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TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 02:57 PM Sep 2020

Free to speak his mind, Vindman sees Trump as Putin's 'useful idiot'

Source: MSNBC

It's been nearly a year since Americans were introduced to Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman -- at the time, the top Ukraine expert on the White House National Security Council -- who heard the president try to extort Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky last summer. Vindman was so concerned by Donald Trump's misconduct that he reported it to a superior and agreed to testify under oath about the controversy.

As regular readers know, Trump started taking shots at Vindman almost immediately. Soon after, the president hinted that he had secret evidence against the lieutenant colonel, which he would "soon" share with the media. Predictably, the information never materialized.

It wasn't long before the White House's partisan allies joined the campaign, with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), among others, going after the decorated war hero's credibility. House Intelligence Republicans targeted Vindman's character and loyalties, while Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) also took steps to try to smear him.

But it was Trump and his team who led the offensive. The president even took some time at a November cabinet meeting to take a few rhetorical shots at the lieutenant colonel, making a snide comment about Vindman appearing on Capitol Hill in uniform. It wasn't long before the president started mocking Vindman, publicly and privately, falsely accusing him of "insubordination," and even demeaning Vindman's heroic service.

Read more: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/free-speak-his-mind-vindman-sees-trump-putin-s-useful-n1240036



What is outrageous is not so much how the White House acted, but Republicans collectively turned their back on a person who was telling the truth and trying to protect the country.
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Free to speak his mind, Vindman sees Trump as Putin's 'useful idiot' (Original Post) TomCADem Sep 2020 OP
I Think Vindman Saying That Trump Is Putin's Free Chicken Me. Sep 2020 #1
I hope he gets a book deal. grumpyduck Sep 2020 #2
dumpster is a chicken with its head cut off running around burrowowl Sep 2020 #3
It is impossible to envision Trump physically "running," though the idea of headless is appealing! Lonestarblue Sep 2020 #4
Now he sounds like most of us on DU FakeNoose Sep 2020 #5
Useful to Putin Proximate Centurion Sep 2020 #6

grumpyduck

(6,198 posts)
2. I hope he gets a book deal.
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 03:10 PM
Sep 2020

Not that I think we need more books on this farce of an administration, but it would drive the Asshole-in-Chief crazy and make some money for Vindman. Win-win.

Lonestarblue

(9,880 posts)
4. It is impossible to envision Trump physically "running," though the idea of headless is appealing!
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 03:45 PM
Sep 2020

The most descriptive word I can conjure for Trump’s clumsy movements is galumphing, which is to move along heavily or clumsily. He is a galumphing dotard.

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