Trump Giddily Praises 'Genius' Putin as Russia Sends Troops Into Ukraine

[AntiFascist]

Source: Rolling Stone

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered troops into separatist-backed regions of eastern Ukraine...

Trump thinks he’s doing great.

“I said, ‘This is genius,'” Trump said on a right-wing podcast. “Putin declared a big portion of … Ukraine … as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful. … I said, ‘How smart is that?’ And he’s going to go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s strongest peace force. … We could use that on our southern border. That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen. There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re going to keep the peace all right. Here’s a guy who’s very savvy … I know him very well. Very, very well.”

Trump eventually seemed to remember that most people think Putin invading an independent democratic nation is a bad thing, so he quickly pivoted from giddy praise to noting that “this would have never happened” if he were still in office. “This would have never happened,” he said, adding that “it’s very sad” that Biden gave “no response.”


Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-calls-putin-genius-ukraine-invasion-1311025/

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So if Trump had his way, and there were no adults in the room watching over him, he might try to invade Mexico. Good to know!

[Grasswire2]

1. And give Alaska back to Russia.

I'm pretty sure he would do that.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

6. Interesting proposal

2 less GQP in The Senate would be a perk on that one.

[COL Mustard]

29. As long as Sarah goes with it.

Then she really could see Russia!

[dchill]

51. She could BE Russia!

[L. Coyote]

23. Just declare Alaska independent and send in 100,000 well-armed peacekeepers, yup!

Calling #FailedCoupGuy "a stark imbecile:" at this point is being too kind.

Link to tweet

[William Seger]

30. I was just thinking that might be the next Borowitz Report

[L. Coyote]

34. I was thinking of writing a blurp for The Onion.

Native Americans Declare North and South America Independent, Assume Peacekeeper Role.

[TreasonousBastard]

24. Pay Russia to take It back.

[olegramps]

58. The Republican Party has ceased to exist. It is the Fascist Party of America.

Republicans in mass have endorsed with admiration a murderous dictator as dangerous as Hitler. I am inclined to believe that if they gain full power of the Senate, House and Presidency they will establish a full-blown dictatorship. I don't think they would hesitate to imprison the opposition, shut down the Free Press by passing laws to silence any opposition. I really fear for the future of our nation. The situation is becoming dire and quickly escalating.

It is beyond my wildest imagination that this would take place in our country. Democracy under assault in our own county? The bastion of freedom is now being jeopardized not only from our avowed enemies, but from within. The problem is that we have been warned that fascism is being advocated and gaining deaf and blind adherents who are supporting their own enslavement. The power of propaganda that has dominated the airwaves for over forty years is coming to full maturity. It is a replay of what transpired in Germany during the 1930s that was recorded in the "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich."

I really fear for the future of the country and pray that the majority will awaken before it is too late.

[SouthernDem4ever]

2. Trump is the biggest, dumbest most fascist traitor assshole

That's as nice as i can get.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. My worst nightmare is that Trump would be in office when Putin pulled this...

It's like the Cuban Missile Crisis with Dubya n office. Or worse.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Historians will be asking "Why did Vladdy wait?"

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

31. Putin figured T**** was going to get re-elected, and it would be a cakewalk.

All he'd have to do is blow in TFG's ear and tell him what a strong leader he was and Fat Donnie would serve him Ukraine on a silver platter, with Tucker Carlson and the entire GQP singing his praises.

He probably thought T**** had done enough damage to NATO that the countries would be so disorganized they wouldn't present a threat. He didn't count on a president who understood how to build a strong coalition and to lead. President Biden keeps telling the world and Puttie-poo he knows exactly what's going on, and what the consequences will be if Vlad continues his present course of action.

Personally, I think we should send a sub over and sink Putin's yacht.

[Johnyawl]

35. Seriously...

...I think he was waiting for the Nord 2 pipeline to be completed and certified. I don't think he ever contemplated that the Germans would go against their economic interests and shut that down.

[nvme]

50. That was a surprise seeing Germany take that hit.

[Skittles]

63. he was interrupted by Covid

then by Biden voters

yes indeed

[PatSeg]

17. That is what I've been thinking

Trump would have supported Putin, maybe even sent him some arms and tanks. Thank god, Biden is President right now.

