President’s actions have weakened country, caused American deaths

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As I survey the fallout of the Trump-administration, medical personnel dying because they can’t get protective equipment, states competing against each other for supplies, Jarod Kushner pretending he knows what he’s doing and America having to beg for help from other countries, I have to believe that this was all by design.

Several years ago, I said Donald Trump is a gremlin whose job is to destroy the government from within. And looking at the chaos and disorganization I see before me, it’s hard not to believe that.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is a veteran of the Cold War, who served 16 years in the KGB. He has long resented the role America played in the downfall of the old Soviet Union. This is pretty obvious in his own comments.

“Thank God, this situation of a unipolar world, of a monopoly, is coming to an end,” said Putin during an international conference. “It’s practically already over.”

He also wants to strike back at America, but Russia can’t go toe-to-toe with the U.S. on the battlefield. So the Russians have used active measures, this is a catchall term for political warfare, information warfare and propaganda, to destroy the country from within.

At first, I thought Trump was just a useful idiot, a buffoon the Russians installed because they knew he’d make a mess of the U.S. government, which he has. But now, I’m leaning towards believing that Trump is a fellow traveler. He buys into Russian thinking and is deliberately destroying the nation from within.

According to intelligence analyst Clint Watts, this is a Cold War tactic. In his book “Messing With The Enemy,” he said during the Cold War, the Soviet Union tried to attack America by working with left-wing groups and pushing disinformation such as the conspiracy theory suggesting AIDS was a biological weapon created by the U.S. government. They’re still using active measures on the U.S. In 2016, Russian trolls backed left-wing groups such as Black Lives Matters and far-right groups such as separatists and gun rights activists.

But with Trump, they have the perfect tool. The Russians have been cultivating him since the 1980s when he visited the country and returned with a similar mindset. He returned from the Soviet Union and started advocating for the breaking up NATO. The Russians also supported him over the years by cultivating business ties and funneling loans to him through Deutsche Bank.

They also provided massive support through their troll army and social media propaganda campaign during his presidential run. When he became president, the Russians had a person in the White House who bought into their thinking.

Here’s a recent example. After Trump conducted a phone call with Putin, he claimed that Russia and the United States should be allies because we fought the Nazis during World War II. He added that why didn’t anyone talk about Germany being the bad guys anymore?

“Germany was the enemy. … And Germany’s [now], like, this wonderful thing,” said Trump.

Huh? Germany hasn’t been a threat to the world since the end of World War II. The most recent foreign military action Germany took was in Afghanistan, when they provided support to the United States after 9/11! However, Putin has a fractious relationship with German leader Angela Merkle, so again Trump was buying into Russian thinking.

At first, I thought Trump was just a useful idiot, a buffoon the Russians installed because they knew he’d make a mess of the U.S. government, which he has. But now, I’m leaning towards believing that Trump is a fellow traveler. He buys into Russian thinking and is deliberately destroying the nation from within.

Just look at his achievements. Appointing incompetents to important roles, frequent firings and almost daily scandals such as shipping life-saving medical equipment to China, when he knew the country was about to get hit with the coronavirus. The government is barely functioning and the country’s reputation is in tatters. A 2018 Pew poll showed the United States’ image had declined under Trump.

In addition, a George Washington University research project showed Russian trolls pushed out anti-vaxxer information because they knew some Americans would believe it and it would lead to deaths. By downplaying the coronavirus and exporting medical equipment, Trump has caused the deaths of more than 7,000 Americans. Isn’t that the same thing?