WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump, who drew criticism as U.S. president for his praise of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, made his first public comment on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday in a social media post that cast no blame. "The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made me more and more aware of what is happening in our Country," Trump wrote, appearing to link the death to his own political troubles. It was not clear what similarities Trump was trying to draw with Russia's most prominent opposition leader.
  • @jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
    2•9 months ago

    Oh boy… Navalny, despite being a right wing asshole, was not a Nazi.

    Biden supporting Israel is immaterial to the ongoing genocide because Israel has all the weapons and funding they need, they aren’t using OUR weapons to kill people in Gaza.

    Biden is supporting Israel because he wants the Israel PAC fundraising dollars.

    https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus?ind=Q05

    • HACKthePRISONS
      3•9 months ago

      supporting Israel for the money is probably the worst reason, besides just being a Zionist, which he claimed to be. it’s bad all around, and inexcusable.

      • @jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
        1•9 months ago

        Oh, it’s definitely inexecusable, but it’s not the same as him personally committing genocide, which he is not.

        • HACKthePRISONS
          1•9 months ago

          the nazi battlefield nurses weren’t personally committing genocide. I don’t see any reason to split hairs about their culpability though.

        • GodlessCommieEnglish
          0•9 months ago

          Charles Manson never actually committed any of the Manson family murders, should he have been free?

          • @jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
            3•9 months ago

            Manson manipulated people into doing his bidding to foment the larger race war “Helter Skelter”, Bibi requires no such manipulation and, in fact, is working in direct opposition to US interests.

            • GodlessCommieEnglish
              0•9 months ago

              That in reply to your claim that Biden is not participating in the genocide. All of these actions are in direct interest of us interests, if they were not, Biden has the power to stop it. The exact same way that Reagan did in the exact same way that Thatcher did in 1982. In fact, Biden providing funding and weapons for a nuclear capable nation to commit genocide is a violation of the Symington Amendment.

    • Sybil
      1•9 months ago

      he was an unapologetic nationalist who characterized foreigners as vermin. he was also seeking power in the oligarchy of Russia so… he shouldn’t get the benefit of the doubt on this one.

    • GodlessCommieEnglish
      0•9 months ago

      they aren’t using OUR weapons to kill people in Gaza.

      Then when would Biden bypass congress 3 times now to provide additional weapons to Israel if NONE of our weapons are being used in Gaza? Just because a drunk former SoH said so doesn’t make it truth.

      was not a Nazi

      So what is the correct word for a white nationalist wanting Arabs exterminated like roaches and flies, and wanted Russia for Russians only, xenophobic? If he were a US politician he would be among the likes of MTG and trump. And liberals certainly wouldn’t be mourning his death.