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Joseph McPhillips's avatar

We all pay the price for Trump & Putin war machines.

How much more evidence is necessary to assess that Trump & Co's epic corruption has undermined U.S. national security & is driving the US economy over a cliff for the benefit of his oligarchs & kleptocrats?

Nancy Proesel's avatar

Donald Trump is directly responsibility for the current lack of diesel fuel in United State, due to his aggression against Iran in an undeclared war, which has already cost the USA well over 40 billion dollars, causing the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, which enables passage through Iran.

Trump authorized the purchase of diesel from Russia, which had been legally denied due to the war Russia declared against Ukraine. The USA supported Ukraine until Donald Trump returned to office. Trump has actively displayed his supportive affection for Vladimir Putin.

This is a major election related issue. Providing billions of dollars to desperate Russia to invest in a questionable war is just one more reason to question Donald Trump's presidency.

VMélanie1000's avatar

I think it’s time for America to have a new president !! The sooner the better indeed !

Agent of Chaotic Respite's avatar

NATO should sink that first Russian tanker before it reaches any US port.

Donovan Marley's avatar

Donald Trump is a war criminal. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. All honest people must vigorously oppose every offensive action ordered by these war criminals. Each of these criminals must be removed from office, prosecuted, convicted, and punished for his Crimes Against Humanity.

Donovan Marley's avatar

Donald Trump is a war criminal. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. All honest people must vigorously oppose every offensive action ordered by these war criminals. Each of these criminals must be removed from office, prosecuted, convicted, and punished for his Crimes Against Humanity.

Jos Bonnie's avatar

It might not be treason in the eyes of the law, the narrow definition of the term upheld by scotus, but it is certainly helping a long-term adversary of the US and several of its allies that are in an active war (real, asymmetric, hybrid, whatever you want to call it) with russia. How is this not treason and in the long-term interest of the US?

Richard Nash's avatar

I would expect it would be because Trump is not actively trying to undermine the country. He is just serving his own delusional interests in his long association with Putin, and thinks he can justify it by bringing in more diesel, as insignificant as that will be. Trump never cares about consequences. He also doesn't care about violating any laws, because he knows it has to get to the Supreme Court, and that buys him time.

Patrick Golden's avatar

The 25th Amendment (Section 4): Allows the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet to temporarily or permanently strip a President of power if they are declared unable to discharge the duties of the office . Needs to be inactivated now. But I believe this is getting closer every day especially once the mid term elections are over.

AAA's avatar

Wow, that’s cute!!!! Do you believe ANYONE IN THIS REGIME, would do ANYTHING DIFFERENT???!!! They are the ones in charge!!! runt lost his mind sometime last year!!! THEY ARE ALREADY RUNNING OUR GOVERNMENT!!! They just let runt get all the blame!!!! The old man has been brain dead forever!!! “oh that’s just runt” How long have anyone been saying that???? They stick him anywhere, they know we will accept their lies!!! “His health is great”!! HOW STUPID ARE WE???!!!! Our ENTIRE COUNTRY HAS BEEN OCCUPIED, by “our friend” (is) ray=all!!!! Someone go to the Pentagon, it’s full of (is) since they threw out our news outlets!!!! They’ve taken over our military leadership on our ships!!! The real reason our troops want out!!!! Our troops are NOT COWARDS, OR LIARS!!! THEY ALSO ARE NOT SUCKERS OR LOSERS!!! THEY have ethics and morals!!! They refuse to kill civilians!!! Commit international crimes!!!! 6 were sacrificed to prove to the rest of the troops, if they refused ANY orders, they could be next!!! They were forced to sign NDAs, WHY???? I’m sure their families have been threatened!!! WE ALL KNOW HOW THIS WORKS!!! There were numerous family members of troops deported or detained while our troops were too far away to help!!

