The Malignant Fascist's Sudden Turn on Putin

 

For years, the dictator-admiring Malignant Fascist held Russian thug and war criminal Vladimir Putin in high regard, many would say in a worshipful way. One of the most humiliating instances of their unbalanced relationship was the Helsinki summit, held seven years ago tomorrow, which Putin clearly dominated, where the MF said he believed the former Russian intelligence officer over our own intelligence community about Russia's part in the 2016 election. In 2022, the MF clearly favored the Russian aggressors over Ukraine trying to defend itself, saying that Putin's assault on Ukraine was "savvy" and "genius." 

Jonathan Lemire, writing in The Atlantic, examines why the MF is seemingly tougher on Putin, and it fits with the transactional MF's narcissistic personality disorder:

"President Donald Trump is finally taking the fight to Vladimir Putin. Sort of. For now.

Trump’s deference to Russia’s authoritarian leader has been one of the most enduring geopolitical subplots of the past decade. But his frustration with Putin has grown. Last week, the president said the United States was taking “a lot of bullshit” from Putin. Today, he authorized a significant shipment of U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine via NATO and threatened Russia with new tariffs if the war does not end in 50 days.

The change, though, is not reflective of Trump adopting a new strategic worldview, two White House officials and two outside advisers to the president told me, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. Trump did not develop a new fondness for Ukraine or its president, Volodymyr Zelensky. He did not abruptly become a believer in the traditional transatlantic alliances prized by his predecessors as a counterweight to Moscow. Rather, Trump got insulted.

By ignoring Trump’s pleas to end the war and instead ratcheting up the fighting, Putin has made Trump look like the junior partner in the relationship. The Russian leader has “really overplayed his hand,” one of the officials told me. “The president has given him chance after chance, but enough is enough.” (our emphasis)

In reality, he's still soft on his friend in the Kremlin, freeing up some defensive Patriot missiles that our European allies were told to pay for, and giving Russia fifty days to end the war, which will give time for the Kremlin and their allies to develop work-arounds any new sanctions, and for Putin to murder thousands of more Ukrainians. The MF won't absorb the fact that Putin wants all of Ukraine, for starters, and may never.

(photo: Helsinki summit: the body language says everything)