Putin said it was “madness” to allow countries like Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia to leave USSR.
Trump also opposed breakup, accusing Gorbachev of weakness & praising Communist China for showing strength in massacring students.
Coincidence?
#TrumPutin
2) In 1987 Soviet diplomats & KGB arranged a Moscow visit. On his return, Trump spent $100,000 on full-page ads criticizing US foreign policy on “why America should stop paying to defend countries that can afford to defend themselves."
#TrumPutin #GOPutin
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3) Trump’s love affair with authoritarianism & dictators is nothing new. Trump saw breakup of Soviet Union as weakness, praised communist China for massacre at Tiananmen, & praised China’s Xi for becoming “President for life.”
#TrumPutin #GOPutin #Ukraine
4) Trump withheld certified, Congressionally-approved military aid to Ukraine, violating the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which prohibits a president from doing so without Congressional consent. He was impeached. Republicans did nothing.
#TrumPutin #GOPutin #Ukraine
5) Not just Trump:
Mike Pompeo: “Very shrewd & capable. Very talented statesman. Knows how to use power. Enormous respect for him"
Pence: “A stronger leader”
Giuliani: “Makes a decision & executes it. That’s what you call a leader”
#TrumPutin #GOPutin
6) Putin earned KGB creds in brutal East Germany. His job was collecting “kompromat” on Westerners (compromising information for use in blackmail or manipulation for political purposes). Trump’s 1987 Moscow hotel room was bugged. This KGB defector warned us about #ActiveMeasures
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