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"Putin-style glorification of the Soviet regime is inspiring Trump's words...perhaps shaping his actions. Why is Trump spouting Russian propaganda?"

We know why.
@davidfrum #Maddow theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
"White House officials worry that Putin, who has held several calls with Trump, plays on Trump’s lack of knowledge [stupidity] while stoking his grievances...Trump treats Putin as a confidant – even asking for his advice."
#Maddow wapo.st/2uaF8er?tid=ss…
● Jan 2017: CIA tells Israeli intelligence that Russia has “leverages of pressure” over Trump & warns not to share secrets with the Trump admin lest they leak them to Russia
● May 2017: Trump shares Israeli intelligence with Russian diplomats
#Maddow
Chuck Rosenberg to @NicolleDWallace: Trump echoing the direct line of the Kremlin is likely part of a is counterintelligence investigation –– Why is Trump saying what he's saying? Is someone feeding Trump all this Soviet era propaganda?
@DeadlineWH #Maddow
Retired 4-star Army General Barry @mccaffreyr3 [MAR 2018]: I have concluded that President Trump is a serious threat to US national security. It is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the sway of Putin. Peril.
#Maddow
Former FBI counterintelligence asst director @FrankFigliuzzi1: Counterintelligence is going to look at why Trump's siding with a communist regime claiming the Russians were ‘right’ to go into Afghanistan...may be another sign he's been compromised.
#Maddow bit.ly/2F75bLv
Retired 4-star Army General Barry @mccaffreyr3 on Trump's false claims re Russia's invasion of Afghanistan: “It sounds as if the talking points are written by the GRU…”
@11thHour #Maddow
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Leonid Teyf, a wealthy Russian national living in NC accused of money laundering and plotting a murder-for-hire, has ties to Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin ["Putin's chef"], who was indicted by Mueller election tampering.
HT @WendySiegelman #Maddow bit.ly/2FhkrVs
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NEW ––> Trump admin makes FALSE case for crisis at border, laying foundation for Trump to declare a PHONY national emergency to build his useless wall. [FIFY, @PhilipRucker]

If there's such a crisis, why didn't Trump use all of the money he was allotted for the wall last year?
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To avoid questions, Mark Harris, GOP candidate at the center of NC's disputed 9th District race which is in limbo over voter fraud allegations [against Harris' campaign], ran out an emergency exit, set off the fire alarm, and then sped away in a waiting car. WTAF 😂
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My bad. Mark Harris, who's under investigation for unprecedented election fraud perpetrated by his campaign, didn't speed away in a waiting car tonight – that happened when he was fleeing from reporters last month too. omfg 😂
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It’s amazing enough that any U.S. president would retrospectively endorse Soviet invasion.

What’s even more amazing is that he would do so using the very same falsehoods originally invoked by Soviets themselves: “terrorists” and “bandit elements.”

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
It’s fitting that Putin’s campaign to reimpose official lying would culminate in a glorification of the catastrophic Afghanistan war.

And clearly, that campaign has swayed the mind of the president of the United States.
As of mid-morning on January 3, the day after the president’s repetition of Soviet-Putinist propaganda in the Cabinet room, there has been no attempt by the White House to tidy things up: no presidential tweet, no corrective statement.
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This isn't funny, it's highly disturbing. Why? There's only one way Trump got this opinion. This is a bitter, nostalgic pro-Soviet position. You can only get this opinion if you have been influenced by Russians who long for the glory days. #TrumpRussia /1 washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
The USSR invaded Afghanistan to support Afghanistan’s COMMUNIST, PRO-SOVIET government, which was in crisis after an internal coup. It was the Soviet analogue to the US intervention in Vietnam,... /2
a Cold War fiasco based in the misperception that a global superpower could impose its military might upon a proud people in forbidding terrain and for an unpopular cause. /3
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Trump’s rant at WH meeting today even made Bill Shine—disgraced FoxNews exec now head White House PR guy—squirm. He couldn’t sit still, as Trump rattled off his usual ignorant propaganda talking points and self-praise.
“What’s he done for me?”—Trump on Mattis, says he fired him because “I want results.” This rant at WH cabinet meeting is just incredible. It’s like he’s on speed. He just can’t shut up🤐. TV cameras should pan out—to capture the reaction of people in room.
How dumb is Trump? Really really REALLY dumb: "The reason Russia went into Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They were right to be there. That's why there's no Soviet Union."

It's a miracle we've survived 2 years of this. Not sure about the next two.
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#Maddow's scoop is damning for Nunes, showing his corruption & abuse of power for Trump. But Paul Ryan is House speaker, and he's known about all of it. He's been on board since at least his "don't leak"; keep it in the "family." GOP family is more mob-like than we ever imagined.
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