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To Make America Great Again, Separate Money and State

Posted by M. C. on January 31, 2025

The Ron Paul Liberty Report

It’s all about the Fed and printing money.

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They Don’t Just Tell Us What To Think, They Train Us HOW To Think

Posted by M. C. on January 31, 2025

Before we come up with a single thought of our own about government, we are trained to assume as our starting point that the people running things in our country are known to us and occupy official positions in our capitol. We are trained to assume that if we have a problem with the way things are going, there are official channels through which the powerful can be held to account and real changes can be advanced. The fact that we are actually ruled by unelected plutocrats and empire managers who often have no position in the official government is never seriously entertained.

https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-dont-just-tell-us-what-to-think

Caitlin Johnstone

It’s not just that they tell us what to think, it’s that they train us how to think.

From grade school on we are fed a framework for thinking about the world whose premises are completely fraudulent. Any analysis which does not take place within that framework is portrayed as ignorant at best and dangerous extremism at worst.

Before we come up with a single thought of our own about politics, we are trained to assume as our starting point that elections are real and that the official democratically elected government is the only power structure calling the shots in our country. We are trained to assume that decisions get made in our government based on how people vote in elections between two parties who oppose each other and promote the most organically popular positions on important issues in order to win votes. This is all complete bullshit, but it’s the foundation we’re taught to premise all our ideas and opinions about political matters upon.

Before we come up with a single thought of our own about government, we are trained to assume as our starting point that the people running things in our country are known to us and occupy official positions in our capitol. We are trained to assume that if we have a problem with the way things are going, there are official channels through which the powerful can be held to account and real changes can be advanced. The fact that we are actually ruled by unelected plutocrats and empire managers who often have no position in the official government is never seriously entertained.

Before we come up with a single thought of our own about the media, we are trained to assume as our starting point that we live in a free country with a free press instead of a dystopian civilization where the news media function as the propaganda services of our rulers. We are trained to assume that while some parts of the media may have obvious biases regarding which mainstream political faction they favor, it’s still possible to get a more or less accurate read on what’s happening in the world by listening to both sides of that ideological divide. None of this is true, but it’s the framework in which all mainstream analysis of the western media occurs.

Before we come up with a single thought of our own about foreign policy, we are trained to assume as our starting point that the US and its allies are more or less a force for good in this world, and that all the stories we hear about the governments and groups it works to destroy are more or less true. We are trained to assume that while the western power structure is imperfect and might make mistakes here and there, it must never stop killing and tyrannizing foreigners, because if it does, the bad guys might win. The easily quantifiable fact that the US-centralized empire is by far the most tyrannical and abusive power structure on earth never enters into the discussion.

This is the conceptual framework for thinking about the world that people are trained to espouse, first in school, and then throughout the rest of their lives by the mass media. If they go to university, as the most powerful people in our society typically do, then this framework is hammered home far more aggressively — especially in the most esteemed universities that the so-called “elite” tend to come from.

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Only Pathetic Bootlickers Spend Their Energy Criticizing China

Posted by M. C. on January 29, 2025

Caitlin Johnstone

China hasn’t spent the 21st century killing people by the millions in wars of aggression. China isn’t circling the planet with hundreds of military bases while working to destroy any nation or group anywhere in the world who disobeys it. China isn’t strangling nations around the globe with starvation sanctions for refusing to bow to its dictates. China didn’t just spend 15 months lighting the middle east on fire and backing a live-streamed genocide. China hasn’t spent the last three years endangering the world in frequently terrifying acts of nuclear brinkmanship with a rival nuclear superpower.

https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/only-pathetic-bootlickers-spend-their

The buzz around Xiaohongshu and then DeepSeek has had an unusually high volume of westerners speaking positively about China for the last couple of weeks, which of course means we’re also seeing many westerners falling all over themselves to say “Well actually China is actually quite bad actually” in response.

Western liberals who fancy themselves enlightened and critical of power tend to get very squirmy and uncomfortable in their skin when they hear people saying positive things about the PRC, and love nothing more than to tell you that China is just as evil and tyrannical as the western power alliance, if not worse.

