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thucythucy

(8,039 posts)
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 11:38 AM Feb 2022

Trump's first impeachment was because he delayed military aid to Ukraine.

He used that nation's security as a pawn in his bid to compromise the 2020 election.

What else did Trump and his cronies do to hinder Ukraine's ability to defend itself?

And what did the leadership of the GOP do to support this sell-out to Putin?

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Trump's first impeachment was because he delayed military aid to Ukraine. (Original Post) thucythucy Feb 2022 OP
Yup - Trump was just a pawn in Putin's Ukraine plot. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #1
All of them Russian assets, doing Putin's bidding. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #2
. ItsjustMe Feb 2022 #3
Yes! thucythucy Feb 2022 #4
Fox News and Tucker Carlson supported Russia gulliver Feb 2022 #5

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
1. Yup - Trump was just a pawn in Putin's Ukraine plot.
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 11:40 AM
Feb 2022

Somehow Manafort and Flynn convinced Trump that his cockamamie blackmail scheme could be politically beneficial. Putin was pulling Trump's strings the whole time.

Irish_Dem

(46,579 posts)
2. All of them Russian assets, doing Putin's bidding.
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 11:47 AM
Feb 2022

Culminating in the invasion of Ukraine.

And in the process he helped the GOP end democracy and install an autocratic form of government, white minority rule.

gulliver

(13,168 posts)
5. Fox News and Tucker Carlson supported Russia
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 06:43 PM
Feb 2022

They should be happy now. They got what they wanted, what they were instrumental in making happen through their propaganda on behalf of Putin. Trump too. He singlehandedly turned Putin into a sweetheart of the right.

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