Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2

[Richard Smith]

"A new NPR/PBS/Marist College poll, more than half -- 56% -- of Americans said that Biden's first year in office was a "failure,"

[Rick Plant]

'Trump's brain isn't normal': Conservative trashes 'deranged' former president for Putin praise



In a blunt-talking column for the Daily Beast, conservative columnist Matt Lewis ripped into Donald Trump, claiming the former president lives in some sort of "sick universe" after he praised Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Lewis, who has long been a critic of Trump, hammered the former president and insisted Trump's praise of the brutal Russian president -- along his history of expressing his admiration for other violent dictators -- is "deranged" and should be cause enough to bar him from ever setting foot in the Oval Office again.

Noting Trump described the invasion of Ukraine by Putin as an act of "genius," Lewis wrote, "A normal person might condemn Putin’s illegal and immoral invasion and the shameful propaganda that sought to justify it; Trump’s first impulse was to praise how well Putin lied about the bogus pretext."

Pointing out that Trump -- and former secretary of state Mike Pompeo -- approved of the technical aspects of the invasion without "technically" endorsing it, Lewis asked, "So what explains Trump’s deranged interpretation of events?"

The answer, he suggested, is, "Trump has a soft spot for authoritarians and strongmen who use violence."

"This is, after all, the same guy who said of Saddam Hussein, 'He was a bad guy, really bad guy, but you know what he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good,'" the columnist recalled. "Of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Trump said, 'It’s incredible. He wiped out the uncle, he wiped out this one, that one. I mean this guy doesn’t play games. And we can’t play games with him.'"

"Trump’s brain isn’t normal. He majors in the minors and minors in the majors. He fetishizes feats of strength and obsesses over “process”—how somebody does something—while downplaying the much larger question—should they be doing this in the first place?" he wrote. "At this point, I am sick of debating whether Trump’s praise for Putin is strategic or simply the product of a twisted mind. Either option is disqualifying."

"This is the millionth reason why Trump should never again be allowed within 100 miles of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," he added before concluding, "If you think Citizen Trump poses a threat to the current world order, just imagine how dangerous President Trump would be in the White House again."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2656797174/

[Rick Plant]

Trump White House was warned about 'psycho list' extremists attending Jan. 6 rally



According to a new report from the Washington Post, Donald Trump's White House was made aware that some attendees who would be speaking at the "Stop the Steal" rally that preceded the Capitol riot were causing alarm among the event's organizers.

The Post is reporting that the House select committee is now being supplied with audiotapes of squabbles between some of the organizers bickering to the point where one of them requested a police officer be dispatched to remove one attendee.

According to the report, "At roughly 8:15 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, a few hours before President Donald Trump and his allies whipped up thousands of supporters with false claims of election fraud, law enforcement was summoned to the rally grounds to deal with a 'possible disorderly.'" before adding, "The incident threatening to disrupt the event at the Ellipse wasn’t happening in the crowd. It was happening backstage."

A review of texts and recorded audio is revealing there were concerns about some of the speakers with "Kylie Jane Kremer, executive director at Women for America First, a pro-Trump group that held the permit for the rally" battling Republican fundraiser Caroline Wren over the speakers which led to a call for police intervention.

That information has drawn the interest of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot that forced lawmakers to flee for their lives.

"Wren, who was listed on the permit for the rally as a 'VIP ADVISOR,' had with others organized an initial spreadsheet of potential speakers that included far-right conspiracy theorists such as Alex Jones and Ali Alexander, planning documents obtained by The Post show. The final list of Jan. 6 speakers was personally approved by Trump and did not include Jones and Alexander, according to those documents and people involved in the planning, who like others interviewed for this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity," the Post report before adding that "Kremer grew concerned that Wren was rearranging seats and trying to move Jones and Alexander closer to the stage."

The report goes on to add, "The Post’s reporting also shows that the White House was made aware of concerns among Trump allies that some people coming to Washington on Jan. 6 to potentially speak at the rally were too extreme, even for a president who had frequently pushed or crossed the boundaries of traditional political norms."

"The advance warnings to the White House and the friction among Wren and Pierson and her team have become a focus for the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, as lawmakers try to understand the planning and financing behind the rally, according to multiple people familiar with the panel’s work," the Post is reporting before adding, "Pierson, a former Trump campaign aide, was initially brought in to assist with the rally by Wren, according to two people involved in the event. Three days before Jan. 6, Pierson raised concerns to Meadows about Wren’s proposed speakers. She wrote in a text to Meadows: 'Caroline Wren has decided to move forward with the original psycho list. So, I’m done. I can’t be a part of embarrassing POTUS any further.'"

