In today’s #vatniksoup, I’ll discuss why I think it is a threat to Ukraine & to Europe that Donald Trump is becoming the next president of the US again. I’ll share my insights on how Trump has been undermining democracy and supporting authoritarian leaders around the world. 1/19
First of all, I think Trump supports Russia more than Ukraine. Trump has a long history of doing business with the Russians, and he’s even held private meetings with Putin and other high-ranking Russian officials while sharing highly classified information with them. 2/19
In addition, Trump withheld a 400 million aid to Ukraine because Zelenskyy wouldn’t help him dig dirt on the Biden family. He also “watered down” the toughest penalties the U.S. had imposed on Russian entities after Putin annexed Crimea in 2014. 3/19
Many of Trump’s aides in 2016 were connected to Russian officials, and Trump later pardoned five people who were convicted as a result of investigations on the Russian interference in the 2016 US elections, including Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort: x.com 4/19
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But that’s not all! Many people connected to Trump have been featured on #vatniksoup, so I’ll just introduce briefly a few of them. Matt Gaetz is a strong opponent of Ukraine aid. At least we were spared his nomination for US attorney general. bsky.app 5/19
In today's #vatniksoup I'll introduce an American politician, lawyer and Florida Man, Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz). He's best-known as the US representative for the Republican Party, being a close ally of Donald Trump, and for voting against any aid for Ukraine. 1/23
Another alleged assistant for Trump for the debate was Tulsi Gabbard. She’s blamed the Democrat “warmongers” and NATO for the war in Ukraine and she met with Syria’s dictator al-Assad twice in 2017. Tulsi has also signed a paid partnership with X: bsky.app 6/19
In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American politician and political commentator, Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard). She's best-known for blaming absolutely everything on the US Democrats and NATO, and for being a fan of totalitarian regimes like Russia and Syria. 1/19
JD Vance is Trump’s weird VP candidate & even Trump seems to dislike him. In Apr 2022,he stated that “I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other,“ & he’s also shared literal Russian BS over ”Zelensky’s ministers buying yachts": bsky.app 7/19
… claimed that the US is sending money to Ukraine “so that one of Zelenskyy’s ministers can buy a bigger yacht”. The fake story about Zelenskyy (not his ministers) buying a yacht was spread by super-vatnik and conman John Mark Dougan: vatniksoup.com 16/20
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been simping for Donald Trump for a long time. In addition, she’s supported conspiracy theories like QAnon and PizzaGate, while trying to stall any aid to Ukraine: 8/19 vatniksoup.com
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Lauren Boebert is yet another MAGA Republican who absolutely loves conspiracy theories, including QAnon. Her legislative history is pitiful, and her latest hijink includes groping her date at a all-family show of Beetlejuice: vatniksoup.com 9/19
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Trump’s also been associated with a far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer. Loomer even accompanied Trump to Philadelphia for his debate with Harris. Laura has appeased Russia and blamed “Ukrainian neo-Nazis” for the war on many occasions: vatniksoup.com 10/19
For quite some time, Russell Brand has been turning himself into a joke. Recently, he’s toured around the US with Tucker and even found God! His motivation for doing all this is probably so he could make some more money: vatniksoup.com 11/19
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One of Trump’s biggest supporters is surely Tucker Carlson. His connection to the Kremlin is evident, and he even went and conducted the most boring interview ever in Moscow with Mr. Putin. Lately, he’s even platformed Hitler-apologists: bsky.app 12/19 vatniksoup.com
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In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American political commentator and pro-Kremlin propagandist, Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson). He's best-known for his outrageous lies and for his pro-Putin, anti-Ukrainian views while working for Fox News. 1/23
Then there’s Vivek Ramaswamy, a Soros-funded businessman who hired a Wikipedia editor to alter his biography. He’s called Zelenskyy a “bully”, and stated in an interview that “Our goal should not be for Putin to lose: bsky.app 13/19
In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American businessman and politician, Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy). He's best-known for his stock promotion schemes, for his staunch support of Donald Trump, and for his hot takes on the Russo-Ukrainian War. 1/16
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a conspiracy theorist who recently endorsed Trump. Kennedy Jr. has often spread disinformation over Ukraine and Russia, and it was evident for a long time that he’d start cheering for the most pro-Kremlin candidate: bsky.app 14/19
In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American conspiracy theorist, lawyer and politician, Robert Kennedy Jr. (@RobertKennedyJr). He's best-known for being the nephew of JFK, and for constantly promoting conspiratorial and false information. 1/25
And then there’s of course Leon Musk, who promotes Trump on a daily basis to his almost 200 million followers. A former Ukraine-supporter who even provided Starlink to Ukraine, he has lately spewn mostly anti-Ukraine and pro-Kremlin rhetoric: bsky.app 15/19
In today’s #vatniksoup, I’ll introduce a South African-American businessman and social media figure, Elon Musk (@elonmusk). He’s best-known for being the wealthiest man in the world, running companies like Tesla Inc., SpaceX and Twitter/X, and for parroting the Kremlin’s propaganda narratives. 1/24
Leon’s old PayPal buddy David Sacks is also all-in on Trump. The South African venture capitalist has lately shown his true colors by spreading Russian disinformation and propaganda about Ukraine: vatniksoup.com 16/19
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Then there’s Jack Posobiec, a former naval intelligence officer whose security clearance was later suspended due to him promoting the Pizzagate conspiracy theory and he was transferred to urine duty to watch officers pee in a cup: vatniksoup.com 17/19
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MAGA Republican Roger Stone has been at it for a long time - his lies have helped Republicans since the Nixon days. Stone has done PR for dictators like Zaire’s Mobutu Sese Seko and Philippines’ Ferdinand Marcos: bsky.app 18/19
In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American political consultant and lobbyist, Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr). He's best-known for his work as an advisor to Donald Trump & for his alleged connections with Julian Assange and the GRU in relation to the leaked DNC e-mails. 1/20
To conclude, even though Harris didn’t provide any clear path for Ukraine’s victory, Trump was clearly the more pro-Kremlin and anti-Ukraine candidate of the two. This is also evident when one looks at the people he’s surrounded himself with. 19/19