It is astounding to see the rapidity with which Trump sycophants run to support his praise of Putin, completely ignoring loyalty to country or reality in the process. "As congressional Republican leaders push President Joe Biden to act more forcefully to
punish Vladimir Putin for sending troops into Ukraine, former GOP President Donald Trump and some of his prominent allies have been praising the Russian leader’s style of power.
The fissures point to
a growing divide in the Republican Party, between traditional foreign policy hawks who have advocated for a more confrontational U.S. posture to the Russian strongman and a Trump-aligned “MAGA” faction that has expressed some sympathy for Putin's tactics or described them as effective." Sickening.
"Fox News host Tucker Carlson has for weeks been
leading the charge against taking action to stop Russia, even as some of his colleagues have expressed the opposite position by
attacking Biden for not doing enough to deter Moscow.
Bannon and pro-Trump commentator Jack Posobiec
praised Putin’s pugilistic speech on their podcast, while Gateway Pundit, a popular hub of pro-Trump conspiracy theories and news,
downplayed Russia’s aggression. “Ukraine was part of Russia for more than 300 years," the site declared. “This is not Russian talking points.”" Yeah,
riiiiight. "Trump, meanwhile, sent a statement to his email list Tuesday with a single link to a story on RT.com, the website of the Kremlin-backed Russian television network."
