In 1987, Trump made his goal of Russian collaboration on nuclear power explicit: The Soviet Union and the US should partner to form a nuclear superpower with the intention of intimidating other countries into dropping their own nuclear plans.
the problem is that there are more nuclear players and those genies don’t go back into bottles
Trump and Putin aren’t heading to war with each other—they’re heading to war together. Trump is a vociferous defender and admirer of Putin and is suspected by multiple intelligence experts of being assisted and even co-opted by the Kremlin.Russian interference in the US election has been affirmed by multiple US intelligence agencies and has led to calls for a congressional investigation. Rather than engaging in an arms race against each other, Trump and Putin are possibly teaming up as nuclear partners against shared targets.
…Originally, Trump proposed his nuclear partnership with Russia as an unusual form of deterrence. In 2016, however, he repeatedly stated his goal to use nuclear weapons on other countries.
In an interview with Chris Matthews in April, Trump said the use of nuclear weapons may be necessary under certain circumstances. When pressed to elaborate by a startled Matthews, Trump continued: “Then why are we making them? Why do we make them?” He went on to say he would consider using nuclear weapons on Europe and the Middle East…
At the time, Scarborough seemed deeply alarmed by Trump’s plans. On Aug 22, Trump threatened to reveal secret information about Scarborough and his co-host Mika Brzezinski. A few weeks later, the hosts met with Trump and have since providing flattering coverage of the president-elect.
Scarborough appears to be the sole media figure Trump informed on his new nuclear policy, which Scarborough paraphrased on Dec. 23 as “Let it be an arms race because we will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all.”
… a now seemingly Globalist GOP must denounce the Orange Gazbag connection to the Russians because … nukes as a business negotiation tool … OTOH, there’s all that Russian oligarch money and it is tempting to think that threatening countries with nuclear weapons could make you scads of offshore money … and the RWNJs think radiation will what… go away because of bunkers and a mineshaft gap?
In a striking statement that seems to further align Trump with Putin, the incoming U.S. president tweeted that he agreed with the Russian leader’s assessment that Clinton and the Democratic Party generally have not shown “dignity” following widespread loses in the November election.
“So true!” Trump tweeted of Putin’s comments, apparently referencing statements the Russian made at his year-end news conference.
Trump’s expressed admiration of Putin came only hours after he released to the media a warm letter the Russian sent him. The Friday night tweet sparked cries of alarm from former U.S. officials and other Trump critics on social media
….his whole presidency will be about hubris, over-reaction, and achieving more fame to help his post-presidency business brand.
In his 1997 article “Fascism – Borderless and Red”, Dugin proclaimed the arrival of a “genuine, true, radically revolutionary and consistent, fascist fascism” in Russia. He believes that it was “by no means the racist and chauvinist aspects of National Socialism that determined the nature of its ideology. The excesses of this ideology in Germany are a matter exclusively of the Germans, … while Russian fascism is a combination of natural national conservatism with a passionate desire for true changes.”[6] “Waffen-SS and especially the scientific sector of this organization, Ahnenerbe,” was “an intellectual oasis in the framework of the National Socialist regime”, according to him.”[6]
Republican leaders must condemn @realDonaldTrump‘s alliance with Putin, a foreign adversary who is actively undermining our democracy. https://t.co/7q0OkzNF2T
Donald Trump lashed out at MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” by calling hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough “clowns” and suggesting that they’re dating (they are).
The spat directly contradicts claims made by Trump’s campaign manager just hours earlier.
“I don’t like when people hurl personal insults,” Kellyanne Conway told ABC News’ “This Week.” “That will never be my style, I’m a mother of four small children, it would be a terrible example for me to feel otherwise … [Trump] doesn’t hurl personal insults.”
Actor Alec Baldwin, who’s been making headlines for his impressions of Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” said in an interview published Friday that he doesn’t hate the president-elect, but he wishes he weren’t president.
“I don’t hate him. I want him to enjoy his life. I just want him to not be the president of the United States — as quickly as possible,” Baldwin told The New York Times.
The next months are going to be a boon for political cartoonists. Fresh material every day. Might also want to buy stock in Photoshop.
I say “months” instead of four years because I honestly don’t think he will last four years. He will either be impeached or resign before the first term is up.
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The next months are going to be a boon for political cartoonists. Fresh material every day. Might also want to buy stock in Photoshop.
I say “months” instead of four years because I honestly don’t think he will last four years. He will either be impeached or resign before the first term is up.
He mentioned even before he decided to run for the nomination that he would resign the presidency if it interfered with his businesses
The only problem with that is, he changes his mind with every tweet.