Trump is so stupid, he doesn't even know how to pretend that Putin invading Ukraine is a bad thing.

[Skittles]

32. I think that was the plan

but it was interrupted by Covid, and then by 83 million American voters with critical thinking skills

[C Moon]

48. Yes!

[tinrobot]

4. "This" wouldn't have happened - he would have made it way easier

No sanctions, no resistance, nothing.

All while desperately hoping appeasing Putin would finally get him his tower in Moscow.

[Blue Owl]

5. We all know Diarrhea Donny has Vladdy issues

Going back to Fred...

[Stuart G]

47. Brand New...."Diarrhea Donny"............K and R Diarrhea Donny...great friend of Vladdy !!!

So you think you have seen it all with Diarrhea Donald Trump....Well...there is MORE, MORE AND MORE...

............."Stay tuned for the next episode of " Diarrhea Donald Trump",..tomorrow at 4AM on Channel 142"...............

...............and ....Thank You for Reading this one. .. ....

[BlueIdaho]

7. This alone is enough

A former twice impeached single term president praising a foreign dictator for invading another country? Are you kidding me?

[Miguelito Loveless]

8. Any of the mainstream

Media covering this story?

[AntiFascist]

14. I first heard about this on MSNBC. n/t

[BigmanPigman]

39. CNN is covering it now.

I hear his voice and I want to puke.

[ultralite001]

10. Enough is enough... The RTumpster continues to provide emotional comfort to America's enemies...

18 USC Ch. 115: TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES

2381. Treason

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(2)(J), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)

[Moostache]

18. A-fucking-men!!!!

Hang that bastard. Tonight!

[global1]

11. Was Tr**p Trying To Be Sarcastic?......

Nah!!!

[blue-wave]

12. Is there any way

to place sanctions against Americans who aid and abet the enemy?

[AntiFascist]

15. Cutting off Russian banks may hurt Trump, Fox News and the GOP? n/t

[left-of-center2012]

13. "I know him very well. Very, very well."

Yeah, we know you do.

[PatSeg]

19. The fool doesn't have a poker face

He lets the whole world know who and what he is.

[raccoon]

53. Thank dog for that.

Though it doesn’t seem to deter his many idiot supporters, I mean worshipers.

[PatSeg]

55. Yes and that is very disturbing

The devil tells them he is the devil and that makes them love him even more. Says more about them than him.

[Turbineguy]

16. In a roundabout and completely unintentional way

trump is chiding Putin he he fucked up and should have done this while trump was still in office.

[Justice matters.]

20. Says the "Copious evidence of possible FRAUD" mobster...

Lock him up.

[EndlessWire]

21. How do you know him "very, very well." Donald?

You know, if we have to declare war on Putin, for real, we would be in a war, and that definition of TREASON will come into focus.

So, are we technically now in a war? Do the treason statutes require a formal declaration of war by Congress, or are Biden's sanction declarations enough?

Oh, let's test that in the SC, shall we? Maybe we can indict all those scum in one fell swoop. DOJ, get busy...no more free weekends.

[earthside]

22. If Hoover had said about Hitler ...

Imagine if during the Munich/Sudetenland crisis in 1938 former President Herbert Hoover had said:

“Hitler declares a big portion of the Czechoslovakia — of Czechoslovakia. Hitler declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful. So, Hitler is now saying, ‘It’s independent,’ a large section of Czechoslovakia. I said, ‘How smart is that?’ And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s strongest peace force …

“Here’s a guy that says, you know, ‘I’m gonna declare a big portion of Czechoslovakia independent’ — he used the word ‘independent’ — ‘and we’re gonna go out and we’re gonna go in and we’re gonna help keep peace.’ ”

President Hoover would never have done that ... but here is Trump praising Putin.

Trump is siding with the enemies of the United States ... just like he sought to overthrow our Constitutional election on January 6, 2021.

[myohmy2]

25. sure...

" “I said, ‘This is genius,'” Trump said on a right-wing podcast. “Putin declared a big portion of … Ukraine … as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful. … I said, ‘How smart is that?’ "

...I remember, a TV program

...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. Putin did a good job of training TFG

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[oldsoftie]

38. Right. The only time he EVER sent aid to UKR was when Congress FORCED him

With a veto-proof bill

[Cha]

44. The "milk was free.." Except

maybe Putin helped Rig him into the WH and it's PAYBACK

Quid Pro Quo.

