Un-friggin’-believable.
“The allies’ worries and Moscow’s hopes are rooted in Trump’s combative approach to foreign policy. In recent days, Trump has told senior aides that he wants to slash U.S. spending on Europe’s defense if the allies are unwilling to contribute more to NATO, a senior administration official said.
The private comments reflect a president who has shown little interest in the long history that undergirds America’s alliances or the collective foreign policy expertise of the U.S. government, according to current and former U.S. and European officials. (snip)
The Russian president complains to Trump about “fake news” and laments that the U.S. foreign policy establishment — the “deep state,” in Putin’s words — is conspiring against them, the first senior U.S. official said.
“It’s not us,” Putin has told Trump, the official summarized. “It’s the subordinates fighting against our friendship.
With Putin, Trump takes a more conciliatory approach, often treating the Russian leader as a confidant.”
The article further states that the orange co*k-holster also asks Putin for advice on American foreign policy, and thinks that if he asks Putin to withdraw from Ukraine and Syria over a piece of chocolate cake his boyfriend will comply.
The facts laid out in this piece should be put in a two minute ad and run on a regular rotation on the networks as much as possible between now and the 2020 election.