A few days ago, I said that I felt Elon Musk had come perilously close to fulfilling the definition of Treason according to the Constitution of the United States, when he urged that the United States discontinue all further aid to Ukraine in defense of its country against the brutal incursion by the Soviet . . . excuse me . . . by Russia (easy mistake). His rationale: that “there’s no way in hell Putin will lose.” And, “Putin risk[s] being ‘assassinated’ if he were to back off the fight in Ukraine” (as if we should give a crap about Putin).

If that’s not “giving Aid and Comfort [to the Enemy]” * . . . well, I’d like someone to tell me just what it is.

* Constitution of the United States of America, Article III, Section 3, Clause 1.

And using Musk’s statements as a basis for comparison, how do we then justify not holding Donald Trump accountable for every appeasing, mollifying, placating, supportive, ass-kissing statement he has ever made in favor of the Kremlin’s Killer-In-Chief, Vladimir Putin?

J’accuse, Donald J. Trump! J’accuse!

Without going back through all the years of Trump’s outrageous, inflammatory, and often inaccurate blathering pronouncements, just a couple of the more recent examples are enough to have made my blood run cold. In case you haven’t heard these yet, allow me to enlighten you:

About our NATO allies: “Look, if they’re not going to pay, we’re not going to protect, OK? . . . One of the heads of the countries said, ‘Does that mean that if we don’t pay the bills, that you’re not going to protect us?’ That’s exactly what it means. I’m not going to protect you.”

(Note his use of the pronoun “I.” He who would be king.)

And as though that weren’t enough, he has said he would “encourage” Russia to attack any of America’s NATO allies whom he considers to have failed to meet their financial obligations.

In other words, let’s just hand the world over to Russia now, and get it over with. First we cut off Ukraine, leaving them at the mercy of the ravenous Russian war machine. Then we dismantle NATO — the one military alliance that, for the past 75 years, has kept the free world . . . well . . . free. Never mind that, while freeing us of the obligation to defend our allies, so would our allies be free to thumb their noses at us.

About aid to Ukraine: “[T]hey [referring to other NATO members] laugh at the stupidity of the United States of America, where we have a guy that gives $60bn every time somebody comes and asks for it. We shouldn’t be doing that. They’re laughing at us. They think we’re the stupid country because of our leadership.”

About Alexei Navalny: Nothing from Trump for three days. Then . . . still nothing, other than to compare himself with Navalny, as a victim of persecution. But not a word of condemnation against the Putin regime; not even a suggestion that perhaps the Russians should turn Navalny’s body over to his grieving family. Nothing.

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And those are just the highlights. You want more? Just read tomorrow’s news . . . and the day after that . . . and all the days after that. Donald Trump, a.k.a. “the Mouth That Roared,” will be glad to provide you with all the s**t you can swallow.

I have just one question: How in the name of all that’s holy is he still walking around free, and not behind bars or in a rubber room?

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
2/22/24