It took him several days to do it, but Donald Trump has finally remarked on the death of Alexei Navalny. On his Truth Social website, Trump wrote:
“The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made me more and more aware of what is happening in our Country. It is a slow, steady progression, with CROOKED, Radical Left Politicians, Prosecutors, and Judges leading us down a path to destruction. Open Borders, Rigged Elections, and Grossly Unfair Courtroom Decisions are DESTROYING AMERICA. WE ARE A NATION IN DECLINE, A FAILING NATION!”
He is obviously trying to compare his own legal problems with the plight of Navalny. He wants his followers to believe that he is the Navalny of this country - an innocent man being railroaded by a vicious government. It's ludicrous!
Alexei Navalny ứa an innocent man. His only "crime" was opposing the Putin dictatorship. He gave his freedom, and then his life, to try and establish a true democracy for the people of Russia.
Trump, on the other hand, is far from innocent. Courts have already determined that he is a fraud (using money given to his fake charity and lying about the net worth of his properties to receive low interest loans and tax breaks), a sex abuser (rapist), a defamer (twice), and operating a scam university. He still faces 91 criminal indictments in four different venues - from violating election laws to trying to illegally overthrow a national election and stealing government documents.
Trump has not tried to further democracy in his own country. He has tried to subvert and destroy democracy. It is obscene to compare himself to Navalny.
The truth is that the Russian Trump respects the most is not Navalny - it's Vladimir Putin. Trump admires the dictatorial powers that Putin possesses, and wants the same kind of power for himself. And he could get it by installing only sycophants and yes-men in a new Trump administration - people that would disregard the Constitution to accomplish Trump's desires.
And it's not just the U.S. that would be endangered by a second Trump administration. Trump hates Ukraine and would cut off their aid, allowing Russia to swallow them up. And he hates NATO. John Bolton (a member of the Trump administration) said Trump wanted to withdraw from NATO during his first term, and had to be talked out of it by others. The yes-men in a second Trump term would let him do it - and that would pose a danger for the entire world.
Trump has not made any secret about who he is and what he wants. Voters must turn out in droves next November to prevent him from becoming an American version of Putin.
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