{"id":37363,"date":"2018-03-21T16:22:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T23:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37363"},"modified":"2018-03-21T16:24:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T23:24:42","slug":"the-coming-arms-race-wtf-is-trump-tweeting-about-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37363","title":{"rendered":"The Coming Arms Race? WTF is Trump Tweeting About Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following Vladimir Putin’s reelection as president of Russia, Donald Trump called him to offer his hearty congratulations. The fact that Trump thinks that Putin deserves applause for masterminding a sham election is bad enough. But in the midst of ongoing atrocities related to Russia’s election tampering in the United States, and it’s complicity in executing opponents with nerve agents on British soil, it is utterly disgraceful. And he was even warned<\/a><\/strong> against sending congratulations by his top advisors, a warning that he ignored.<\/p>\n

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Many Americans are outraged by Trump’s fealty to Putin, including a few Republicans who castigated him for praising the Russian tyrant’s undemocratic victory. But most Republicans are either defending Trump or remaining silent in the wake of yet another heinous act against the interests of America. And Trump’s greatest defender is, as usual, himself. In a Wednesday morning twitter rant, Trump tried to excuse sucking up to Putin by saying that…<\/p>\n

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I called President Putin of Russia to congratulate him on his election victory (in past, Obama called him also). The Fake News Media is crazed because they wanted me to excoriate him. They are wrong! Getting along with Russia (and others) is a good thing, not a bad thing…….<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n