MUST READ - President Trump's 2017 performance review, from Putin with love
Dear Donald:
Sincere thanks from everyone here in Russia’s leadership for your unstinting work on our behalf. We realized, when preparing this performance review, that you have done so much for us — including your verbal attacks on America’s allies while singing my praises, encouraging racial and religious animosity among Americans, dismantling and degrading the U.S. State Department, undermining the FBI, NATO and NAFTA and so much more — we could only highlight your major successes.
You’ve devastated America’s ability to lead the world, and draw on its allies for support, even faster than we thought possible. This couldn’t have gone better. Across 37 countries, Pew Research reported confidence in the U.S. presidency dropped from a median of 64% under President Obama to 22% under your presidency. The confidence of America’s key allies (e.g., the United Kingdom, Germany and France) plummeted even more dramatically (from about 80%-85% under Obama), to roughly 10%-20% under your administration.
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Your most significant achievement, however, is normalizing Russian interference in U.S. politics. Your GOP is openly called the Party of Putin — and an increasing percentage of Republicans view Russia favorably. GOP members of Congress are sending a clear message to the FBI that it should not be investigating our activities. Meanwhile, you’re doing nothing to protect America’s upcoming elections from our manipulations. Excellent! We’ll uphold our de facto bargain to support Republican candidates, as long as the party ignores our political interventions and looks agreeably on our interests.
Of course, the year wasn’t perfect. For instance, the U.S. Congress made a show of voting additional sanctions against Russia (we’ve noted this happened despite your objections and your delayed implementation). We do understand occasional token gestures are necessary to maintain the facade of America’s independence from Russia’s orbit. But keep these setbacks to the bare minimum!
Overall, results for your first year in office have been outstanding. We have hopes that by the end of your presidency, you will have completely destroyed America.
President Vladimir Putin
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/17/president-trumps-2017-performance-review-putin-love-steven-strauss-column/1032913001/
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