Things that Trump does that Russia likes:
- Attacks the credibility of U.S. media (so that people won’t believe them when they criticize him.
- Attacks the credibility of the intelligence services (so that people won’t believe them when they say Russia helped get him elected – or when they present evidence critical of him as a result of their investigations)
- Attacks the credibility of the Justice Department (so that people won’t believe them when they investigate and/or charge him with crimes)
- Attacks the alliances with Europe and NATO by defaulting on the U.S. commitment to Iran nuclear inspections
- Withdraws from the Trans Pacific Partnership and thus throws away U.S. leadership in Asia
- Attacks Mexico and is withdrawing from NAFTA, thus weakening an alliance with our neighbor
- Starts trade wars with China and the world, guaranteeing damage to the U.S. economy
- Increases the inequality gap in America (causing greater and greater hostility between the classes)
- Increases and promotes racism (causing greater and greater hostility between the races)
- Supports Republican efforts to suppress voter turnout of black and brown people
- Ignores Russian interference with our elections and thus allows and welcomes future interference
- Lets Russia pretty much do whatever it wants in Crimea, Syria, and around the world unchallenged
- Pays scant attention to Russian imprisonments and assassinations of political opponent of Putin
It’s possible that all of the above is not because Russia is
forcing him to destroy American democracy through blackmail or bribery. They could simply be exploiting his massive
weaknesses – an insatiable, grandiose ego, willful ignorance, and easy
manipulation and malleability.
It seems quite certain to me, however, that Donald Trump is Vladimir Putin and his Kleptocracy’s
dream come true. How could they better
destroy their old enemy America than help put this man in charge?