This is objectively, measurably false. China hasn’t spent the 21st century killing people by the millions in wars of aggression. China isn’t circling the planet with hundreds of military bases while working to destroy any nation or group anywhere in the world who disobeys it. China isn’t strangling nations around the globe with starvation sanctions for refusing to bow to its dictates. China didn’t just spend 15 months lighting the middle east on fire and backing a live-streamed genocide. China hasn’t spent the last three years endangering the world in frequently terrifying acts of nuclear brinkmanship with a rival nuclear superpower. Only the US-centralized empire has done this.

Whenever I point this out I get empire apologists going “Well yeah, SO FAR! We haven’t seen China doing all that evil foreign policy shit YET because they’re still not powerful enough!” Which is just silly. China absolutely is powerful enough to be a whole lot more abusive and murderous abroad, and it simply isn’t. Westerners love to claim that China has secret agendas to conquer the world someday (hilariously implying that these hypothetical future abuses make China morally comparable to the US empire’s current known abuses), but if you actually dig into the evidence for these claims what you’ll find every time is that all they provide evidence for is China’s openly stated goal of a multi-polar world that isn’t ruled by Washington.

Our ancestors set sail to conquer the world; their ancestors built a wall. This notion that China has an interest in ruling over a bunch of white foreigners has as much rational basis as old racist superstitions that black and brown people wanted equal rights so that they could come and steal white men’s wives and have sex with their daughters.

They’re just a better civilization than ours — not because theirs is miraculous or perfect, but because ours is just that murderous and dystopian. They simply do the normal thing while we do the freakish thing: they make the lives of their citizens better and better and avoid unnecessary wars, while western governments make the lives of their citizens worse and worse while plunging into new acts of mass military slaughter every few years.

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Privacy 101

Posted by M. C. on January 29, 2025

Don’t know where to begin? Here are 6 steps to get started on your privacy journey!

NBTV Media

https://nbtv.substack.com/p/privacy-101

Regaining the Right to Consent

In today’s hyper-connected world, the right to control our own information is often stripped away without our knowledge or consent. Companies, data brokers, and governments collect vast amounts of data about us—more than we might imagine.

The good news? We can take back control.

Privacy isn’t about hiding—it’s about reclaiming the right to decide who gets access to our data and how it’s used.

Surveillance apologists normalize invasive practices, but you have the power to push back and reclaim your digital life.

If you’re overwhelmed by where to begin, don’t be. Every small step you take makes a big difference. This guide will help you get started with six simple changes that can significantly improve your daily privacy.

Privacy 101

In this guide, I’ve highlighted a few tools I personally use and find effective, but there are so many incredible options available. For a deeper dive, check out our other articles and videos that explore the tradeoffs of other alternatives. If you’ve discovered tools we didn’t mention, share them in the comments so others can benefit from your experience!

6 Simple Steps to Start Reclaiming Your Privacy

1. Switch Your Browser

Your browser is your gateway to the internet, and it’s often a major source of privacy leaks. Popular browsers like Chrome and Edge collect massive amounts of data about your online activity.

  • Solution: Switch to a privacy-focused browser.
  • Resource: Use privacytests.org to compare browsers and see how they handle tracking and other privacy measures. Some browsers that stand out on the list include Brave, Mullvad, and LibreWolf (with a special mention that goes to Tor, obviously).
  • Steps:
    • Import your bookmarks from your current browser to make the transition seamless.
    • You can also import any saved passwords if that is a barrier to you switching over. Even better is to import any saved passwords directly into a password manager: this is a more involved setup so we have a deep-dive on password managers that we didn’t include in this 6-step introduction.
    • Set your new browser as the default for easy use.

2. Change Your Search Engine

Google Search dominates the market, but it also builds detailed profiles of your interests, habits, and even medical concerns, and countless entities aggregate this data on your and exploit it.

  • Solution: Try privacy-focused search engines, there are countless, including Brave, Mojeek, Metager, SearX, Whoogle, Startpage, Duckduckgo, Swisscows, and Presearch to name a few. Let us know which ones give you the best results!
  • Pro Tip: Make a secondary search engine your browser’s homepage for easy access to multiple options.
  • Why It Matters: Switching search engines is one of the easiest privacy wins—90% of people use Google, so just making this change puts you ahead of the curve.

