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Daily Beast: 'America's Dying': Russian Media Is Giddy at Chaos in the USA
‘America’s Dying’: Russian Media Is Giddy at Chaos in the USADaily Beast, Julia Davis, 7/30/2020
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Instead of confronting Putin, Trump lashed out at Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) about domestic antifascist group antifa, tweeting in part, “Jerry, blame it on Russia, Russia, Russia!” The unfunny punchline reaffirmed that Russian wrongdoing would continue to be swept under the carpet by the Trump administration—a signal that was enthusiastically received in Moscow. “Trump is still ours,” concluded Russian International Affairs Council expert Alexey Naumov. “Whew,” theatrically exhaled the host of a state media news talk show 60 Minutes, Olga Skabeeva.
“Trump is ours” is a familiar refrain in Russian state media. Its aim is twofold: mocking the inquiry into the Kremlin’s involvement in the U.S. elections, while simultaneously emphasizing the inexplicable hold Putin seems to possess over his American counterpart. It’s hardly humorous, in light of Trump’s actions that consistently benefit Russia’s agenda on the world stage. During the 2018 Trump-Putin press conference in Helsinki, the Russian president openly admitted that he wanted Trump to win the 2020 election. Russian experts, pundits, and the Kremlin’s bullhorns repeatedly reiterate that Trump is still the preferred figure in the upcoming presidential contest—as a “chaos candidate,” dividing Americans domestically and causing international rifts within transatlantic alliances.
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Margarita Simonyan, the head of the state-funded TV channel RT, formerly known as Russia Today, was similarly blunt in her assessment. She told Komsomolskaya Pravda—a daily Russian tabloid newspaper—that America’s complete disintegration would be highly beneficial for Russia. Simonyan speculated that internal chaos would force the United States to focus on its own survival, allowing Russia and other countries to pursue their global aims unimpeded: “In order for them to leave us alone, it is necessary that they be terribly busy with their own internal problems.” This perception falls in line with recent revelations that Russian intelligence services are using English-language websites to spread disinformation—undoubtedly, just a tiny snowflake on the tip of Russia’s anti-Western disinformation iceberg. In the run up to the U.S. presidential elections, these efforts can be expected to intensify.
Instead of confronting Putin, Trump lashed out at Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) about domestic antifascist group antifa, tweeting in part, “Jerry, blame it on Russia, Russia, Russia!” The unfunny punchline reaffirmed that Russian wrongdoing would continue to be swept under the carpet by the Trump administration—a signal that was enthusiastically received in Moscow. “Trump is still ours,” concluded Russian International Affairs Council expert Alexey Naumov. “Whew,” theatrically exhaled the host of a state media news talk show 60 Minutes, Olga Skabeeva.
“Trump is ours” is a familiar refrain in Russian state media. Its aim is twofold: mocking the inquiry into the Kremlin’s involvement in the U.S. elections, while simultaneously emphasizing the inexplicable hold Putin seems to possess over his American counterpart. It’s hardly humorous, in light of Trump’s actions that consistently benefit Russia’s agenda on the world stage. During the 2018 Trump-Putin press conference in Helsinki, the Russian president openly admitted that he wanted Trump to win the 2020 election. Russian experts, pundits, and the Kremlin’s bullhorns repeatedly reiterate that Trump is still the preferred figure in the upcoming presidential contest—as a “chaos candidate,” dividing Americans domestically and causing international rifts within transatlantic alliances.
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Margarita Simonyan, the head of the state-funded TV channel RT, formerly known as Russia Today, was similarly blunt in her assessment. She told Komsomolskaya Pravda—a daily Russian tabloid newspaper—that America’s complete disintegration would be highly beneficial for Russia. Simonyan speculated that internal chaos would force the United States to focus on its own survival, allowing Russia and other countries to pursue their global aims unimpeded: “In order for them to leave us alone, it is necessary that they be terribly busy with their own internal problems.” This perception falls in line with recent revelations that Russian intelligence services are using English-language websites to spread disinformation—undoubtedly, just a tiny snowflake on the tip of Russia’s anti-Western disinformation iceberg. In the run up to the U.S. presidential elections, these efforts can be expected to intensify.
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Puppet has been making sure of that for the last 4 Fucking years.
Time to get rid of the Treasonous Fascistrump.
