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Tell me I'm not seeing what I'm seeing (Original Post) jmowreader 23 hrs ago OP
trump is a russian asset doing his best to destroy the USA. mucifer 23 hrs ago #1
trump IS a Russian Asset... slightlv 22 hrs ago #5
X1000 yorkster 6 hrs ago #25
Nah, Russian asset is accurate and works for me. Hey Joe 4 hrs ago #30
everything he does helps Russia and hurts us...absolutely yes he is. themaguffin 4 hrs ago #31
The man is a sanctioned terrorist. miyazaki 23 hrs ago #2
The war is a gift to US oil producers bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #3
The oil companies are raking it in. The average citizen gets nothing. wnylib 22 hrs ago #6
Bingo. littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #8
Citizens have gotten family members sent home in caskets. Bayard 22 hrs ago #11
What if people on both sides just flat out refused wnylib 21 hrs ago #14
Exactly. OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #19
I remember that Christmas Eve story. There is a song about it. Amaryllis 6 hrs ago #24
Well, we DO get the privilege of paying more to fill up our cars FoxNewsSucks 21 hrs ago #15
Not to worry. It's all going according to plan. BurnDoubt 23 hrs ago #4
Reminder: 77 million shitbag Americans voted for this. FOR this. n/t flvegan 22 hrs ago #7
And, that needs to be remembered, once things improve. OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #20
You are so right. FM123 3 hrs ago #32
Allegedly quakerboy 2 hrs ago #33
Ignoring Putin giving targeting intelligence to Iran while allowing Russia to better fund their war against Ukraine. surfered 22 hrs ago #9
Trump sure does a lot of stuff that helps Russia Skittles 22 hrs ago #10
I've heard they have "something" bagimin 20 hrs ago #16
of course they do Skittles 20 hrs ago #17
You're seeing clear as day with 20-20 sight ancianita 21 hrs ago #12
Trump's war on Iran also makes the oil he is stealing from Venezuela worth more money too. Botany 21 hrs ago #13
NyetCollusion2 czarjak 11 hrs ago #18
There are a lot... GiqueCee 9 hrs ago #21
Your eyesight is excellent. niyad 8 hrs ago #22
Dump & Netahoohoo & Poopin Axis of Evil Clouds Passing 7 hrs ago #23
Yes you are correct. And Trump hopes to steal Iran oil and other resources. Irish_Dem 5 hrs ago #26
Krasnov did this right after a 1 hour phone call with Putin gab13by13 5 hrs ago #27
He wants Iran to suffer more than he wants Russia to suffer. Shermann 5 hrs ago #28
When the economy completely crashes there won't be anyone that can afford to buy over priced gas. flashman13 4 hrs ago #29

slightlv

(7,760 posts)
5. trump IS a Russian Asset...
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 07:09 PM
22 hrs ago

has been for decades. Russia plays the long game. They never planned to bomb or go to war with the US, they knew they could take us down from the inside... because OUR oligarchs are just like THEIR oligarchs! One thing Putin knows is how to "handle" rich white men.

And I do hope we don't get into semantics... that crap is driving me crazy. He can't be a traitor because he doesn't fit the very narrow single definition of treason. And yet, anyone with a lick of sense sees what he's doing as treason. We have to either come up with new words for his crimes, or redefine the existing ones. Because he ain't getting out of this alive...

Hey Joe

(571 posts)
30. Nah, Russian asset is accurate and works for me.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 01:25 PM
4 hrs ago
Trump is Putins ass pony, buttboy and fluffer.

bucolic_frolic

(54,884 posts)
3. The war is a gift to US oil producers
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 06:30 PM
23 hrs ago

US is the world's largest exporter of oil. We are raking in the petrodollars

wnylib

(25,766 posts)
14. What if people on both sides just flat out refused
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:48 PM
21 hrs ago

to fight? It happened briefly in WWI on Christmas Eve. Both sides saw no point in fighting each other on the holiday that was supposed to celebrate peace on earth. They laid down their arms and met each other in no man's land between the lines.

Why should soldiers fight and die on behalf of oligarchs and dictators who sell war in the name of patriotism when it is only for the personal gain of the leaders who start the war?

OldBaldy1701E

(11,008 posts)
19. Exactly.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:04 AM
10 hrs ago

However, that requires a level of sacrifice and effort that doesn't seem palatable for this country these days.

After all, that has been my siren for a while now. Stop doing their bidding. But...

BurnDoubt

(1,650 posts)
4. Not to worry. It's all going according to plan.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 07:04 PM
23 hrs ago

By next Christmas you’ll be able to afford twenty Russian Nesting Dolls!!!!!!!!
Winning!!!!!!

OldBaldy1701E

(11,008 posts)
20. And, that needs to be remembered, once things improve.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:08 AM
10 hrs ago

Everyone knows a few neighbors that had MAGA crap all over their houses. Once they realize that they are not among the anointed, they will be hiding that shit faster than a four year old with that cookie you told them to not have.

Don't let them. Remember them. Mark them. Let them know that we are now aware of their... shortcomings... and will be keeping an eye on them from now on. Just to make sure they don't do something completely stupid and dangerous like eating lead paint, or walking out into traffic, or like they did in that last election.

FM123

(10,358 posts)
32. You are so right.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 02:41 PM
3 hrs ago

77 million voted for this. And nearly 90 million eligible voters just sat it out all together and didn't vote, letting these 77 million have their way with us.

surfered

(13,133 posts)
9. Ignoring Putin giving targeting intelligence to Iran while allowing Russia to better fund their war against Ukraine.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 07:52 PM
22 hrs ago

…Just to save his own political skin from his own stupid decision, which drove up fuel prices

Skittles

(171,297 posts)
10. Trump sure does a lot of stuff that helps Russia
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:00 PM
22 hrs ago

nothing to see here, move along............

Skittles

(171,297 posts)
17. of course they do
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:25 PM
20 hrs ago

imagine what Trump would be saying about a short, bald man otherwise

Botany

(77,141 posts)
13. Trump's war on Iran also makes the oil he is stealing from Venezuela worth more money too.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:44 PM
21 hrs ago

N/t

GiqueCee

(4,009 posts)
21. There are a lot...
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 09:01 AM
9 hrs ago

... convoluted motives in play in this monstrous clusterfuck, and I agree, your observation is definitely one of them. Putin is playing 3-D chess, while Trump is playing tiddly-winks.

Irish_Dem

(80,983 posts)
26. Yes you are correct. And Trump hopes to steal Iran oil and other resources.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:14 PM
5 hrs ago

It is high treason and theft.

gab13by13

(32,066 posts)
27. Krasnov did this right after a 1 hour phone call with Putin
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:37 PM
5 hrs ago

Krasnov is a Russian agent, why would a retired KGB agent lie about his code name being Krasnov?

Shermann

(9,052 posts)
28. He wants Iran to suffer more than he wants Russia to suffer.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:58 PM
5 hrs ago

It also may be strategic if there was a quid-pro-quo that wasn't disclosed. I'm not claiming there was, but it's very unlike Trump to hand Russia something of great value without getting something in return.

flashman13

(2,349 posts)
29. When the economy completely crashes there won't be anyone that can afford to buy over priced gas.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 01:11 PM
4 hrs ago

That's called unintended consequences.

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