3. Secure Your Messaging

SMS and regular phone calls are not private. Almost all countries require telecom providers to build backdoors for government surveillance, but these backdoors are exploited.

  • Solution: Use private messaging apps that are E2EE.
  • Resource: Check out securemessagingapps.com for an in-depth comparison of private messaging apps and their features. My favorite is Signal, but you can try out others like Threema, or SimpleX, or whichever stands out to you on the list.

4. Upgrade Your Email

Popular email services like Gmail analyze your inbox to build detailed profiles on you.

  • Solution: Use privacy-focused providers like ProtonMail or Tuta, which offer E2EE in-network, and tools like password-protected emails for anything out-of-network.
  • Steps:
    • Import your Gmail history and contacts into your new email provider for an easy transition – you can do this with a single click.
    • Set up email forwarding from your old account to your new one, gradually transitioning your contacts.

5. Migrate Your Calendar

Your calendar holds sensitive information, including your daily habits, appointments, and locations.

  • Solution: Switch to end-to-end-encrypted calendars from providers like Proton or Tuta.
  • Steps: Import your existing calendar data with just a click, and all your future appointments will now be private and secure.

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6. Use a VPN

A VPN encrypts your internet traffic and hides your IP address from the websites you visit, protecting your location and online activities.

  • Solution: Choose reputable providers like Mullvad or ProtonVPN. Be very careful which VPN you download: a large part of the industry are just scam apps run by shell companies that collect you data. Only choose reputable providers.
  • Why It Matters: A VPN adds an extra layer of protection, preventing websites and data brokers from easily profiling you.

Takeaways

Reclaiming your privacy is about taking control of your digital life and asserting your right to choose who gets access to your data.

While it may seem overwhelming at first, the steps outlined in this guide are simple, actionable, and make a huge impact. They’re also quick wins that don’t require technical expertise. Each step builds on the last, making privacy less daunting and more empowering.

Privacy isn’t about perfection or doing everything at once—it’s about progress. By starting small and gradually adopting tools that align with your values, you can reclaim control over your data one step at a time.

This journey is about more than protecting yourself—it’s about building a better, more secure digital world for everyone. Your privacy is worth it, and you’re more capable than you realize. Take that first step, and you’ll quickly see how much power you really have.


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“Stabbed in the Eye” Hoax: How the Pro-Israel Right Weaponizes Victimhood

Posted by M. C. on January 29, 2025

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Trump Reveals Plan For The Ethnic Cleansing Of Gaza

Posted by M. C. on January 29, 2025

The president said that this new arrangement could be either temporary or long-term, but one would have to be extremely naive to believe that either Israel or Washington plan on emptying out Gaza of its inconvenient population, rebuilding it, and then bringing them all back to shiny new homes.

How is helping Israel cleanse Palestine of Palestinians a US problem? Is it because Israel has the power to prevent re-election of anyone who is critical?

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2021/02/how-the-media-cracks-down-on-critics-of-israel

https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/trump-reveals-plan-for-the-ethnic

Caitlin Johnstone

Well that didn’t take long. President Trump has said he wants to “clean out” Gaza and relocate its population to US client states Egypt and Jordan, which would of course be a textbook case of ethnic cleansing. It would also align perfectly with longstanding Israeli agendas to remove Palestinians from their homeland so that their territory can be seized and settled by Jews.

Speaking with the press on board Air Force One on Saturday, Trump said he talked to Jordan’s King Abdullah II about taking in large numbers of Palestinians from Gaza, and said he plans to speak with Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi about doing the same.

“I’d like Egypt to take people and I’d like Jordan to take people,” Trump told reporters, saying the Gaza Strip is “a real mess” and “literally a demolition site”.

“You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing,” Trump said.

