEnglish
              15·
              9 months ago

              Feel free to put your trust and safety in State and Federal police agencies if Trump is elected. I’m sure it will work out well.

      • radix@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        9 months ago

        The last guy to be president during a world war was elected four times, therefore…

        • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          81·
          9 months ago

          Yeah but he was also a decidedly competent leader for most of that time. Trump wouldn’t be. He’d just try to cement himself as a dictator.

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          62·
          9 months ago

          Actually, that guy died DURING the world war. The last guy to be president during a world war was only elected once…

          • anlumo@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            9 months ago

            Dying while in office would be the best case for him, since he’d have immunity while in office. Otherwise he’ll die in prison.

            • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
              52·
              9 months ago

              Him dying in prison penniless without ever taking office again would of course be ideal for the rest of the world though, or at least the parts that are worth anything…

  • fidodo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    9 months ago

    Every now and then trump says something where I think surely that had to have been taken at least slightly out of context, but nope, it’s practically verbatim. Every single time.

  • knatsch@feddit.deEnglish
    42·
    9 months ago

    quick reminder that only a single NATO member has called for help of their allies with article 5 so far

    • Siegfried@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Which one was it and why? Im not in a NATO country and dont understand this article lore thing

      • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

        The one whose ex-president this article is about, which is what makes the whole thing funny.

        The US called for help after 9/11.

  • avater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    9 months ago

    for fucks sake even the dumbest plot in any call of duty was more intelligent than everything this stupid republican wants to happen…

  • Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    33·
    9 months ago

    Americans really need to bash their elected representatives to invest in public schools and free/affordable higher education. This muppet already happened, but maybe it’s not too late to save the upcoming generations from another one.

  • arc@lemm.eeEnglish
    28·
    9 months ago

    He’s really gunning for that Hero of Russia medal