Trump’s love letters to Putin

Trump so also informed the Russians in advance who in turn informed the Syrians so that the Syrians could move their aircraft to bomb resistant shelters and in reality the missile strikes on almost no impact on the Syrians. A few aircraft were destroyed and the runways that suffered minor damage were back in operation within hours.
Trump Surrenders Element of Surprise by Warning Russia of Planned Strike on Its Ally Syria

 

And it had very little actual impact on Russia and also noting that Trump's primary goal was to help US companies sell LNG to the European Union (not a bad motive but the goal was not to punish Russia). And let's not forget that at the time the EU still continued to purchase gas from Russia. It wasn't until Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year that the EU countries cut back on the purchase of gas from Russia.
Nord Stream 2: A failed test for EU unity and trans-Atlantic coordination

 

As you know, I loathe Trump, and I fully acknowledge the risk that if you tell Russia, then Russia tells Assad. But I would have done the same thing under the same circumstances. The risk of accidentally killing Russians at that time* outweighed the additional Syrian assets that might have been hit. It was still a good strike. That decision and natural consequence is not without precedent. In 1991, GHW Bush warned Gorbachev that DESERT STORM was about to begin so that the USSR could pull out its advisors from Iraq. Of course, Gorby turned right around and warned Saddam.

*Today, given events in Ukraine, I would only give Russia a vague warning about any forces they have in Syria being there at their own risk. Then I’d bomb Russian positions in Syria with impunity. Eff them.

 

It seems to me the OP is completely missing the point about Trump and the danger he posed, and continues to pose, to the Republic.

 

Can some one queue up the the Helsinki photos and quotes?

Thanks in advance…

 

That might be, but at the very least the whole idea of “Trump was pro-Russian, and under him Ukraine would have already fallen” is far more complex at best and a straight-up false narrative at worst.

 

I’m not absolutely sure who’s the bigger fan boi of Putin. Okie or DD? It’s not trump he’s Putin’s bitch boi. DD seems to be paid by the post by the farm and no one is paying Okie to post anything so I’m going with Okie, he loves him some Muskie too. Not sexually guys! That’s not what fan boi means (unless it’s for Korean boy bands).

 

You like Trump. We get it. Good for you

 

The pee pee tape is real.

 

I’ve read this post a couple of times, and I’m not sure what you’re suggesting. Is it that Putin would have delayed his invasion of Ukraine if Trump had remained in office? If so, that’s possible, not that anyone could prove or disprove it. Afghanistan probably would not have gone down the same way, and there indicators (certainly not proof) that Putin accelerated his timetable based on his perception of our weakness there. Almost certainly we would not have bent over for Iran (to no discernible positive effect to date) and, therefore, would not have alienated Saudi Arabia the way we have, which would have given more teeth to our efforts to cripple Russia’s oil industry.

But as I’ve said repeatedly in the thread about the war, it doesn’t matter. Biden is President. Trump is not. Unless one is writing an alternative history novel, there’s no profit in the discussion. Democrat casual assumptions that Putin would have won the war by now are as groundless as MAGA casual assumptions that Putin never would have invaded.

 

Bowing out early?