Via @emptywheel:
1 reason why #Trump's comments about abandoning #NATO matter are, 1st & foremost, bc he ordered GOP to abandon #Ukraine which virtually all near-Ukraine allies think makes them next
He is, in front of our faces, delivering Ukraine up to Putin as a gift.
But the other reason it matters is bc we SAW this call-and-response in '16 & '20, when Trump got help from Russian spies
This is more of same. Stop letting Trump play dumb. Stop playing dumb yourself. https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/02/12/call-and-response-putin-is-demanding-greater-russia/
Trump publicly declaring today that he would encourage Russia to attack our NATO allies under certain circumstances and the South Carolina audience cheering should be the end of the road, not only for Trump, but for the GOP and the MAGA movement.
But it won't be.
This SHOULD end Trump. He's an existential threat to the world. #NeverAgainTrump #TrumpForLifeInPrison
Trump Says He Might 'Encourage' Russia To Attack NATO Allies https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-russia-attack-nato-allies_n_65c7e443e4b069b665dfb762
Schrödinger's candidate...
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two related cases, Loper Bright v Raimondo and Relentless v Department of Commerce, in which conservatives are trying to do away with 40 years of Supreme Court precedent and basic common sense by shifting responsibility for the most minute details of government regulation – think “exactly how much chicken feces can safely be in the wings you eat during the Super Bowl,” and then keep in mind that there are an inconceivably large number of similarly complex decisions that help keep you alive and healthy – from the hundreds of thousands of scientists and subject matter experts employed by federal government agencies to the various Matt Gaetzes and Lauren Boeberts who comprise the United States Congress and, perhaps even more frighteningly, to the nine members of the Supreme Court itself.