\u201cWe\u2019re all wondering this\u200c question, \u200bSpeaker Pelosi,\u200b what do you think Vladimir Putin has on\u200d him?<\/strong>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
White House press secretary turned MSNBC White House spokesperson Jen Psaki asked<\/a> the \u200dformer speaker \u2063of \u2062the House this week. \u201cI mean, it sure seems like something, as\u2063 you\u2019ve said a few times, given\u2064 that he refuses to criticize him, that he seems to be a\u2064 fanboy of him. Are you worried?\u201d<\/p>\n
By \u201chim,\u201d of course, Psaki is referring to\u200b Donald Trump. He<\/em> is virtually the \u2063only thing they talk about. Psaki can beg the\u200b questions because Trump recently went on a hyperbolic rant<\/a> about our European allies failing to meet their North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) obligations\u2014a decades-long problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t\u200b know what he has on him, but \u2064I think it\u2019s probably financial,\u201d Pelosi theorized. \u201cEither something financial he has him\u200b on \u2063or\u200d something on the come \u2014 something that he expects to get.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If Democrats had common decency, they would cook up a fresh\u2064 conspiracy theory for us in 2024, because, really, \u200dthe prospect of reliving the same hysterics over \u200bRussia for another \u2064year\u2014or four\u2014is just depressing. Yet Russia collusion fanfic is on the uptick as the 2024 presidential election approaches<\/a>. The reboot features many \u2062of the same characters\u2014Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and so on\u2014who are already scaremongering about Putin\u2019s influence on the GOP.<\/p>\n
Now, I don\u2019t care how much you detest Trump. Accusing him of being a foreign\u2063 asset or a spy, or \u200bcontending \u2063that he\u2019s being blackmailed, are stupid smears. Only\u2063 a sap or a liar could possibly believe them at this point. <\/p>\n
Pelosi, cynically playing \u200don the \u200bcredulous nature of her constituents, surely doesn\u2019t. She knows \u200da nearly two-year special \u200bcounsel investigation \u2014 largely prompted by a political\u2062 oppo file paid for \u200cby Democrats \u2014 failed \u2064to uncover a single act of \u201ccollusion\u201d in 2016, much \u2064less kompromat<\/em> on Trump. There were congressional \u200dinvestigations. There were leaked tax returns<\/a>. Every major media\u2064 organization in the nation spent an \u200binordinate \u2064amount of time and treasure trying to expose Trump\u2019s alleged sedition. <\/p>\n
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This is why Pelosi is compelled to\u2064 frame Trump\u2019s alleged treachery as future quid pro quo<\/em>. It\u2019s certainly\u2062 difficult to disprove future events. <\/p>\n
Why does Putin have to \u201chave something on\u200d him,\u201d anyway? Who\u2063 knows, maybe Trump believes he can coax NATO nations\u2064 into ponying up their fair share. Or maybe Trump believes a \u200c\u201creset\u201d with Russia is in the \u200cbest interests of the United States. (Psaki knows a thing<\/a> or \u2064two about championing\u200d better \u200brelations<\/a> with Putin.) Or maybe Trump just admires Putin in the way Joe Biden admires the mullahs\u200d of the Islamic State.\u200d <\/p>\n
Did Biden ease sanctions against Iran, open avenues of funding \u200cfor the Revolutionary Guard, aid Hamas, \u200band \u2064give the Houthis a reprieve because he was bribed? No.\u2062 Biden is an unprincipled man with\u200c a preternatural \u2063ability to cock up foreign policy and who has surrounded himself with\u2064 Israel-hating ideologues. We don\u2019t need a conspiracy theory to explain it.<\/p>\n
Hannah Arendt once noted that Western intellectuals had adopted one of communism\u2019s most effective tactics: \u2062making every debate about motive\u200d rather than the\u2064 merits of an argument.\u00a0This is the modus operandi of the\u2064 modern leftist.\u200d \u200dYou might be paid off by \u201cdark money\u201d or \u200dmotivated by \u200drace (even unconsciously), \u200cbut \u200cyour \u200barguments never really matter. Now the tactic \u2062is mainstreamed. When was the last\u200d time we had a real national debate \u2064on policy? \u2062 <\/p>\n
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A\u200d responsible political media would treat allegations of\u2062 Russian \u200bcollusion \u2064as\u2064 one does \u2064conspiracies about the\u200c moon landing or fluoride. Let\u2019s \u2064face it, the biggest difference between\u200b Rachel Maddow and Alex Jones is aesthetics. Instead, no\u200c matter how many investigations disprove the conspiracy theory,\u200b no matter how many\u2062 times its architects are \u200bcaught lying, \u2064they\u2062 keep being treated as good-faith political actors. The only way \u200bthe media holds anyone accountable for the \u2062Russia collusion hoax, it seems, \u2063is to promote him<\/a>.<\/p>\n
They do this because it worked. Tens of millions of Americans were convinced that the Russians had not only stolen\u00a0\u201cdemocracy\u201d \u200bwith a Facebook ad buy, but that Putin \u2064altered vote tallies. And the most pathetic part of it all is that tens of millions \u2063will probably fall for it again.<\/p>\n
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What evidence is there to support the claim that\u2062 Putin has\u2064 compromising\u200c material on Trump?<\/h2>\n
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White House press\u2062 secretary turned MSNBC White House spokesperson Jen Psaki asked former \u200bspeaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, what she thought Vladimir Putin has on Donald Trump. Psaki raised concerns about Trump’s refusal \u200cto criticize Putin and his apparent admiration for him.\u2062 The obsession with Trump continues,\u200c as he becomes the main topic of discussion for the media.<\/p>\n
While Psaki focuses on Trump’s recent criticism of European\u2064 allies for failing to meet their NATO\u200c obligations, Pelosi theorizes that there may be something financial\u2062 or future-oriented that \u200cPutin has on Trump. The\u2063 speculation about Russia collusion and Putin’s influence on\u2063 the GOP is on \u2063the rise as the \u200d 2024 presidential \u200belection approaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Regardless of one’s opinion of Trump, accusing him\u200d of being\u2062 a foreign \u200basset, a spy, or blackmailed is baseless and a smear tactic. Pelosi, \u200daware of the lack \u2064of evidence supporting \u2062these claims, is cynically playing on the credulous \u200cnature of \u200dher constituents.<\/p>\n
Multiple investigations, including a \u200ctwo-year\u200b special \u200ccounsel investigation prompted largely by political opposition\u2062 research \u200dfunded\u2064 by Democrats, failed to uncover\u200c any collusion or compromising material \u200don Trump. The media\u2062 and congressional investigations also made every effort to expose any \u200balleged wrongdoings by Trump.<\/p>\n
Pelosi’s attempt to frame Trump’s alleged treachery as \u2063future quid pro quo is a strategic move, as it is difficult to \u2063disprove future events.\u2062 However, there could be other reasons for Trump’s stance towards Putin, such as an \u2064effort \u2064to persuade NATO nations to\u200b contribute their fair share or a\u2062 belief \u200cthat \u200bbetter relations\u2062 with Russia are in the best interests of the \u200bUnited\u2062 States.<\/p>\n
Just as Pelosi suggests \u200bPutin may have something on Trump, \u2062it is unfair and \u2063unfounded to assume that Biden’s actions toward Iran, \u200bHamas, \u2064and the Houthis are solely motivated \u2062by bribery. Speculating about political figures without concrete evidence\u200b diminishes the integrity \u2062of\u2064 the discourse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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What evidence is there to support the claim that\u2062 Putin has\u2064 compromising\u200c material on Trump?<\/h2>\n <\/p>\n