1. Blaming COVID on Trump is absurd. The economy was booming until COVID hit.
2. See #1.
3. There's less people working with Biden's magic "new jobs" than there was before COVID hit.
4. Being downvoted by people like you isn't a bad thing. You don't understand anything. All emotion and no substance.
You said the economy was great under Trump. Um...nope! In fact, even before COVID, things had slowed down since Obama was in charge. Trump mishandled COVID. He politicized COVID. He gets no pass there. He also did other things that weren't good for the economy like those stupid tariffs. You are full of sh!t. Everyone here understands everything better than you (well, BW is in a similar boat with you, but even he's not as dumb as you).
You are a fool.
That's just completely untrue. You're letting your bedwetting hatred for Trump cloud your ability to reason.
Democrats politicized COVID to attack Trump. Trump blamed it on China. Democrats called him racist and said every death was his fault personally. Biden said he should resign for being in office when so many people died... and then went on to personally kill more than Trump did by his own logic.
China is not our friend. Trump understood this and you still don't.
You do realize there's 150 million people in Russia right? Trump can fill a stadium. Would you argue that Trump filling 1 stadium means the majority of Americans support Trump?
The prevailing sentiment in the media is that this is Putin's war. It has been said that getting rid of Putin would solve the problem.
My point was that the war isn't as unpopular in Russia as people here seem to think.
Your response. "Bullshift" the war is very popular in Russia.
lol?
Bullshift. Your point was "The media portrays it as if no one in Russia supports the war but Putin himself."
That's a strawman and a lie. Just today, every US media outlet reported, with photos, that Putin held a rally with 200,000 Russians supporting the war. You can read about it all over the US media. So your statement that "The media portrays it as if no one in Russia supports the war but Putin himself" is shot to shift just by glancing through today's US media headlines alone.
NO ONE, except you, has pretended that Putin and the Russian attack on Ukraine isn't popular in Russia. We know the score, Ace. Here you go:
Russians love the guy. He gives them all a Russian needs. Everyone knows this.
So... opinion polls in an authoritarian regime are worthless... unless they support your politics. Got it.
My point has been the same the entire time. The west provoked Russia. No matter what happens Ukraine lost the war. The west is willing to fight to the last drop of Ukrainian blood but refuses to shed a drop of their own.
You said the economy was great under Trump. Um...nope! In fact, even before COVID, things had slowed down since Obama was in charge. Trump mishandled COVID. He politicized COVID. He gets no pass there. He also did other things that weren't good for the economy like those stupid tariffs. You are full of sh!t. Everyone here understands everything better than you (well, BW is in a similar boat with you, but even he's not as dumb as you).
You are a fool.
That's just completely untrue. You're letting your bedwetting hatred for Trump cloud your ability to reason.
Democrats politicized COVID to attack Trump. Trump blamed it on China. Democrats called him racist and said every death was his fault personally. Biden said he should resign for being in office when so many people died... and then went on to personally kill more than Trump did by his own logic.
China is not our friend. Trump understood this and you still don't.
You're all insults and no substance.
Nope. What I said is 100% true, all day and twice on Sunday. You are a fool.
That's just completely untrue. You're letting your bedwetting hatred for Trump cloud your ability to reason.
Democrats politicized COVID to attack Trump. Trump blamed it on China. Democrats called him racist and said every death was his fault personally. Biden said he should resign for being in office when so many people died... and then went on to personally kill more than Trump did by his own logic.
China is not our friend. Trump understood this and you still don't.
You're all insults and no substance.
Nope. What I said is 100% true, all day and twice on Sunday. You are a fool.
Bullshift. Your point was "The media portrays it as if no one in Russia supports the war but Putin himself."
That's a strawman and a lie. Just today, every US media outlet reported, with photos, that Putin held a rally with 200,000 Russians supporting the war. You can read about it all over the US media. So your statement that "The media portrays it as if no one in Russia supports the war but Putin himself" is shot to shift just by glancing through today's US media headlines alone.
NO ONE, except you, has pretended that Putin and the Russian attack on Ukraine isn't popular in Russia. We know the score, Ace. Here you go:
Russians love the guy. He gives them all a Russian needs. Everyone knows this.
So... opinion polls in an authoritarian regime are worthless... unless they support your politics. Got it.
My point has been the same the entire time. The west provoked Russia. No matter what happens Ukraine lost the war. The west is willing to fight to the last drop of Ukrainian blood but refuses to shed a drop of their own.
You can cheerlead this cowardice. I won't.
Now you're changing your tune, as you often do,
Your point was this: "The media portrays it as if no one in Russia supports the war but Putin himself." That's what I responded to, because it was a strawman and a lie (also things you often do). If you want to now transition back to apologizing for Putin, that's another issue, which has been discussed at length in the unfortunately now deleted previous thread. I can't further expose you as an un-American pro-Putin apologist at the moment (as if I even need to do so anymore than has been done by many), because I need to pack for a vacation and start drinking some beers. Basically, I gotta bail.
So... opinion polls in an authoritarian regime are worthless... unless they support your politics. Got it.
My point has been the same the entire time. The west provoked Russia. No matter what happens Ukraine lost the war. The west is willing to fight to the last drop of Ukrainian blood but refuses to shed a drop of their own.
You can cheerlead this cowardice. I won't.
Now you're changing your tune, as you often do,
Your point was this: "The media portrays it as if no one in Russia supports the war but Putin himself." That's what I responded to, because it was a strawman and a lie (also things you often do). If you want to now transition back to apologizing for Putin, that's another issue, which has been discussed at length in the unfortunately now deleted previous thread. I can't further expose you as an un-American pro-Putin apologist at the moment (as if I even need to do so anymore than has been done by many), because I need to pack for a vacation and start drinking some beers. Basically, I gotta bail.
I've made 500 comments to the same 3 people here. Forgive me for not repeating everything just because you're new.
Calling anyone who isn't a war monger "pro-Putin" is idiotic.
Just because it isn't on your TV doesn't mean nothing is happening...
I posted direct evidence of astounding Russian loses against a (supposedly) vastly inferior army. You pretend it's not happening.
If you were more clever you'd understand it does not matter. Russia will not leave until they get what they want. They will burn Ukraine to the ground before they just leave because they consider Ukraine in NATO to be an existential threat.
While the West's big investors have ditched Russia in recent weeks, one small group of armchair investors sees a bargain and is shrugging off any ethical qualms.
I remember during one of the iraq wars there was a surge of buying of iraqi currency - took a lot of money from a lot of people. tech has made it very easy to lose money in schemes like this.
I remember during one of the iraq wars there was a surge of buying of iraqi currency - took a lot of money from a lot of people. tech has made it very easy to lose money in schemes like this.
The buyers might be losing money on purpose. This seems like a way for outsiders to illegally fund Putin's war.
Koch Industries is staying put in Russia. No intentions of leaving or following sanctions. This also seems like helping fund Putin's war.
GOP megadonor Charles Koch’s Kansas-based firm said it will continue operating two industrial glass factories in Russia owned by its subsidiary, Guardian Industries.
In other Putin's War profiteering news. 80% of Americans want Big Oil taxed for its massive profits (pocket stuffing) it made during the first weeks of the war when oil supplies were never in danger. Some have started a campaign called STOP for Stop the Oil Profiteering.
"Companies like Exxon, Chevron, Shell, and BP are trying to profit from the war in Ukraine, driving up gas prices in order to fill their own pockets," said Jamie Henn of the new Stop the Oil Profiteering campaign.