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Tuesday, February 04, 2025

In anticipation of Trump's return to the Oval Office, Russian experts often shared their hopes that he would destroy the U.S. government from within and undermine international relationships with allies -- and he is exceeding their expectations.

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Cackling Putin Pals Celebrate Trump's 'Simply Sensational' 1st Week of U.S. Self-Destruction My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social: www.thedailybeast.com/cackling-put ...

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-- Julia Davis (@juliadavisnews.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM

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Daily Beast, carrying Putin's water. Hilarious.

#1 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-02-04 07:21 AM | Reply

#1 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

Come on. You know that it's correct. Putin is now arguably the most powerful man in the world since Donald is back.

Some people so badly want to see evidence of strength and intelligence in Donald. They are not there.

The first weeks of the man's second term have been among the stupidest of any president on record.

Stupdity, as Heinlein said, is a capital offense.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-04 09:03 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

1 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

Donald's going to make a military miscalculation. We both know it. The man is drunk with power and wholly out of touch with reality.

Donald will hand us a military DEFEAT. The only question is how big and bad that is.

Servicemen will die; and Donald will not call the widows.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-04 09:27 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

What did the traitorous orange turd do with the missing Russia binder?

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-04 09:39 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Maybe they're cackling because they're watching a very stupid President of the United States self-immolate.

#5 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-02-04 09:50 AM | Reply

Is it too early to start talking about 25th Amendment? Oh wait, he's only appointing lunatics more loyal to him than to the nation to the Cabinet! America is F**ked! Thanks MAGAmorons!

#6 | Posted by danni at 2025-02-04 10:33 AM | Reply

"Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved, indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#7 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-02-04 01:26 PM | Reply

Cackling Putin Pals Celebrate Trump's First Week

To be fair, it is pretty effing hilarious.

#8 | Posted by censored at 2025-02-04 02:20 PM | Reply

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Cackling Putin Pals Celebrate Trump's 'Simply Sensational' First Week of U.S. Self-Destruction - DB, Julia Davis, February 3, 2025

|------- ... Vladimir Solovyov gloated about the latest developments. He said, "It's awesome, right? The Canadians and the Mexicans thought that all was well, but Trump told them, "By the way, I don't like you either." Solovyov played a clip of Trump announcing his tariffs on Canada and Mexico, which was followed by jolly cackling from pundits in the studio. ...

Sardaryan added, "I want us to pay very close attention to the latest statement of Marco Rubio, it was simply sensational. I had to re-check it three times from different sources because I got an impression that this was a statement by Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov - not Marco Rubio... He said what we've been asserting for three years." Sardaryan interpreted the words of the new U.S. Secretary of State to mean that the United States is abdicating its global leadership position in favor of multipolarity.

Sardaryan added that Tucker Carlson was unleashed to publicly "demolish Zelensky" because the Trump administration needs to devalue him in the eyes of the American population, cultivating public opinion to accept future decisions towards Ukraine that will be radically different from the approach of the previous administration. Sardaryan said that Rubio's statement demonstrates that America and Russia will finally be "speaking the same language" with respect to Ukraine.

Sardaryan noted how energized and happy everyone in Russia seems to be about the demise of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which aided countries recovering from disasters, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms. He urged Russia to capitalize on this development and step in to fill the void by creating a domestic equivalent of the program. He emphasized that this program wouldn't be based on philanthropy but rather serve as a tool to exercise influence over the countries that would benefit from Moscow's aid. He stressed, "Foreign assistance should be part of our foreign policy..." Solovyov concurred, "It could be a phenomenal lever."

In 2020, political scientist Dmitry Evstafiev predicted the disintegration of existing political institutions in the United States, prompted by Trump's outright rejection of bipartisanship, which will be replaced by an authoritarian system he is striving to create. Russian experts are happy to report that during his second term, Trump is doing just that. Andrey Sidorov, Deputy Dean of world politics at the MSU noted that the United States is now rapidly moving towards a dictatorship - and the American population won't be able to change this trajectory using the usual democratic means.

No longer fearing additional sanctions against Russia, Solovyov returned to his usual status as Trump's most influential Russian fanboy.
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No surprises there, including Tucker Carlson role... but doesn't this have the tones of 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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#9 | Posted by CutiePie at 2025-02-05 06:47 AM | Reply

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