There’s a new breed of Trump supporters emerging. They are the Trusskies: Supporters of Trump sympathetic to the Russians and their aggression and annexation of Crimea. The Trusski’s arguments go like this:
” People, we need to stop the negativity toward Trump, just because you don’t like his demeanor. Political decisions shouldn’t be influenced by a person’s perceived personality. You need to go deeper into what he stands for, and not how he delivers it.
He says, “people of Crimea would rather be part of Russia”. Well if that is true, why do we resist just because Russia is perceived to be our adversary.
Example: If Guam or Puerto Rico (territories of the U.S.) wanted total independence from the U.S., why would we resist. Forget the logistics, and petty arguments. Just think about it being a desire of the people.
So, if the Crimea desires to be a part of Russia, what right do we have to criticize Trump?”
What the Trusskies fail to realize is that Trump’s support for Russia has nothing to do with Crimea. He would abandon all of the former Soviet Union satellite countries and NATO member countries, like Latvia and Lithuania, to face Russian aggression, invasion, and re-annexation all for the love of personal enrichment and promoting his business relationship with Russian oligarchs. The weakening of NATO is just an added benefit for Russia.
It’s no secret that Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, has had multimillion dollar business dealings with pro-Russian factions in Ukraine and that a Trump advisor, Michael Caputo, who lived in Russia in the 1990’s, worked to improve Russia’s image in the US by working with a Russian conglomerate Gazprom Media for that purpose. The Washington Post paints a disturbing picture of Trump and his penchant for Russian flattery.
Then there is the admission from Donald Jr. that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets,” Trump’s son, Donald Jr., told a real estate conference in 2008, according to an account posted on the website of eTurboNews, a trade publication. “We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.”
Trump’s support of Russia, including his “sarcastic” call for Russia to seek out Hillary’s missing emails, the GOP’s inclusion of support for Russia’s annexation of Crimea in its platform, and the support of the emerging Trusskies (the low information and marginally educated white male voters that Trump loves) should be troubling to every American.
What kind of “deals” has Trump made with Russian oligarchs that encourages infiltration of the servers of his political opponents by the Russian state and published by the Russian stool, WikiLeak’s Julian Assange?
Trump’s collusion with the Russian oligarchy is beginning to emerge. Trump is dangerous for America and our allies, not for his cunning but as a puppet whose strings are pulled by Russia for mutual and personal financial benefit of his international conglomerate, The Trump Organization.
Vote Hillary 2016!