We cats had hoped to avoid getting into the "But if Trump were President, Putin wouldn't be doing this" argument — because it was so patently obvious that it was nonsense. But since Vladimir Putin has decided to purposely bomb a children's shelter in Mariupul, Ukraine, today, let's explore that notion a bit.
Putin would not have had to take such drastic — and, apparently, catastrophic — steps if Benedict Donald had won re-election outright, or if Benedict Donald had been able to overturn the results of the 2020 election afterward. Because Benedict Donald had basically pledged to withdraw the US from NATO.
But 81 million of us Americans turned Trump out of office.
At which point, it not only became clear that the election results couldn't be reversed, but that Congress and the DOJ would investigate the sedition, and hold people accountable. So Putin's "in" in the United States was off — despite the fact that Trumpsters, QAnoners, plus Republican nutcases like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Madison Cawthorn and Janice McGeachin, would continue to serve as useful idiots to Russian dreams of domination.
Now, it's possible that even Trump himself has read the writing on the wall. He's given an interview to some right-wing rag, saying that he's surprised at what Vlad has done, and that Putin has "changed."
Here's the real measure of how Putin has miscalculated, and how all the Trumpy talk is bullshit. China came out today, praising Ukrainians' resistance, and declaring economic and political support for Kyiv. This, after Putin had asked for China for military support. WHOOPS.
No wonder President Biden felt comfortable this afternoon to characterize Putin as a war criminal. With all of Biden's experience in foreign affairs, and his personal knowledge of leaders across the globe, he has laid the groundwork for a bulwark against Putin that Vlad will surely not be able to breach. You know what? It kinda seems like an old guy who has been around for a billion years, and who knows everybody in the world, has turned out to be the right kind of President for these times. We cats salute him, and we PURR.
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