The president said that this new arrangement could be either temporary or long-term, but one would have to be extremely naive to believe that either Israel or Washington plan on emptying out Gaza of its inconvenient population, rebuilding it, and then bringing them all back to shiny new homes. Israel has a very extensive history of grabbing land from Palestinians and then refusing to give it back, which is why there are so-called “refugee camps” for displaced Palestinians that are as old as the state of Israel itself.

“Just five days into his second term as president, Trump left no doubt about what his intentions are for Gaza,” Joe Lauria wrote for Consortium News on Trump’s comments, adding, “He tried to present what he was saying as humanitarian concern, but only the most ill-informed person about Gaza would not see that he is talking about committing the crime of forcibly relocating a population.”

Trump supporters will no doubt defend his stated plans as a compassionate effort to rescue Palestinians from unfortunate circumstances, because Trump supporters are chowder-brained bootlickers who would defend literally anything their president did. But make no mistake: this is the advancement of an agenda to end the existence of the Palestinian people in their historic homeland, and would fulfill the darkest desires of the most depraved political factions in Israel.

Mere days after the Hamas attack on October 7 2023, Israel’s Intelligence Ministry produced a document proposing the removal of Gaza’s population to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. At around the same time, an Israeli think tank called the Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy published a paper arguing that “There is at the moment a unique and rare opportunity to evacuate the whole Gaza Strip in coordination with the Egyptian government.”

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Hillbilly Music History Workshop-Full Presentation

Posted by M. C. on January 26, 2025

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Why the World Is Giving Up on Birthright Citizenship

Posted by M. C. on January 25, 2025

These conclusions also suggest it is not a coincidence that there are so few unrestricted jus soli states with positive net migration rates. Worldwide, nearly all states with unconditional jus soli are found in Latin America and the Caribbean.3 The countries in these regions are nearly all net out-migration countries, or countries with very little in-migration. Only three countries outside the Americas have unconditional just soli: Chad, Lesotho, and Tanzania. All of these countries are net-outmigration countries.4

https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-world-giving-birthright-citizenship

Mises WireRyan McMaken

Earlier this week, Donald Trump signed a new executive order which attempts to end so-called “birthright citizenship” in the United States. During the signing ceremony, Trump declared that the United States is “the only country in the world that does this with birthright…”

This is untrue and the Washington Post, among other publications, was quick to declare that Trump “falsely claimed” that the US is the only country with birthright citizenship, also known as the legal principle of unrestricted—or “pure”—jus soli.

Trump would have been accurate, however, had he said that birthright citizenship is becoming rare, and that it is especially rare among those wealthier countries that experience positive net in-migration. In many countries, as generous welfare states attract growing numbers of migrants, the idea of unrestricted jus soli has become less popular.

Indeed, Europe no longer contains any states that offer birthright citizenship, and others have added new restrictions to what jus soli provisions they have. 

Decline of Jus Soli in Europe

Since the early modern period, migration between European states has been a significant phenomenon, and these numbers increased many times over during the Industrial Revolution. It was often the case, however, that these migrations were seasonal or limited to relatively small enclaves of minority populations. Moreover, many areas of Europe were experiencing labor shortages since, throughout most of this period, Europe was a continent of emigration rather than immigration. After all, during the nineteenth century alone, millions of Europeans emigrated to the Americas. 

After the Second World War, however, things began to change due to decolonization and growing human mobility. As a 2018 report from the European commission puts it:

Large-scale immigration into Europe began after the Second World War as a consequence of decolonisation and of economic reconstruction. Although several north-west European countries, such as Germany and France, put specific immigration programmes in place to attract the desired workforce, most post-war immigration into Europe was spontaneous and unregulated. The general expectation in the receiving countries was that immigration was temporary and that immigrants would return to their countries when their labour was no longer needed. However, this expectation proved to be misguided. Although restrictions to immigration were imposed in the 1970s, following the economic stagnation caused by the oil crisis, the number of immigrants continued to rise. A new wave of immigration occurred after 1990, following the collapse of the Eastern Bloc and the launching of eastern EU enlargement.

