Trump openly embraces Putin as 'friend and partner,' ending Ukraine pretense
Political analyst Phillips P. O'Brien argues Trump has dropped his restraint and revealed his true allegiance to Putin as Russia escalates strikes on Ukraine civilians.
What to know
- Political analyst O'Brien argues Trump has ended his pretense of supporting Ukraine and now openly positions himself as Putin's partner and advocate.
- O'Brien characterizes recent emotional expressions from Trump toward Putin as evidence of Trump's true, long-held allegiance to Russia.
- The timing coincides with Russia escalating strikes on Ukrainian civilians, raising questions about Ukraine and Europe's ability to defend themselves.
“Donald Trump has been serially disloyal and unfaithful to every person in his life, except for Vladimir Putin.”
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O'Brien reiterates analysis amid Russian escalation of civilian strikes
O'Brien republishes and amplifies the same analysis on Mastodon, framing Trump's open embrace of Putin as coinciding with Russia ramping up terror bombing of Ukrainian civilians. O'Brien characterizes the situation as leaving Ukraine and Europe with a single survival question.
“This reality coming out so openly is obviously the story of the week. It also emerged as the Russians ramped up their terror bombing.”
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first by Mastodon, 3d ago · also Phillips's Newsletter
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I read this over the weekend, it's good. https:// phillipspobrien.substack.com/p /weekend-update-206-trump-is-free Shitstain is a traitor. # fascism # uspol # uspolitics # politics # russia # ukraine # putin # FuckTrump # FuckTheGOP # FuckRepublicans
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While we’re at it, read this: Trump Is Free To Be What He Has Always Been . It starts like this: Poor Donald Trump. For the last 21 months he had to do a great deal of lying. He had to pretend at times that he really cared about the people dying in the Russo-Ukraine War, that he really wanted a deal that was good for Ukraine, that he was getting…
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# Trump Is Free To Be What He Has Always Been Now, the lying is over. Donald is free to be what he always wanted to be and to sing it loudly to the world. He, and by extension the government of the USA, is # Putin ’s friend and partner. He will help Putin, protect Putin, and do what he can to get the best possible deal for Putin This time he…
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O'Brien publishes essay framing Trump's shift as end of pretense toward Ukraine
Political analyst Phillips P. O'Brien publishes 'Weekend Update #206' arguing that Trump has stopped hiding his true allegiance to Putin. O'Brien contends that during his second term so far, Trump had to pretend to support Ukraine while actually favoring Russia, but recent emotional displays show he now feels free to openly support Putin.
“Now, the lying is over. Donald is free to be what he always wanted to be and to sing it loudly to the world.”
— Phillips P. O'Brien