"Sliding Very Quickly In Russia's Direction"

 

While we dislike quoting from far-right military interventionist, former Ambassador John "The Fightin' Stache" Bolton has it right here, in his commentary on CNN about the upcoming meeting between the Malignant Fascist and his handler, Russian war criminal Vladimir Putin: 

"The only better place for Putin than Alaska would be if the summit were being held in Moscow. So, the initial setup, I think, is a great victory for Putin. He's a rogue leader of a pariah state, and he's going to be welcomed into the United States.

Second, I have a feeling, this is sliding very quickly in Russia's direction. We're not quite back at February the 28th, in the Oval Office, when Trump told Zelenskyy, You don't have any cards. But what's happening is that Russia and the United States are discussing what terms they're going to present to Zelenskyy, and it may well be that Zelenskyy has no choice here. Surrendering is always one way to get a peace deal.

And it seems to me, you listen to Trump talking about how things are progressing, that even without the meeting, Putin's got his old magic back, with Trump. And all that disappointment, all that outrage, so on and so forth, now you're talking about a deal between Trump and Putin? Think of the press that will get. I have to say, from the strategic perspective, from the U.S. interest perspective, this was not a good day." (our emphasis)

Excluding Ukraine from the meeting (so far at least) has the earmarks of a hastily thrown together a one-sided "deal" that favors Russia's aims toward subjugating Ukraine and intimidating democratic Europe.  The MF has never cared about democracy here or abroad, and openly admires thugs and dictators like Putin.  He'll sell out Ukraine unless stopped by advocates here and among our allies. That's a long shot considering the MF's personal goals are distracting from his Epstein scandal / Big Ugly Bill / impending recession, and undeservedly receiving a Nobel Prize for Peace (while supporting Netanyahu's brutality in Gaza, and tearing down democratic institutions in the U.S.).

(photo: the fix is in)