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We must remember to congratulate Putin on having captured Trump. It appears to have been quite a cheap deal. $50mn through a Palm Beach by Kremlin-loyal oligarch Dmitri Rybolovlev & some condo purchases by impressive Russian organized criminals, such as Vyacheslav Ivankov.
2. We don't know why Deutsche Bank gave Trump & Kushner $2 bn in credits, when everybody knew they were deadbeats, but the suspicion lingers that these loans were guaranteed by Russian state banks. Mueller failed to inform us about this.
3. However small Putin's investments in Trump were, they have given wonderful returns. Trump has persistently praised Putin & his dictatorship in Russia.
4. Trump has persistently opposed more Western sanctions on Russia &n now he has managed to stop more Western sanctions on Russia. That is a great prize that we must congratulate Putin on.
5. Trump has also abandoned all traditional Western values, such as freedom & human rights. He is making sure that the White House is not protesting against Putin's ever great human rights violations and crackdowns on peaceful democratic demonstrations (as in China).
6. Trump has supported Russia & Iran in Syria so that Assad can kill as many enemies as he really feels like killing.
7. On North Korea, Trump has given Kim Jong un the privilege of having nuclear arms without having to make an concession. Trump has reinforced Kim's brutal dictatorship without getting anything in return.
8. To the smart Iranians the lesson for Ukraine, Iraq & North Korea is evident: You have to get nuclear arms as fast as possible to be safe. Trump is successfully breaking up the whole global nuclear non-proliferation regime. For what purpose? Vanity events!
9. Trump is quickly discrediting all US values & principles by doing the opposite. He imposes taxes, called import tariffs, at will in a completely arbitrary fashion. He stands up for white supremacism. He favors corporate welfare over all forms of people's welfare.
10. He is breaking up the global trading regime & undermining the World Trade Organization, which is bound to impede and possibly reducing standard of living everywhere. His focus is discretionary presidential power.
11. The most obvious target of Trump's policies is the Western alliance. He is dead against the EU - just like Putin, and he has undermined all confidence in NATO. He is the Ugly American personified & who wants to deal with the most obvious enemy? Only true authoritarians.