You can read more here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/26/trump-pierson-wren/

[Rick Plant]

Trump fanatics are speaking at white supremacist and white nationalists rallies. When they are questioned they have no answer. The GOP supports violence and white nationalists. The GOP said the violent 1/6 insurrection is "legitimate public discourse". You wouldn't be speaking in front of these hate groups unless you were looking for their support and align with them.   

Watch Marjorie Taylor Greene scramble to explain why she spoke at a white nationalist conference



In a video posted to Twitter by the Washington Post's Robert Costa, controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was put on the spot by a CBS reporter as he attempted to get her to explain why she agreed to speak to a group of white nationalists at a conference in Florida.

During the tense confrontation, with the Georgia Republican flanked by security, she batted aside specific questions about her speech at the meet-up organized by a prominent white supremacist provocateur who she posed with for pictures, but then claimed she didn't know who he was.

"I don't know Nick Fuentes,” Taylor Greene insisted. “I’ve never heard him speak. I’ve never seen a video. I don’t know what his views are, so I’m not aligned with anything that may be controversial.”

Claiming she was only there to speak to younger conservatives, the CBS reporter interjected, "It’s a white nationalist group."

“Excuse me, a minute. I’ll tell you exactly why I went,” Taylor Greene snapped. "I went to talk to them about America First Policies and I talked to them about what’s important for our country going forward.”

Taylor Greene then went on a diatribe attacking President Joe Biden over the Ukraine invasion before cutting the interview short as she was hustled away.

Watch below:

https://twitter.com/costareports/status/1497621644180869124

[Rick Plant]

GOP senator dodges question over whether Trump should condemn Putin

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of the Senate Republican campaign arm, dodged questioning on Saturday regarding whether former President Trump should condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

In a brief interview with CBS News’s Robert Costa at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Scott was asked if Trump, who is scheduled to speak later Saturday, should condemn Putin.

“Well, clearly, we all ought to be condemning what's going on in Ukraine. I mean, Putin is a thug. We need to hold him accountable. I hope the Biden administration, hope everybody, you know, holds — does everything they can to hold the Biden administration —” Scott said before Costa interjected to ask if that included Trump.

Scott said that was a decision Trump needed to make.

“Putin is a thug. It's despicable. My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine. I'm gonna do everything I can to help the Ukraine citizens. We need to make sure we provide all the resources we can,” Scott continued.

"So it's up to him whether he condemns Putin or not?” Costa asked Scott.

“Of course, it’s always up to him,” the Florida senator answered.

Costa pressed the Florida Republican again, asking if wanted to hear the former president issue a “strong message” against the Russian invasion.

“Well, I talked to President Trump. I talked to Republicans all over the country. We're all focused on making sure we get the Senate back,” Scott answered.

Trump has faced criticism for remarks he made earlier this week on the "The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show" in which he said that Putin’s recognition of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine was "pretty savvy" and "smart."

"I went in yesterday, and there was a television screen, and I said, 'This is genius,'" Trump said during the interview. "Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine — Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful."

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), a frequent critic of Trump and one of a group of House Republicans who voted to impeach him last year, said his praise for Putin “aids our enemies.”

"Former President Trump’s adulation of Putin today — including calling him a 'genius' — aids our enemies," the Wyoming Republican tweeted. "Trump’s interests don’t seem to align with the interests of the United States of America."

Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said that Putin should not be praised following Russia's invasion into Ukraine.

"He is certainly not someone to be praised, and I think what we ought to be encouraged by is the reaction across the free world. Really what Putin wants more than anything is disunity, because disunity will lead to an ineffective response," McMaster said during an interview on CNN.

The Hill has reached out to Scott’s office for further comment.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/595985-gop-senator-dodges-question-over-whether-trump-should-condemn-putin

[Richard Smith]

Trump realizes that praise is a great tactic to use on a narcissist like Putin.  Rather than simply pushing him to further extremes with insults, Trump was successful in appealing to his ego.  A small price to pay to keep the peace.  Piling on Putin in this situation leaves him no room for de-escalation.   That makes a bad situation much more dangerous.  Effective diplomacy always leaves your adversary with a means to save face.   JFK recognized that during the Cuban missile crisis when he made a deal to remove missiles from Turkey.  Unfortunately, that subtlety is lost on fanatics who view every situation through their own political bias regardless of the cost.

[Rick Plant]

As the entire world condemns Putin and rallies around Ukraine and President Biden's strong leadership, Russian assst Criminal Donald is once again praising his puppet master. Trump is a Russian asset, GOP Traitors, Traitor Trump, GOP is the Russian Party have all been trending on Twitter all over the world. Also white nationalists has been trending since they are the GOP base. Absolutely disgusting and that's why the GOP will lose badly in November. Americans reject hate and white supremacy and a GOP party that supports Putin.

Trump again praises Putin as ‘smart’ — says the problem is 'our leaders are so dumb'
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-praised-smart-putin-us-stupid-country-2022-2