"Republicans shouldn't be surprised Trump blames Ukraine — his sexual assault views predicted this
Trump's claim that Zelenskyy 'started it' echoes his long history of excusing violence against women'"
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/21/shouldnt-be-surprised-ukraine--his-views-predicted-this/
"Putin started this war. Putin committed war crimes. Putin is the dictator who murdered his opponents," Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., posted on X, clearly rattled in the way liberals have been for nearly a decade under the onslaught of Trump's endless gaslighting.
"Russia’s the aggressor here, there’s no question about that," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters, while trying to pretend Trump didn't mean to say the vile thing he said. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., also pitifully tried to inject some reality into the discourse without explicitly criticizing Trump, feebly insisting, "I blame [Russian President Vladimir] Putin above all others."
Trump's Secretary of State Marco Rubio is an especially sad sack. After being trotted out to brag about "the incredible opportunities that exist to partner with the Russians," he rushed to tell European allies that the U.S. is not switching from the white hats to black hats. They would be foolish to accept his reassurances.
In Trump's view, the larger and more violent party is fully entitled to take what they want from someone smaller and less powerful."
~ Amanda Marcotte
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/21/shouldnt-be-surprised-ukraine--his-views-predicted-this/
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