It’s clear, our Dem party has also been bribed by “OUR FRIEND”, (is) ray=all!!! THERE WILL BE “DEAD WOOD” cut from BOTH PARTIES!!! WHEN WE ARE IN CHARGE, our NEW party, will be ruthless, DEMOCRACY, deserves the chance to regrow!!! NO MORE NICE GUYS, NO MORE HIGH ROAD!!! OUR FOREFATHERS, were NOT PUSHOVERS!!! OUR CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE PEOPLE WE TRUSTED, TO PROTECT IT!!! THAT’S OVER!!! TWO things can be true at the same time; we can be KIND, SHARING, AND STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY, AT THE SAME TIME!!! STOP BEING LIED TO!!! STOP THE CON!!!

MAKE IT STOP!!! HE DID NOT WIN!!! BELIEVE THE SURVIVORS!!! BELIEVE THE EVIDENCE!!!

THIS WILL NOT STOP; UNTIL WE STOP IT!!!!

THE real reason, runt had to steal the election!!!

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/the-epstein-files-the-real-reason?r=58ocfg&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Geo's avatar

I disagree on one point Mitch. His dealings with Putin are traitorous. Providing economic support to Putin through energy sales allows Putin to engage further with Iran whom we are directly at war. Iran gets some relief through Russian economic support allowing them to move against the U.S. In addition, it provides an avenue for Putin to have some added economic support in its fight with Ukraine. That is simply against the wishes, sentiment and laws already passed by Congress. Congress has stipulated no business with Russia that allows it to wage war with Ukraine. Trump is a traitor. He should be dealt with like any other traitor.

AAA's avatar

Wow, that’s cute!!!! Do you believe ANYONE IN THIS REGIME, would do ANYTHING DIFFERENT???!!! They are the ones in charge!!! runt lost his mind sometime last year!!! THEY ARE ALREADY RUNNING OUR GOVERNMENT!!! They just let runt get all the blame!!!! The old man has been brain dead forever!!! “oh that’s just runt” How long have anyone been saying that???? They stick him anywhere, they know we will accept their lies!!! “His health is great”!! HOW STUPID ARE WE???!!!! Our ENTIRE COUNTRY HAS BEEN OCCUPIED, by “our friend” (is) ray=all!!!! Someone go to the Pentagon, it’s full of (is) since they threw out our news outlets!!!! They’ve taken over our military leadership on our ships!!! The real reason our troops want out!!!! Our troops are NOT COWARDS, OR LIARS!!! THEY ALSO ARE NOT SUCKERS OR LOSERS!!! THEY have ethics and morals!!! They refuse to kill civilians!!! Commit international crimes!!!! 6 were sacrificed to prove to the rest of the troops, if they refused ANY orders, they could be next!!! They were forced to sign NDAs, WHY???? I’m sure their families have been threatened!!! WE ALL KNOW HOW THIS WORKS!!! There were numerous family members of troops deported or detained while our troops were too far away to help!!

It’s clear, our Dem party has also been bribed by “OUR FRIEND”, (is) ray=all!!! THERE WILL BE “DEAD WOOD” cut from BOTH PARTIES!!! WHEN WE ARE IN CHARGE, our NEW party, will be ruthless, DEMOCRACY, deserves the chance to regrow!!! NO MORE NICE GUYS, NO MORE HIGH ROAD!!! OUR FOREFATHERS, were NOT PUSHOVERS!!! OUR CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE PEOPLE WE TRUSTED, TO PROTECT IT!!! THAT’S OVER!!! TWO things can be true at the same time; we can be KIND, SHARING, AND STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY, AT THE SAME TIME!!! STOP BEING LIED TO!!! STOP THE CON!!!

MAKE IT STOP!!! HE DID NOT WIN!!! BELIEVE THE SURVIVORS!!! BELIEVE THE EVIDENCE!!!

THIS WILL NOT STOP; UNTIL WE STOP IT!!!!

THE real reason runt had to steal the election!!!

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/the-epstein-files-the-real-reason?r=58ocfg&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Geo's avatar

Great question. And another is “What information or business relationship does Putin have on Trump that feeds this anti American/anti West capitulation that embodies Trump administration maneuvers?

Richard Nash's avatar

But can you prove that Trump is intentionally trying to harm the US? He will contend bringing in diesel is benefiting the US, even if the amount won't really matter much. The real action that has to happen is either impeachment or the 25th amendment, since Trump's real reason is his delusional relationship with Putin.

