"Everyone needs to forget everything they think they know about Donald Trump and just see him as Vladimir Putin sees him. As a useful idiot that can destroy America from the inside. ...

Trump for President was a Russian initiative, dating back to the 1980s, when Trump — upon his return from his first trip to Moscow — placed $100,000 worth of newspaper ads attacking NATO."

~ Heidi Cuda

#Trump #Davos #NATO #Europe #GlobalOrder #Putin #Russia
/7

bylinesupplement.com/p/billion…

Billionaires, Bagmen, and Thieves

This week has shown that the plot to install Trump as President was the greatest success of foreign espionage in history, writes American political columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda

^{Heidi Cuda (Byline Supplement)}

"I try to read as much of the Russian press as I can. They're all like cackling about this. And so I think it's just this, this is the red line of red lines where you don't invade another country. And you don't threaten to invade another country. You don't threaten to invade an ally, which almost nobody's ever thought of as a possibility."

~ Rick Stengel

#Trump #Greenland #NATO #fascism #Europe #Putin
/12

americaamerica.news/p/the-rupt…

The Rupture with Europe and Other Madness

A recording from my live conversation with foreign policy expert Rick Stengel

^{Steven Beschloss (America, America)}

"Our narcissist in chief has exceeded Putin’s wildest dreams. Russia could not have imagined Trump would damage the US this badly."

~ John Harwood

#Trump #Greenland #NATO #fascism #Europe #media #Putin
/9

zeteo.com/p/trump-putin-damage…

Trump Has Exceeded Putin’s Wildest Dreams

Russia could not have imagined Donald Trump would damage the US this badly.

^{John Harwood (Zeteo)}

Ruth Ben-Ghiat offers a list of autocratic rationales behind Trump's fixation on Greenland: plunder, pleasing Putin, partnerships with technofascists, megalomania, corrupting the U.S. military.

#Trump #Greenland #NATO #fascism #Europe #TechBros #SiliconValley #broligarchy #Putin
/7

lucid.substack.com/p/the-autoc…

The Autocratic Rationales Behind Trump's Greenland Fixation

Plunder, Pleasing Putin, Partnerships with Technofascists, Megalomania, Corrupting the U.S. Military

^{Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid)}

President Zelensky:

"Just last year, here in Davos, I ended my speech with the words that Europe needs to know how to defend itself.

A year has passed, and nothing has changed."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

"When future historians ask what Putin wanted from Trump, the answer may be painfully simple: 'Everything America once stood for.'”

~ Thom Hartmann

#Trump #Greenland #dementia #madman #MadKing #fascism #Davos #NATO #Europe #Putin
/19

hartmannreport.com/p/will-no-o…

Will No One Hold Trump Accountable for Handing Putin Everything He Wanted?

When future historians ask what Putin wanted from Trump, the answer may be painfully simple: “Everything America once stood for.”

^{Thom Hartmann (The Hartmann Report)}