Comments by "J Groovy" (@jgroovy1973) on "Will Russia's invasion of Ukraine crack Republicans’ tribal loyalty to Trump?" video.
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Deeds - Trump is the only leader of a NATO member nation who didn't condemn Putin for poisoning an opposition leader.
- Trump promoted the Kremlin's own material attacking Joe Biden.
- The Trump Administration stopped giving intelligence briefings to Congress on Russian election interference.
- After reports of Russia paying bounties to Taliban fighters to kill US soldiers, Trump did nothing except call news reports "fake."
- Trump actively worked to get intelligence to change assessments that Russia was targeting the 2020 election to favor him, and fired two people over it.
- Trump inexplicably moved to pull a third of the US troop force out of Germany shortly after a call with Putin.
- Trump's son, son-in-law, and campaign chairman met with surrogates of the Russian government at the infamous Trump Tower meeting to trade illegally obtained information about Clinton for sanction relief.
- Trump proposed scrapping the European Reassurance Initiative that imposed sanctions on Russia for their invasion of Ukraine, and quietly defunded it.
- Trump lied about pursuing a real estate deal in Moscow that required Kremlin approval, leaving himself vulnerable to blackmail by the Russians, who obviously knew he was lying to the public.
- Trump tried to discredit US intelligence conclusions that Russia meddled in the 2016 election so he could lift sanctions put on Russia over that meddling.
- Trump blocked the release of a State Department statement condemning Russia for seizing Ukrainian ships.
- Trump resisted the expulsion of Russian diplomats from compounds in the US as a response to their meddling in the 2016 election.
- Trump pushed Ukraine to make a deal with Russia in order to lift sanctions imposed on them over their invasion of Ukraine.
- The debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine hacked the DNC in 2016 was created by Russian military intelligence.
- Trump repeatedly insisted that Russia should be re-admitted to the G7 without any change in their behavior.
- Trump took funds from the Pentagon budget to fund his wall that came from programs to safeguard Ukraine from Russian aggression.
- Trump repeated Russian propaganda many times. He said the USSR occupied Afghanistan in '79 because of terrorists, and was "right to do it". (The US was instrumental in driving out the Soviets).
- While Putin was running a disinformation campaign against Montenegro, Trump said he thought Montenegro might start WWIII.
- Against advisor's advice, Trump congratulated Putin for "winning" a rigged election.
- Trump said Crimea was part of Russia.
- At a NATO summit, Trump refused to reaffirm Article 5, (The 'all for one' article only evoked once, by the US, after 9/11).
- At the Helsinki Summit, Trump said he didn't see why Russia would meddle in our election.
- "Russia, if you're listening..."
- Trump ordered a troop withdrawal from Syria a day before Putin's annual press conference. Russia is in Syria to protect the Assad regime. Under Obama, the official US position on Syria was that Assad should go. Trump changed that to allow Assad to stay for the time being.
- Trump security advisor, Carter Page, went to Moscow to make a speech disparaging US/Russia policy. (Page got caught-up in a Russian spy ring in 2013).
- The Trump campaign requested one change to the RNC platform - To remove language that said the US should help the Ukrainian resistance of Russian aggression.
- Trump campaign self described "dirty trickster", Roger Stone, said he had contacts with Guccifer 2.0 and Julian Assange, the very hackers who hacked the DNC and the guy who weaponized the information.
- The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee found that during the 2016 campaign, Stone had drafted pro-Putin tweets for Trump to send out as his own.
- Jarred Kushner met with the head of a SANCTIONED Russian bank to discuss setting-up a back-channel to the Kremlin to get around US intelligence.
- Russian born gangster, felon, and Trump business partner, Felix Sater, is reputed to have been working to get Trump elected. He worked with Trump on the Trump Tower Moscow project. Trump said he didn't know Sater well, and "probably wouldn't recognize him if I saw him". Sater was at Trump's election victory party.
- The Special Council's office arrested and charged a suspected Russian spy, Maria Butina, in connection with funneling money to the Trump campaign through the NRA.
- Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, offered polling data to a known Russian intelligence officer. 21 states' voter rolls were hacked. Manafort had been a lobbyist for Putin. He helped install a crooked, pro-Russian dictator in Ukraine.
- During the 2016 campaign, Michael Flynn went to Moscow for an RT event. (RT - Russia Today, aka, Russian propaganda), and made a speech disparaging US/Russia policy. He lied about his compensation and failed to register as a foreign agent.
- Flynn was fired as National Security Advisor for denying that he secretly discussed lifting newly imposed sanctions on Russia with Russian ambassador/spy, Sergey Kislyak, during the transition. After resisting, Trump was ultimately forced to fire Flynn, who was subsequently convicted of lying to the FBI.
- Trump chose Rex Tillerson, former CEO of Exxon, as his first Sec. of State. Tillerson had received Russia's highest award for a foreigner. Exxon lost a $500 billion oil deal with a Russian, state-run, oil company when the US sanctioned Russia for its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Trump fired Tillerson the day after he publicly criticized Putin.
- The FBI had asked the Trump campaign to call if they saw anything suspicious, but nobody did. Later, Trump would say, (about the Trump Tower meeting), "I think anyone would have taken that meeting". (No. That is not a normal part of a Presidential campaign).
- In a private meeting with Putin, Trump took possession of the notes of his own interpreter, and instructed the linguist not to discuss what transpired in the meeting with administration officials.
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@J_Madison - You hit all of the BS talking points. Hillary Clinton didn't just take a bribe and hand over 20% of US nuclear capability to the Russians! Does anyone really think anyone could do that? Like it's some kind of coke deal??
The Uranium One deal was a sale of shares, of a Canadian company, who could produce up to 20% of uranium from US mines. The advisory board consists of 9 US and 5 Canadian government agencies, and was led by a Republican. The State Department, headed by Clinton, was simply one of them. The alleged "briber" didn't have a stake in the company at the time, and would have had to bribe 13 other federal agencies. They ALL approved the deal, and only the President could veto the deal.
So, why wasn't Obama blamed for this "scandal"? Because Obama wasn't running for president. Clinton was.
Why was a years-old, routine deal called a scandal at all? Because it involved Hillary Clinton and uranium.
Yes, uranium is used in nuclear bombs to create a fusion reaction. It's mostly used in POWER PLANTS, where it isn't enriched to be weaponized. Russia has had the bomb for about seven decades. They have LOTS of uranium in their own soil. Russia has thousands of nuclear warheads, just like the US. A dozen or so could end life on Earth as we know it. The suggestion that somehow Clinton sold out our nuclear capability to Russia is ridiculous.
By the way, what are you accusing these people of anyway? You right wing trolls never have anything more than suspicion. Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean there must be some crime or conspiracy. It's pathetic.
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@J_Madison - Donald Trump was AGAINST arming Ukraine. It was one of the few things his party overrode him on.
These are FACTS about Trump and Russia:
- Trump is the only leader of a NATO member nation who didn't condemn Putin for poisoning an opposition leader.
- Trump promoted the Kremlin's own material attacking Joe Biden.
- The Trump Administration stopped giving intelligence briefings to Congress on Russian election interference.
- After reports of Russia paying bounties to Taliban fighters to kill US soldiers, Trump did nothing except call news reports "fake."
- Trump actively worked to get intelligence to change assessments that Russia was targeting the 2020 election to favor him, and fired two people over it.
- Trump inexplicably moved to pull a third of the US troop force out of Germany shortly after a call with Putin.
- Trump's son, son-in-law, and campaign chairman met with surrogates of the Russian government at the infamous Trump Tower meeting to trade illegally obtained information about Clinton for sanction relief.
- Trump proposed scrapping the European Reassurance Initiative that imposed sanctions on Russia for their invasion of Ukraine, and quietly defunded it.
- Trump lied about pursuing a real estate deal in Moscow that required Kremlin approval, leaving himself vulnerable to blackmail by the Russians, who obviously knew he was lying to the public.
- Trump tried to discredit US intelligence conclusions that Russia meddled in the 2016 election so he could lift sanctions put on Russia over that meddling.
