Preface: So Trump says no to the Ukraine in NATO....and no peace keeping forces in Ukraine? And he wants elections.....never mind that Putin is there because they do not have fair elections in Russia. He wants Putin taken back into the G7....to make it the G-8 again. And there are reports out now that he doesn't want war crimes charges pursued against Russia? He called Zelensky a dictator....and accused him of starting this war. So NATO nations....with the United States seemingly on Putin's side....may never be able to trust our alliance again? Every one of our allies around the world now has to reassess everything. Even some of Trump's supporters in Congress are beginning to wonder why....why is he against NATO....why does it seem like he does Putin's bidding? The following was first posted on February 17:
It's not an easy topic to tackle....particularly at this time....but it needs to be done. Yesterday....and thankfully for the innocent American citizen involved.....one of Putin's political prisoners....an American history teacher....arrested in Russia on a trumped up and false charge....was released and returned to America.
He returned with the biggest smile that you can imagine....and went to the White House....thanked President Trump profusely and profoundly.....and called him.....(along with others)....a hero. It was a tremendous....optic....in cementing Trump's first one hundred days in office as being not only a great success so far....but extraordinarily visionary....and encouraging and motivational for many Americans on that side of the political equation.
So....as we look at the smiles of this gentleman....and smile ourselves....after an obligatory period of time....we need to go further into what has happened....and it is not going to be pretty.
Putin went to extraordinary lengths....and tried his best....to get Donald Trump elected in 2016. Now....whether his efforts in the long run were a factor or not....and they probably were not....the fact and the question remains....why....did Putin want Trump to win....and why today.....does he still want Trump to be exalted as he is being?
Folks....this is a major issue....Trump and Russia....but it is only one of the major issues. Please keep that in mind. There are numerous books that have been written just on this subject....and I've read a number of them....but we on our side have been told...and we obeyed....in not reading this information.
Donald Trump had been involved with Russians since the 1980s....both with oligarchs in Russia....and with their representatives here in America....and even in New York City. They would buy into his very expensive residences in various towers....as a means of hiding money that suddenly was available to entrepreneurs in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. You do remember do you not....how when Eric Trump was long ago asked if they were concerned about getting loans for their many projects....that Eric said that there were no worries because they could get all the money they need from Russia?
What's known as....kompromat...has always been at the core of Soviet intelligence gathering....and Donald Trump....according to a number of testimonies....had been of prime interest to these Soviet and now Putin led agencies. Paul Manafort comes into the equation. How familiar are you with the history of this man? He....almost unbelievably....was at one time named to head Trump's political campaign! Our intelligence agencies were very concerned about then candidate Trump actually becoming the president. It was their duty....and it would have been dereliction of duty....for them not to follow up on what was happening. Today....with all the purging being done on orders by Trump....I can't even imagine anyone in the agencies sitting down at a meeting and even bringing up some concern about Trump and Putin....for they would summarily be dismissed of their duties.
Trump had from day one in his first term been against NATO. He said that it was only about money....but Putin was lovin' it. In Helsinki....Trump and Putin met....with only interpreters! Trump's aides were aghast at that....but today those diplomats have been purged. So today we have the war in Ukraine. What would have at one time been almost inconceivable....is that the United States is perceived to have become more of an ally to Putin....than to Europe. Trump has to walk a fine line....that's for sure....but we no longer have the intelligence agencies to check on him.
So it was not surprising that Putin gave up this political pawn in the release of the American history teacher. I'm sure that just about everyone on the republican and conservative and even evangelical side of things today....think that this was more...."winning"....by Donald Trump. All that the rest of us can do is just watch....and pray....and continue to examine ourselves....because we are as responsible for what we have become as anyone....for....'we built this city'....as that old and much-maligned rock song lyrics rang out...."We built this city.....we built this city on Rock n' Roll!" We were right there in the culture all along....enjoying it all....making money....until we took umbrage with the radical wokism that was a natural result of life in Vanity Fair. Now we just want to be great again....and go back to enjoying ourselves....and we do not want to be bothered by incidentals of Donald Trump....or Bible prophecy....or the holiness of God....or anything else that might stop us from....'winning."
