Is Trump directing the anti-Ukrainian policy for Republicans?

[OAITW r.2.0]

Pretty sure he is. Putin still has control of Trump. What is the leverage?

[Turbineguy]

1. Why should he give up on treason?

Although being president certainly helps.

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. There are plenty of other rethugs to do poot's

bidding.

[Irish_Dem]

7. True, Putin has others lined up. But Trump is his best chance right now.

[Enter stage left]

3. The only thing TFG responds to is power and

MONEY!

Even though the power could be valuable to him to avoid prison, I think it's the money.

Both are incredible motivators to TFG, but I believe he wants money beyond anything else.

Prove me wrong!

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Can't.... but doesn't it blow your mind that a significant portion of voting Americans want this person in office?

I thought we, as a country, was smarter than this.

[Irish_Dem]

9. This is the biggest disappointment. The American people who support the GOP.

There will always be ruthless sociopaths, but now the American people seem to adore and revere them.

[Irish_Dem]

11. For the first time in his life, Trump believes something else is just as important as money.

Staying out of jail.

[OAITW r.2.0]

13. Wouldn't you like to know what the content was on the TS files, Trump stole?

Don't need details, just what the info was about...topline only.

[Irish_Dem]

14. We can make good guesses.

We know the kinds of things Trump likes.

Anything that makes a lot of money.
Makes him feel important.
Would give him blackmail material or leverage.
Salacious, prurient material.

[OAITW r.2.0]

16. Sure that, but...

out-wood looking, what did he compromise?

[Irish_Dem]

18. According to John Brennan (ex CIA director), we have to assume everything was compromised.

Brennan believes Trump still has many hidden documents.
It has done decades worth of damage.
And shortly after Trump took office the CIA noticed dead and missing CIA agents and assets.
It will take a decade to replace them.

Maybe you are asking something else?

[OAITW r.2.0]

19. I am sure Trump has compromised many US assets around the world.

But what's the endgame? Permanent power or freedom from prosecution?

[Irish_Dem]

20. Both. It is all the same thing to Trump.

Permanent total power over all three branches of government, media, and access to US and global financial assets.
No one can ever touch him.

He will be just like Putin in Russia.

That is what the GOP wants.
And they have a good shot at it. Sell a white male christian minority rule to the base.
And do a power and money grab in return.

[OAITW r.2.0]

21. Do you think he is truly capable of doing this?

I do think he is too limited, intellectually, to plan this. His underlings, yes.

[Irish_Dem]

22. Of course Trump is not coming up with all of these plans.

Don't get me wrong, Trump is quite clever and has good street smarts.
And can read a room.

But he doesn't know one end of the government from the other.
Rules, laws, procedures, goals are all unknown to him.

Do you think he came up with the J6 plan all by himself?
Or the elector scheme in various states?
Or thought to call the Sectys of State in critical states?

Or that he can successfully manage and plan a presidential campaign?
With no political experience like the first time he ran?

Know what TS documents are worth the most money?
And how to access them and steal them?

I could go on and on. This man is barely literate and his college education is a joke.
His dad must have purchased the degree for him with a big college donation.
He has no attention plan and cannot stay focused.
He is barely oriented to person, place and time much less a mastermind.

100% he has minders. A lot of them.
He gets his talking points and goes out on stage and performs.
And they let him think he is the boss while pulling the strings.

[OAITW r.2.0]

23. I think we think alike,

[Irish_Dem]

24. yep seems obvious.

But some people don't see it yet.

[Deuxcents]

27. He has the likes of Stone, Bannon, Fuentes, Carlson, Michael Flynn

And his brother, Miller and more than I can remember. He also has the Federalist Society dissecting the Constitution and already has big plans for his return to the White House. Tfg is the front man for the cult…the pied piper for what was once the Republican Party.

[OAITW r.2.0]

28. Who's he? Ain't me!

[Irish_Dem]

30. Yes exactly. Trump has a huge machine running the show.

He is their useful idiot. The slimy salesman, who makes the sales pitch to the gullible customers.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Both Putin and Trump desperately need each other now.

Putin needs Trump and the GOP to stop funding Ukraine so he can win the war he started.
Trump needs Putin to install him in the WH again, so Trump can avoid his many legal problems and rake in $billions.

It is basically a pact between two devils.

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. The dance of 2 devils.....

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yes exactly.

That is a good metaphor, chilling, but accurate.

[gab13by13]

8. The Republican party

Is the Putin Party. Magats want Russia to win because it will hurt President Biden.
Speaker Johnson got caught a few years ago getting money from one of Putin’s pals.

[Irish_Dem]

12. The GOP also likes Putin because they want a more fascist regime here in the US.

They want permanent power and vast wealth just like Putin has in Russia.

[Johonny]

15. Putin has dirt on a lot of GOPers.

Putin is in control. Most of these people are scumbags and Putin no doubt has compromate on many GOPers. Lindsey Graham being the most obvious.

[OAITW r.2.0]

17. What happened in Moscow on July 4, 2017?

And why did a whole bunch of Republicans show up there? Would make a great docudrama. Blackmail? Not out of the question.

[bluestarone]

25. No doubt in my mind!

The SC needs to put the final nail in this bastards coffin!! PLEASE!

[Freethinker65]

26. Putin helped put Trump and lots of current GOP legislators in office.

If Putin went public, that would be the end of many in the current GOPs political careers.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

29. How much is Putin paying Moscow Mitch and the rest of the Russiapublicans?

[Liberal In Texas]

31. Yes.

He's the Siberian Candidate. He's a traitor and running a shadow government with the magats in congress. The repubs are disgusting for allowing this to happen.

[Hotler]

32. He's not smart enough. Somebody else or a think tank is pushing it. Feeding it to him and letting him pass it along

like it was his own thoughts. He's a dumb fuck.