- Trump blocked the release of a State Department statement condemning Russia for seizing Ukrainian ships.
- Trump resisted the expulsion of Russian diplomats from compounds in the US as a response to their meddling in the 2016 election.
- Trump pushed Ukraine to make a deal with Russia in order to lift sanctions imposed on them over their invasion of Ukraine.
- The debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine hacked the DNC in 2016 was created by Russian military intelligence.
- Trump repeatedly insisted that Russia should be re-admitted to the G7 without any change in their behavior.
- Trump took funds from the Pentagon budget to fund his wall that came from programs to safeguard Ukraine from Russian aggression.
- Trump repeated Russian propaganda many times. He said the USSR occupied Afghanistan in '79 because of terrorists, and was "right to do it". (The US was instrumental in driving out the Soviets).
- While Putin was running a disinformation campaign against Montenegro, Trump said he thought Montenegro might start WWIII.
- Against advisor's advice, Trump congratulated Putin for "winning" a rigged election.
- Trump said Crimea was part of Russia.
- At a NATO summit, Trump refused to reaffirm Article 5, (The 'all for one' article only evoked once, by the US, after 9/11).
- At the Helsinki Summit, Trump said he didn't see why Russia would meddle in our election.
- "Russia, if you're listening..."
- Trump ordered a troop withdrawal from Syria a day before Putin's annual press conference. Russia is in Syria to protect the Assad regime. Under Obama, the official US position on Syria was that Assad should go. Trump changed that to allow Assad to stay for the time being.
- Trump security advisor, Carter Page, went to Moscow to make a speech disparaging US/Russia policy. (Page got caught-up in a Russian spy ring in 2013).
- The Trump campaign requested one change to the RNC platform - To remove language that said the US should help the Ukrainian resistance of Russian aggression.
- Trump campaign self described "dirty trickster", Roger Stone, said he had contacts with Guccifer 2.0 and Julian Assange, the very hackers who hacked the DNC and the guy who weaponized the information.
- The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee found that during the 2016 campaign, Stone had drafted pro-Putin tweets for Trump to send out as his own.
- Jarred Kushner met with the head of a SANCTIONED Russian bank to discuss setting-up a back-channel to the Kremlin to get around US intelligence.
- Russian born gangster, felon, and Trump business partner, Felix Sater, is reputed to have been working to get Trump elected. He worked with Trump on the Trump Tower Moscow project. Trump said he didn't know Sater well, and "probably wouldn't recognize him if I saw him". Sater was at Trump's election victory party.
- The Special Council's office arrested and charged a suspected Russian spy, Maria Butina, in connection with funneling money to the Trump campaign through the NRA.
- Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, offered polling data to a known Russian intelligence officer. 21 states' voter rolls were hacked. Manafort had been a lobbyist for Putin. He helped install a crooked, pro-Russian dictator in Ukraine.
- During the 2016 campaign, Michael Flynn went to Moscow for an RT event. (RT - Russia Today, aka, Russian propaganda), and made a speech disparaging US/Russia policy. He lied about his compensation and failed to register as a foreign agent.
- Flynn was fired as National Security Advisor for denying that he secretly discussed lifting newly imposed sanctions on Russia with Russian ambassador/spy, Sergey Kislyak, during the transition. After resisting, Trump was ultimately forced to fire Flynn, who was subsequently convicted of lying to the FBI.
- Trump chose Rex Tillerson, former CEO of Exxon, as his first Sec. of State. Tillerson had received Russia's highest award for a foreigner. Exxon lost a $500 billion oil deal with a Russian, state-run, oil company when the US sanctioned Russia for its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Trump fired Tillerson the day after he publicly criticized Putin.
- The FBI had asked the Trump campaign to call if they saw anything suspicious, but nobody did. Later, Trump would say, (about the Trump Tower meeting), "I think anyone would have taken that meeting". (No. That is not a normal part of a Presidential campaign).
- In a private meeting with Putin, Trump took possession of the notes of his own interpreter, and instructed the linguist not to discuss what transpired in the meeting with administration officials.
Common sense shows whose side he is on.
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