If you ever doubted that Donald Trump thinks only about himself, this should remove that doubt. While most people, even Republicans, are speaking against Putin's criminal invasion of Ukraine, Donald Trump instead is asking Putin to help him dig up some dirt on Hunter Biden. He doesn't care that innocent civilians are being killed by Putin. He only wants help to improve his own image -- even if it's a lie from a vicious dictator! Thankfully, Trump is receiving some well-deserved criticism for this.
The following is from Ewan Palmer at Newsweek:
Donald Trump has been widely criticized for calling on Vladimir Putin to release any information he has about Hunter Biden's alleged business dealings in Russia while the Russian president is carrying out attacks on Ukraine.
In an interview on Real America's Voice show Just the News, Trump pushed unsubstantiated claims regarding President Joe Biden's son, and his dealings in Russia.
The former president repeated an accusation that Hunter Biden's company received $3.5 million from Elena Baturina, the widow of former mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, a claim he often spouted during the 2020 election campaign. . . .
One political expert told Newsweek that by appealing for Putin to "smear" Hunter Biden, Trump is doing "what Trump does best" by "trolling the media, cozying up to authoritarians," and timing his comments for "maximum shock value."
This is also not the first time that Trump has asked Russia for help getting political dirt against one of his opponents.
In 2016, Trump called on Russia to try to find 30,000 emails associated with his then election rival Hillary Clinton, which were deleted during her time as Secretary as State. . . .
Trump has now been condemned for asking Putin to help unearth information on Hunter Biden amid the war in Ukraine, where Russia is accused of committing war crimes by purposely targeting civilians and hospitals.
Author, journalist and attorney Seth Abramson wrote: "President Biden is America's commander-in-chief; we're at the brink of open war with Russia; Putin is unambiguously an enemy of America.
"So one would expect any info Putin releases about our commander-in-chief to be a lie—and yet Trump now begs for Putin's aid. Open treachery.". . .
Richard Painter, attorney and former chief White House ethics lawyer under the George W. Bush administration, described Trump as a "sleazeball" and a "traitor" over his comments.
Filmmaker Andy Ostroy said: "This traitor is seeking personal gain right now from a brutal enemy of America who's literally slaughtering innocent men, women, pregnant women, children and babies and decimating cities. Lock...his...a**...up."
Trump's latest remarks also arrived after he praised Putin as a "genius" and "savvy" for his tactics gearing up to the all out invasion of Ukraine in late February. . . .
Speaking to Newsweek, Thomas Gift, founding director of University College London's Centre on U.S. Politics, added: "As the rest of the world looks on at Russia's aggression in horror, Trump, in typical Trumpian fashion, sees a golden opportunity to keep his name in the headlines—and it's working.
"His recent comments calling Putin a 'genius' and 'savvy' garnered plenty of media attention, so it's hard not to think this is just him going back for seconds.
"Consider: As Joe Biden expresses his moral indignation over Putin—admitting he personally wants Russia's leader ousted from power and labeling him a 'war criminal'—Trump is content to solicit support from the same adversary. The contrasts couldn't be sharper."
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