AAA's avatar

WE HAVE THE EVIDENCE HE RIGGED THE ELECTION!!!! THIS ENTIRE REGIME IS ILLEGAL!!! We don’t need any of that!!! All we need is a brave leader to use whatever is available to arrest EVERY TRAITOR!!! Marshalls, militia, capital police, isn’t our military supposed to protect us from without, and the enemy within????!!!

Why are we such cowards??? (is) ray=all is running this war from within our Pentagon, who moved in after they got rid of our news outlets!! Now our troops are in real danger from this regime, directed by (is) within the Pentagon!!! Our military leaders were fired, and replaced by loyalists!! It’s no wonder we are losing, “Petie is in charge!!! And 3 more complete buffoons!!!! The SCAM in Venz, was just that!! It was designed to replace that commander!!! We ALL FELL FOR THAT CRAP!!! WE KNEW IT WAS WRONG, but stood around scratching our heads!!! WAKE UP AMERICANS!!! They “paused” to add new weapons, AND MORE AGENTS!!! SHOCK GLOVES AND ROBOT DOGS!!! LOOK IT UP!!! I have, they have changed the warnings, now they look “innocent” THEY ARE NOT!!! The “DOGS” used to say, they could come into our homes without warrants!!! Those words are no longer there, that might scare us, into rebellion!! NOPE now it says they will be used in “dangerous places”, withan image of a garbage dump!! THEY TAKE MORE OF OUR RIGHTS EVERY DAY, because the people we trusted to protect our rights under our constitution, have been bought and paid for!!!! I know you all see it!!!! WE follow the rules AND laws!!! THEY DEPENED ON IT!!! THEY ARE USING THE LAW AGAINST US!!! IT’s hitler’s playbook!!! Also, “tell a lie, until they believe it’s the truth”!! Again, wake up AMERICANS!!! THE WHOLE ELECTION IS A SCAM!!! THEY WILL CANCEL IT, OR JUST LIE!!! THEY’VE ALREADY STOLEN THIS ELECTION AND GOT AWAY WITH IT!!!

MANY OF US TRY TO WARN, BUT SOMEHOW YOU REFUSE TO BELIEVE the evidence!! “Ben” EVEN THOUGH HE GIVES NO EVIDENCE!! His only EVIDENCE IS TO SAY NOTHING!!!! He won’t say our Evidence is false, NOT TRUE, fake, unproven, just plain stupid; NO HE SAYS NOTHING!!! His “omission” is his “implied” Evidence!!! He knows his NEW POWER is his only truth!!! BUT TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE FALLING FOR HIS CON!!!

WHO PAID HIM TO GET SO BIG AND SO POWERFUL, SO FAST???!!!!

Wade Baynham's avatar

I'm glad you covered this, Mitch. The Ukraine consequences are horrific, on top of the ongoing lawlessness from Trump.

BigDaddy52's avatar

Left messages at all three. Asked darline, as well as tim and ralph, if the certs were provided, and if they're going to allow trump to break the law named for lindsey.

Stella's avatar

This disgusting orange stain on society doesn’t believe the rules apply to him. I fear for what he will do to disrupt or even prevent entirely the 3 November mid-term elections.

Sharpie's avatar

I appreciate that Congress has the authority, and the backing of the American people, to fight this. I hope they do.

But we have all witnessed, time and again, the cowardice of the GOP when it comes to confronting the orange malignant narcissist. Congress will not address this treachery until the GOP is relegated to opposition status, hopefully with as few seats as possible.

Sharpie's avatar

There is something very fishy going on here. Yes, trump is a horrible garbage human. Without question. But even he is not so stupid as to think this looks good on him. It isn’t about “owning the libs”, since support for Ukraine cuts across the liberal/maga spectrum.

So what is it?

Russian kompromat?

- Very likely. “Give us what we want or we will finally release the dirt we have on you.”

Kickbacks?

- Also very likely. Particularly in this second kleptocratic term, trump and his crime family make few, if any, moves without taking a piece of the action.

I’m guessing his aid to Russia is a combination of both the kompromat putin holds, and money in his pocket.

Helen Nowlin's avatar

Is Putin actually running the US government? Are we going to wake up as Russian peasants?