Sandy Shanks
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Trump has a way of unhinging the left while at the same time having sane people realize what he said is perfectly reasonable.
You mean as in this reasonable?
Think of it. The President of the United States was asked if the Russia dictator who ordered the interference in our Presidential election was a friend or foe. The need to ask makes the question quite remarkable.
Then Trump gets it wrong. “I really can’t say right now. As far as I’m concerned, a competitor.” Nations do not have competitors. Nations have allies and hostile states while some countries claim to be neutral. The truth is, Trump avoided the question because he is sympathetic to Russia and that is not something a President admits to a television audience.[/QUOTE]
He is basing his decision on how Putin acts towards HIM and how Putin acts towards America while he is president.
He also senses that Russia could be a real ally in the future, rather than the outright enemy that they were when they were the Soviet Union. Russia really is more of a rival than an enemy at this point in time.[/QUOTE]
Yes, I know that is how he thinks. His thinking is in contrast to his NSA, his SecState, his DNI, his intelligence agencies, and the vast majority of Republicans in Congress. The man has been directly involved in foreign affairs for all of seventeen months, and nearly everyone around him is opposed to his views, including his closest friends on the Hill.
Now why is that? Why does he go one way, and everyone around him goes the opposite way? Russia interfered in our election, attacked Ukraine, annexed Crimea, supports a murderous dictator in Syria, and is Iran's main weapons provider and an ally. That is some "rival."
But Trump's base loves him. That says a lot about his base.