[chowder66]

27. He's fucking bonkers.

[Emile]

28. Putin in the news has taken the heat off TFG.

I'm sure the traitor is giddy!

[moose65]

33. Wait a minute

So, Trump says that Putin invading is “smart,” and seems to gush all about it, and in the next sentence says that it wouldn’t have happened if Trump was still in office?? What?!?

[AntiFascist]

36. I think Trump is implying that he would ensure that NATO would not have been a problem for Putin...

however it really looks like Putin was planning to invade regardless of NATO.

[YoshidaYui]

37. I bet he knows Vlad very well.

Trump sides with Putin against this country and it's Democracy! Treasonous bastard!

[DemocraticPatriot]

45. Trump could "profit" by being renditioned...

and "re-educated" in Guantanamo.

[Ameri Canadian]

40. Trump really is a holster

That's all I'm gonna say. Hopefully there are enough Stephen Colbert fans here to get the message.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

41. Trump has the vocabulary of second grader,

and uses the syntax of a fourth grader: "I know him very well. Very, very well.”

I know of kindergartners who have a better sense of right and wrong than he does -- or than the entire GQP, for that matter.

Also, he loves to show off his ignorance. Putin didn't declare a "big portion" of Ukraine as independent. Have someone show him where Ukraine is on a map, and how big it is compared to other countries. Then have them point out to TFG how tiny the two areas of the country Putin is invading under false pretense.

[Cha]

42. send that Fucker to Russia.. he can

do his Fucking Gidddy there.

[oasis]

43. FTFG and Putin too!!!

[Martin68]

46. Trump leaves room for redemption. He is going all in and will end up broke.

[nvme]

49. traitorous shitbag (sorry for insulting shitbags)

He would sell out anyone to get his hotels in Russia. He should face justice for his treasonous actions.

[raccoon]

52. I wish the media would quit reporting on the ravings of this idiot.

OTOH, maybe hearing this, some of the cult members will get their heads out of their arses.

[Ferretherder]

54. Let me help you with that little premise...

...No, they won't.

[BlueWavePsych]

56. Not surprised ...

[lark]

57. Traitor trump

hates America because it isn't white and nazi enough and holds him to "standards" and so therefore absolutely adores the world's top financial criminal who cheats & kills on the world stage - Putin.

[AntiFascist]

61. Trump admires Putin mostly for being a kleptocrat...

he would 'giddily' steal the wealth of the US Treasury and give it to his own oligarchs.

[orangecrush]

59. He will be fleeing to Russia soon

Of course he's going to praise Putin.

[EndlessWire]

60. Trump is a disgusting and deplorable semi-human.

He truly seems like a psychopath. He has no feelings whatsoever for Ukrainian citizens. He spews forth praise to a guy who might start WW3; no doubt he is still taking lessons from Putin.

This is a guy who admires Hitler. Now he thinks Putin is a swell guy.

I think that Putin is STUPID; he has lined up all his troops and hardware to make them easy targets. He is counting on EW to cow us back. And, he thinks he will gain something from threatening nuke launches. But, he's not the only one who has nukes. Russia will be just a blackened spot on an outdated map, if he does that. What's the genius in that?

I think Shit-For-Brains Trump said this in order to make the party claim that if HE had been President, this wouldn't be happening. Thank God and all that's Holy that he is not President right now.

[riversedge]

62. NO doubt that Trumps MAGA fans are parroting his words.

[oasis]

64. From here on, Trump will be forever tied to Putin and Putin's misdeeds. nt

[inthewind21]

65. Oh FFS

Trumps vocabulary is quite limited. The best ever seen, the likes no one has ever seen, never before seen, never done before, very sad, very unfair and then about 10 other words.

[RobinA]

67. Don't Forget "Beautiful"

Everything with him is beautiful,

[Papa-Ron]

66. If this was already posted here, I apologize

If Trump is still President as he and his supporters claim....Why does he need to run in 2024?....seems redundant...if he runs, it seems it would be an admission that he is not President.

In reply - If he is still President does that mean that he has been president for 2 terms and cant serve a 3rd term?

[gopiscrap]

68. welcome to DU