In the UK, for instance, mass immigration from the colonies and from wartime ally states such as Poland intensified after 1945. As the second half of the century wore on, however, the prospect of continued migration drove new policies on naturalization and migration. For example, although the UK had long employed a liberal jus soli policy, the 

Commonwealth Immigration Act 1968 introduced patriality, which required those seeking British citizenship to prove they had a parent or grandparent who already possessed British citizenship. This move saw the beginning of a shift in British citizenship from jus soli to jus sanguine or citizenship passed on by parental lines rather than place of birth.1 

Over the past  thirty years, some countries have expanded the use of jus soli but only in restricted form. This proved to be part of a larger trend across Europe  toward restrictionon just soli naturalization and this has meant that

the number of countries that offer merely facilitated naturalisation is becoming smaller as more states introduce ius soli at birth conditional on legal long‐term parental residence, or, after birth, as an option at majority. The group of countries with double ius soli has also been strengthened through the recent reforms in Luxembourg and Greece.

Ius soli citizenship has also become more politicised, and, as in the case of adult naturalisation, has become increasingly conditional, through the introduction of more stringent residence requirements for parents, and of additional requirements for facilitated naturalisation, such as continuous residence, public order conditions, and language and civic knowledge tests.

In 2004, when Ireland abolished its unrestricted jus soli provisions, Europe ceased to have any states that offered “birthright citizenship.” Rather, European states have tended to add new jus sanguinis elements—requirements based on the origins of the child’s parents—to restrict jus soli. Today, nearly all member states of the European Union require that at least one parent be born in the country (i.e., “double jus soli”) in order to obtain automatic citizenship.

Source: “Acquisition and loss of citizenship in EU Member States,” 2018. 

Similar trends have happened in the European “outposts” of Australia and New Zealand. Unrestricted jus soli had existed in Australia, but this was abolished in 1986. Birthright citizenship was abolished in New Zealand in 2006.

Why Does Unrestricted Jus Soli Decline?

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The LA Fires: Progressive Governance Claims More Victims

Posted by M. C. on January 25, 2025

Not surprisingly, California’s politicians and others are blaming “climate change” for what has happened and one expects to see future lawsuits against energy companies, claiming that they have caused warming that is responsible for the current spate of wildfires in California and elsewhere. However, the real culprits are California officials themselves and the legal and regulatory straightjackets they have created that prevent people from taking the necessary actions to abate fire risks.

“The fire community, the progressives, are almost in a state of panic,” Ingalsbee said. There’s only one solution, the one we know yet still avoid. “We need to get good fire on the ground and whittle down some of that fuel load.”

https://mises.org/mises-wire/la-fires-progressive-governance-claims-more-victims

Mises WireWilliam L. Anderson

Much has been written about the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, including articles on this page and other libertarian sites. After several days of uncontrolled fire and destruction, we are very familiar with the governmental failures that have led to this current crisis. Progressivism is the guiding star of both California’s state government and local governments in the highly populated regions on the state’s Pacific Coast, and progressive policies have all but guaranteed this latest disaster.

Governing ideologies matter and matter greatly. The former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany would not have been as repressive as they were without guiding ideologies of their political leadership. Modern progressivism, while not as virulent and violent as the German and Soviet regimes, operates with a similar utopian worldview to repressive ideological regimes, and people living under progressive governments pay a serious price.

California’s governance has been ultra-progressive for more than a decade and cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco have become the poster children for failed progressive regimes. Democrats hold a 3-1 edge over Republicans in both state houses, while the California congressional delegations in the US House and Senate are dominated by the Democratic Party, which has won almost all the statewide elections for office in the past 30 years. Democrats hold a supermajority in both houses of the state legislature, which means Republicans cannot mount a challenge to any policies favored by Democrats.

Not surprisingly, California’s legislation is highly progressive, from the setting of high minimum wages to environmental policies, all of which impose huge costs on Californians that people in most other states don’t directly experience. Likewise, Los Angeles and San Francisco also have progressive governments that place leftist ideology over the nuts and bolts of ordinary governance.

