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So he would trigger an article 5 incident to apease his ego? I hope one of is multiple cases gets him locked up. And I don't care where, as long as it means he isn't in office.
He just wants a little bit of war. Nothing crazy.
Nothing crazy.
Whatever marbles he had left, he lost them all...
It’s worse and more specific than that. He’s basically saying “Russia is welcome to trigger an Article 5 incident, because I won’t respond to it”.
Why do I have a feeling that Putin told him to say that. It's just too convenient for Trump to say that after that Tucker interview.
Like, am I imagining things? It's pretty clear they have communication, right?
Oh no, they've been communicating since before 2016. Just look at the changes to party platform for the GOP that year regarding funding to Ukraine. The new policies, which came directly from Trumps people, reversed course on Ukraine and basically adopted pro-Kremlin positions. And it was out of left field...on alot of policy positions, they didn't comment on shit or even have fully developed positions....but on Ukraine they have a very strong and very pro-Kremlin stance.
Absolutely. For anyone who's not familiar with Seth Abramson, he's written three enormous books sourced from major news media piecing all of it together in excruciating detail. Here's an interview about one of them for some flava.
TL;DR Donald Trump is 100% colluding with russia and has been for well over a decade. There's not a question about it. It's a tower of concrete facts.
This is the best summary I could come up with: Trump is an idiot.
Good bot
That's funny coming from a guy who is infamous for not paying his bills.
"If I were president I'd encourage Russia to start a world war by telling them to attack a country in a very large military alliance that we're part of"
Just when you think the MAGAzis and their sprayed clown couldn't get any dumber, here comes a public statement.
He is desperate to stay in the headlines recently, wonder what (specifically )he's trying to hide this time?
Well. At this point it feels like I'm just watching it happen. I can vote against fascism, but what the fuck else can I do?
We have to learn from Germany's mistakes: armed resistance is legitimate in the face of fascism.
It's this not the kind of scenario the founding fathers foresaw when drafting the second amendment?
“No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”
Meet the (Many) Small Business Owners Stiffed by Donald Trump - inc.com
So basically he wants WW3 to happen?
He probably thinks that will keep him out of jail
The last guy to be president during a world war was elected four times, therefore....
Yeah but he was also a decidedly competent leader for most of that time. Trump wouldn’t be. He’d just try to cement himself as a dictator.
And sell weapons to both sides
Every now and then trump says something where I think surely that had to have been taken at least slightly out of context, but nope, it's practically verbatim. Every single time.
quick reminder that only a single NATO member has called for help of their allies with article 5 so far
"No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”
This is a level of hypocrisy... I just cannot
for fucks sake even the dumbest plot in any call of duty was more intelligent than everything this stupid republican wants to happen...
Americans really need to bash their elected representatives to invest in public schools and free/affordable higher education. This muppet already happened, but maybe it's not too late to save the upcoming generations from another one.
“No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”
Not exactly the Christian way. Yet, evangelicals apparently just love a president who will throw their friends under the bus.
As someone currently on trial for fraud you'd think he'd not be framing himself as the person in the wrong.
He's really gunning for that Hero of Russia medal
Attack NATO with what? 😂
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He just does what Putin made him do. Blackmail is a wonderful thing...
"Made" him? Haha. Dipshit Don thinks he's impressing him.
And the stupidest thing is, he could have extorted billions from Putin on Inauguration Day.
"Drop any pictures you want, Vlad. I got the CIA in my pocket, and they'll prove it's fake news. Now wire the money, or Ukraine is getting a dozen nuclear submarines tomorrow."
Traitor.
The republicans I have talked with would fully be in board with this. They think NATO is an archaic organization that only existed because of the Cold War and should be disbanded…
Cool, let's see what states in the US are paying their fair share into the federal government, if you take more than you contribute then you loose your electoral votes.
But then a republican would literally never get elected.
Only seems fair if you don't pay your bills.
He's like a walking hypocrisy. The biggest deadbeat in the history of deadbeats thinks our allies should pay up or be executed by Russia.
Riiiight, Diaper Donnie. Why don't we get you back to the old-age home. I hear it's almost time for pudding.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Seeking a second presidency as the Republicans’ presumptive 2024 White House nominee, Donald Trump has said he would “encourage” Russia to attack any of the US’s Nato allies whom he considers to have not met their financial obligations.
Trump made the remarks on Saturday during a campaign rally in Conway, South Carolina, ahead of the state’s Republican presidential preference primary on 24 February.
On Saturday, Trump claimed that during an unspecified Nato meeting he told a fellow head of state that the US under his leadership would not defend any countries who were “delinquent”.
“Sounds as if Trump is kind of encouraging Russia to attack our Nato allies,” David Corn – an MSNBC analyst and the Washington DC bureau chief of Mother Jones – said on X.
The legislation was supported by Democratic incumbent Joe Biden, and Trump vowed that – if elected again – he would carry out “a massive deporation operation” on his first day back in the Oval Office.
The charges contained in four separate indictments across various jurisdictions allege that he tried to subvert the result of the election he lost, illegally retained government secrets after his presidency, and made illicit hush-money payments to a porn actor who claims to have had a sexual encounter with Trump.
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Wouldn’t that (by his reasoning) make the other NATO countries smart?