And now there are several articles from major publications implying he genuinely thinks it is wonderful.
“As a rule, the number of countries where leading officials see the invasion of Ukraine as "wonderful" is quite small.” -msnbc
” Trump has long expressed admiration for Putin, and this week described his war strategy in Ukraine as "wonderful" and "genius." -Yahoo
Interesting thing is, if you listen to the podcast audio Trump is obviously being sarcastic. Have you ever responded to bad news by saying “Oh that’s great” and then had someone literally interpret your statement as you thinking the bad news was actually great? If these journalists had a modicum of integrity they’d interpret him with context and understand that was sarcasm.
I don’t think this will actually cause your opinion of Trump to change, but I’m stunned at how easy it is to warp the perception of the man and how he talks.
But you are obviously dillusional if you think this isn't praise... https://www.clayandbuck.com/president-trump-with-cb-from-mar...
"Putin is now saying, “It’s independent,” a large section of Ukraine. I said, “How smart is that?” And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s strongest peace force… We could use that on our southern border. That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen. There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re gonna keep peace all right. No, but think of it. Here’s a guy who’s very savvy… I know him very well. Very, very well.
By the way, this never would have happened with us. Had I been in office, not even thinkable. This would never have happened. But here’s a guy that says, you know, “I’m gonna declare a big portion of Ukraine independent,” he used the word “independent,” “and we’re gonna go out and we’re gonna go in and we’re gonna help keep peace.” You gotta say that’s pretty savvy. And you know what the response was from Biden? There was no response. They didn’t have one for that. No, it’s very sad. Very sad."
True to form, he’s speaking with his usual Trumpian style. I’m going to distill the essence of it: “I’m great and my political opponents are totally inept. Putin is very smart and he is taking advantage of our leader’s stupidity. You need someone smarter and savvier than Putin, me and only me.”
Again, if you understand how the man talks you can see the comments in a different light.
He who fucks goats, either as part of a performance or to troll those he deems has overly delicate sensibilities is simply, a goatfucker.
"He claimed he was just pretending to be racist to trigger the social justice warriors, but even if he is telling the truth, Popehat's Law of Goats still applies."
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Popehat%27s%...
Trump's problem isn't that he's pro-Russian (though, that has yet to be proven one way or another). Trump's problem is that he fawns over authoritarians and thinks that the West's democratic principles make it weak. Just like Putin.
[1] noun, the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
And they're entitled to that. If anything, we're to blame for not being able to make a convincing enough argument against Trump.