Like most progressives, California’s lawmakers and activists believe that they can accomplish whatever they wish through legislation and coercion. When people in California believed that insurance rates were “too high,” they pushed through Proposition 103, which, according to Connor O’Keeffe, “severely decoupled” insurance rates from risk, which encouraged more building in fire-prone areas. On top of that, California’s insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara, has announced a one-year moratorium on insurance cancellations, which means insurance companies cannot cancel a homeowner’s policy even if they are in a fire-prone area.

By forcing the few insurance companies that still write policies in California to offer below-cost premiums in places where wildfires are likely to happen, the state is all-but-forcing these companies into bankruptcy, as the claims in the latest fires certainly will out-strip whatever revenues they received from premiums. Given that the estimated damages are likely to be the highest ever from a wildfire, perhaps more than $20 billion, this will affect insurance companies across the nation.

Not surprisingly, California’s politicians and others are blaming “climate change” for what has happened and one expects to see future lawsuits against energy companies, claiming that they have caused warming that is responsible for the current spate of wildfires in California and elsewhere. However, the real culprits are California officials themselves and the legal and regulatory straightjackets they have created that prevent people from taking the necessary actions to abate fire risks.

Elizabeth Weil, writing in ProPublica, points out that more than a century of fire suppression in California forests has created conditions that when fires start, they turn into conflagrations:

The pattern is a form of insanity: We keep doing overzealous fire suppression across California landscapes where the fire poses little risk to people and structures. As a result, wildland fuels keep building up. At the same time, the climate grows hotter and drier. Then, boom: the inevitable. The wind blows down a power line, or lightning strikes dry grass, and an inferno ensues. This week we’ve seen both the second- and third-largest fires in California history. “The fire community, the progressives, are almost in a state of panic,” Ingalsbee said. There’s only one solution, the one we know yet still avoid. “We need to get good fire on the ground and whittle down some of that fuel load.”

However, both the National Environmental Policy Act and California air quality laws, among others, make it extremely difficult to do anything to mitigate the damage done from fire suppression.

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Did Trump Just Drop Some Hints About His Peace Plan?

Posted by M. C. on January 24, 2025

As for the compromises that might be requested of Russia, these could include freezing the Line of Contact while being asked to accept only the partial demilitarization of Ukraine and practically no denazification.

A What plan?

denazification – That would suggest that, yes Virginia, there really are (US taxpayer supported) nazis running things in Ukraine.

https://korybko.substack.com/p/did-trump-just-drop-some-hints-about

Andrew Korybko

Trump’s known for his capriciousness, however, so it might be that he either didn’t mean to hint at anything at all in his latest remarks about Russia or he might unexpectedly change his mind about the compromises that he considers to be acceptable for each party during his upcoming call with Putin.

Trump said a few words about Russia shortly after his reinauguration while signing Executive Orders in the Oval Office. They’re important to interpret since they might hint at his peace plan, which he’s yet to officially reveal, but reports have circulated claiming that he’ll “escalate to de-escalate” through more sanctions against Russia and armed aid to Ukraine if Putin rejects whatever deal he offers. He’ll likewise allegedly cut Ukraine off if Zelensky rejects the same deal. Here’s what he said on Monday afternoon:

“Zelenskyy told me he wants to make a deal, I don’t know if Putin does … He might not. I think he should make a deal. I think he’s destroying Russia by not making a deal. I think, Russia is kinda in big trouble. You take a look at their economy, you take a look at their inflation in Russia. I got along with [Putin] great, I would hope he wants to make a deal.

He’s grinding it out. Most people thought it would last about one week and now you’re into three years. It is not making him look good. We have numbers that almost a million Russian soldiers have been killed. About 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers are killed. Russia’s bigger, they have more soldiers to lose but that’s no way to run a country.”

Starting from the beginning, his claim that Zelensky “wants to make a deal” coupled with his uncertainty about Putin’s willingness might be meant to portray the latter as an obstacle to peace, thus possibly setting the stage for the previously mentioned punitive measures. As for his opinion that Putin is “destroying Russia”, that’s hyperbole but frames his counterpart as the weaker of the two, especially when contrasted with Trump’s declaration earlier that day about the start of an American Golden Age.

He then elaborated by pointing to Russia’s inflation rate,

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