President signed the legislation championed by late senator Lindsey Graham last month but has waived the restrictions as they were due to come into effect

Maybe "the West" no longer exists. There's just the US and then there's Europe, and each of them is doing their own thing.

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[–] 58 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Trump instigated the situation to justify doing this. Period.

It was always going to end this way because Putin ordered it, and he has enough video on Trump and his billionaire pals to get what he wants.

If only Epstein had lived long enough to see what power he still wields in this world— wars, fascism, racism, genocide—can all be laid at his feet because rich people like to rape enslaved women & children and therefore the tapes exist. What a proud moment for Epstein.

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  • [–] [S] 23 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Maybe Putin doesn't need video of Trump. Maybe Trump's admiration of dictators like Putin is all Putin needs to get Trump to do the Kremlin's bidding.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 days ago

    It's both. I am sure that the ex-KGB man Putin has more dirt on Trump than you could fit into all of Mar-a-Lago's bathrooms. And Trump wished he were smart enough to really be a dictator (just as he always tried to be accepted in NY and failing miserably), making him all buddy-buddy with his (smarter, actually "competent") autocrats and dictators (who laugh behind his back and use him just like the tool he is).

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago* (2 children)

    Trumps also up to his ears in Russian mob money from his real estate days.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Very true, and much more than any of us even know yet. But his real estate days are not over: he is still "doing deals" involving his properties from the Oval Office.

    And lest anyone ever forget, the basic facts of Gaza are these:

    Trump: developer
    Gaza: land now almost fully cleared for development

    Interesting how that has been working out for him.

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