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1 - Before invading, Putin made assessments. One of them was that America was fractured - or at minimum - divided. Without that assessment this war would NOT be happening! Because America, democracy, and the NATO alliance are Putin's obsessions. His goal: DIMINISH THEM!
1 - Before invading, Putin made assessments. One of them was that America was fractured - or at minimum - divided. Without that assessment this war would NOT be happening! Because America, democracy, and the NATO alliance are Putin's obsessions. His goal: DIMINISH THEM!
2 - For years, Putin saw Trump's fetishization for cruelty, need to win every transaction, AND the GOP's unbridled lust for regaining power. He saw the potential for American democracy itself to be altered or compromised. He saw American citizens buying into strongman propaganda.
3 - What Putin saw was a metastasizing infection. OUR infection. Let's call it TrumpISM. In the world of Trumpism, authoritarians (like him) are admired as powerful, manly, strong. And the strong take what they can. Because winning is everything.
4 - To be clear, Trumpism is not just one orange-tinted sociopath. Nor is it just the angry mob. It's a complex apparatus of enablers, amplifiers and opportunists who believe in attaining power at any cost. It's the shameless like McCarthy; or toxic blowhards like Tucker Carlson.
5 - Putin knows that in America's GOP, the ends justify the means. And Trump, the useful idiot himself, will keep spewing fuel on the fire. And he has! And so did Carlson! And so did Pompeo! Even now Russian media is playing Trump/Pompeo on endless video loops! DON'T FORGET THIS!
6 - Putin had every reason to expect Trumpism and the GOP to help his cause with Ukraine. But Putin made other faulty assessments. He underestimated NATO's unity, which is due - in no small part - to Biden/Blinken. He underestimated Zelensky's leadership, and Ukrainians' bravery.
7 - Because of the solidarity of NATO, Zelensky's leadership and Ukrainians' bravery, the political calculus by the American GOP changed. It didn't change for humanitarian reasons! They read the room and knew their best alternative was to now flip to Ukraine and away from Putin.
8 - But that's no permanent flip! The GOP cares for NOTHING above power. They'd sell their own mothers for it, in a flash. And Putin still believes enablers of Trumpism may control at least one chamber in Congress soon. Maybe the WH in 3 years, when sanctions might be rolled back
9 - And Putin knows he can STILL have an impact on a susceptible American electorate in 2024 through cyber efforts, and that even though the GOP might express outrage at his actions now, all he needs to do is wait this out with them, and they'll assuredly welcome his help then.
10 - Whatever happens in Ukraine, America has to vanquish its TRUE foe. It's not Putin. And it's not Trump. It's PROPAGANDA. Authoritarianism can ONLY grow in an environment of DISINFORMATION. Disinformation and propaganda are everywhere now. It's constant. Relentless. Amplified.
11 - In 2022, American Democracy itself WILL be on the line. Democracy HAS to prevail! How? The truth. The truth is the only archenemy of the lie, and the truth is STRONGER than the lie. So, for Democracy to prevail, enough TRUTH has to prevail!
12 - In 2020, we spoke TRUTH about the aberrant psychopathology of Trump in our film #UNFIT. It also spoke to his autocratic aspirations which we saw again at CPAC. Our film was widely distributed; widely seen. It made a difference. It crossed over to moderates, and there's lots!
13 - In 2022, before the midterms, we will release #UNTRUTH - the Psychology of TrumpISM and the War for Democracy. It will also make a difference. It will speak truth to ANYONE who watches it. (Almost everybody watches films, and when they watch, they're away from the noise.)
14 - #UNTRUTH must be a fiercely truthful and independent film (like #UNFIT). It's the only way films like these can be made. If enough truth prevails, democracy will prevail! The more we know about what Trumpism really is, the better chance we have.
15 - Here's a link. PLEASE - click it, watch the short trailer at the top, then scroll down and read the truth about Trumpism. It's behavioral psychology. And it's there. We hope you'll also consider supporting the effort. We're all in this together.
bit.ly/34DmQZP
bit.ly/34DmQZP
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