Trump and his people have yet to put forward a plan that has a snowball’s chance in hell of being accepted. From Scott Ritter at consortiumnews.com:
“The Hard Way” — Special Envoy Keith Kellogg’s proposed oil-price manipulations targeting Russia would actually devastate U.S. oil production and the U.S. economy.
“I’m not looking to hurt Russia,” President Donald Trump recently declared in a statement he posted on his TruthSocial account. “I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin.”
Trump, however, comes from the school of “hard love,” where punishment is applied to achieve the desired results.
And punishment was on Trump’s mind as he expressed his love and admiration for the Russian people and their leader, Vladimir Putin.
“I’m going to do Russia,” Trump wrote, “whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR. Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.”
The odd use of capitalization aside, one would imagine that if you are in the business of expressing your love in a public fashion, you might want to make sure that your facts align with the reality of that for which you’ve declared amorous intent.
Otherwise, you will find yourself living in a fantasy world of your own construction, populated not by your ostensible paramours, but rather figments of your imagination.
If you’re sincere about doing the Russian people and Vladimir Putin a “big FAVOR,” you might want to make sure it’s a favor they want to receive.
Calling the Russian economy “failing” considering the plethora of data showing it is anything but that, probably isn’t the best way to start date night.
