I came here to say more or less the same thing. I wasn't as sure about him being a Russian agent. I was figuring it was more that they were kindred spirits. In Putin's moral universe, Ukraine has a duty to submit to him as a strong man, and Trump lives in that same moral universe. It sounds like you've read more about Trump's history than I have, so I probably need to educate myself.
I came here to say more or less the same thing. I wasn't as sure about him being a Russian agent. I was figuring it was more that they were kindred spirits. In Putin's moral universe, Ukraine has a duty to submit to him as a strong man, and Trump lives in that same moral universe. It sounds like you've read more about Trump's history than I have, so I probably need to educate myself.
What amazes me тАФ or did, at one timeтАФ is not that a person like Trump, and the same sort of person that seems to gather around him the way clouds of fruit flies show up around rotting fruit, would betray his country, but that the majority of Americans who truly believe themselves to be patriots would not only tolerate but actually embrace his actions. And are now even happy to have us change sides.
As I grow older my take on human nature has changed from surprise at such behavior on the part of my fellow citizens to surprise when they fail to act this way. Sic cadit in monte splendida civitas
I came here to say more or less the same thing. I wasn't as sure about him being a Russian agent. I was figuring it was more that they were kindred spirits. In Putin's moral universe, Ukraine has a duty to submit to him as a strong man, and Trump lives in that same moral universe. It sounds like you've read more about Trump's history than I have, so I probably need to educate myself.
What amazes me тАФ or did, at one timeтАФ is not that a person like Trump, and the same sort of person that seems to gather around him the way clouds of fruit flies show up around rotting fruit, would betray his country, but that the majority of Americans who truly believe themselves to be patriots would not only tolerate but actually embrace his actions. And are now even happy to have us change sides.
As I grow older my take on human nature has changed from surprise at such behavior on the part of my fellow citizens to surprise when they fail to act this way. Sic cadit in monte splendida civitas
Not so much the "shining city on hill" anymore, is it?