Putin’s Republican Cronies*
13 min readFeb 27, 2022
Republican claims that a weak President Biden is to blame for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, that Trump was tough on Russia, that Putin would never have invaded Ukraine had Trump been in office, display an extreme form of projection. After years of witting and unwitting Russian appeasement and being played by Putin, Trump and certain Trump Republicans continue heaping praise on the Russian monster and war criminal. Their praise loops on…