"Vladimir, I Need Instructions!"

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke after Trump paused his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders on Monday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

He must of had to check in with his boss.

Need further proof that Trump is a rapist? Rapists always blame their victims for being raped. Trump blames Ukraine for being invaded.

The Krasnov Files

Someone asked Grok what would have happened in Alaska if Trump was a Russian asset.

This is the scenario. Seems accurate.

The Russians Know

Trump has turned the United States into a Russian client states.

From Russia Today's Telegram channel, this morning

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— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) August 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM

He has surrendered his administration to Russia. Everything he has done and is doing is guided by the idea of weakening America and making Russia and, by default, China, the powers of the 21st Century.

I don't know what hold Putin has over him, but it has to be something really, really bad.

And if you voted for him, you're complicit.

Maybe Putin Has the Epstein Files

...with video, to boot.

That would explain a lot about Trump donning his kneepads in Alaska.

European Leaders to Meet With Russia’s Representative in Washington

European leaders including Britain’s Keir Starmer will join Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at a White House meeting on Monday with Donald Trump, in a coordinated effort to push back on a US-endorsed “peace plan” that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.

The UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, and Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, will all accompany Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.

The European leaders have better memories of what happens when you cede land to an aggressive dictator who is bent on territorial expansion. Trump's so-called plan is nothing more than a surrender plan. Because Trump, of course, being both an acolyte of Hitler and a lacky of Putin, is on the side of the aggressive dictator.

Also, very much this:

What Does Putin Have on Trump?

One meeting and he's spouting Russian talking points.

Donald Trump will back a plan to cede unoccupied Ukrainian territory to Russia to secure an end to the war between the two countries, it was reported on Saturday, after details of his post-summit call with European leaders leaked out.

Trump told European leaders that he believed a peace deal could be negotiated if the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, agreed to give up the Donbas region, which Russian invaders have not been able to seize in over three years of fighting, the New York Times reported, citing to two senior European officials.

Nothing about a ceasefire, about sanctions. He is the best negotiator since Chamberlain gave Czechoslovakia to the Nazis. Probably worse, because Hitler didn't own Chamberlain as Putin owns Trump.

Or it took one face-to-face meeting for Putin to remind Trump that Putin has the mortgage on his fat ass.

Trump Got Played, Bigly

And even Fox News can't hide it.

Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left

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— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) August 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM

Color me both "unsurprised" and "disappointed". Maybe it was unrealistic as fuck to hope that Trump migt, for once, actually pull off a good result.

But here we are. All he produced was hype, spin and bullshit.

Same Shit, Different Day.

The Only Qualification to Work for Trump is Loyalty. Competence is Optional.

Reportedly, his much vaunted "special envoy" didn't realize that Putin is demanding the Ukranians give up territory. Instead, he thought Putin was offering to withdraw Russian forces.

Either that, or what we're seeing is a sellout on the order of Chamberlain giving Czechoslovakia to the Nazis.

More concessions to come:

Wonder how long it will take for Americans to realize why russian officials are posting this

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— Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 (@reshetz.bsky.social) August 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM

Neville Chamberlain Returns

President Donald Trump said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, a potential breakthrough after weeks of expressing frustration that more was not being done to quell the fighting.

Must be time for Agent Krasnov's performance evaluation.

If Trump had been president in 1941, the language of North America would be German. Except on the West Coast, where it would be Japanese.

No Doubt at All: Trump is a Russian Tool

There is no other explanation for this:

The United States has told its allies that it does not plan to participate in military exercises in Europe, according to reports.

I will not be surprised to see the Felon-in-Chief sign a military alliance with Russia within a few months.

Those of you who support Agent Krasnov: When, in a few years, your children and grandchildren are drafted into the Army, do not come crying here.

AI Has Its Advantages

Don't Tune In Tonight

Don't watch the SOTU speech by the Felonious Agent Krasnov tonight. The one thing he craves is an audience and, if his ratings suck, he'll feel it.

America Joins the Axis of Evil

The Kremlin said on Sunday that the dramatic pivot in the foreign policy of the US “largely” coincides with its own vision, with Donald Trump described as having “common sense”.

The US president, who has often said he respects his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, has worked to build ties with Moscow since taking office in January, including twice siding with Russia in UN votes.

“The new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations,” the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told a reporter from state television. “This largely coincides with our vision.”

If you know any Republican from the 1980s who was talking about the Axis of Evil, look them up in their nursing homes and ask them what the fuck is wrong with their party.

But it's probably more of a reversion to type. The GOP before WW2 was pro-isolation and pro-fascism. They haven't changed.

What has changed is that the Orange Felon has brought a mob-like sentiment to foreign policy, where there is nothing binding and breaking an agreement is routinely done. He bleats about not going to the defense of other NATO nations, conveniently forgetting that the only Article 5 action was after 9/11, when NATO airplanes helped patrol our skies and when NATO nations sent troops to Afghanistan.

The Bloated Ancient Bigot has sent this message to the world: America stands for nothing. America has no principles. America's word is not with the paper a treaty or agreement is printed on.

The Chinese see it:

The damage caused by Donald Trump to the United States’ reputation is creating opportunities for China, particularly with regards to Taiwan, according to a retired senior colonel from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

Speaking to the Guardian in Beijing, Zhou Bo said that Trump was damaging the US’s reputation “more than all of his predecessors combined”.

“By the end of his second term, I believe America’s global image will simply become more tarnished, its international standing will just go down further,” Zhou said. The people of Taiwan “know that America is going down”, which “might affect their mentality” with regards to China.

He and his children will be a-mouldering in their graves before the United States regains the resepect that we so cavalierly threw away last Fall.

Some Conservatives Are Disgusted With the Party of Trump

Bret Stephens, for one, who wrote this:

If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky. Whatever one might say about how Zelensky played his cards poorly — either by failing to behave with the degree of all-fours sycophancy that Trump demands or to maintain his composure in the face of JD Vance’s disingenuous provocations — this was a day of American infamy.
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Roosevelt and Reagan must be spinning in their graves, as are Churchill and Thatcher. It’s up to the rest of us to reclaim America’s honor from the gangsters who besmirched it in the White House.

Honor is not something that can be reclaimed easily. Being a dishonorable and treacherous person or country is a long-term stain. And it only takes one time to earn that label.

Trump demonstrated to the world yesterday that he is in thrall to Putin and that he is aligning the United States with one of the worst regimes on the globe. And the rest of the world got that message.

Also, this:

Agent Krasnov Delivers

The US voted against condemning Russia for its aggression.

So did Israel, so fuck Bibi, as well.

Couch-Boy Publicly States That the Felon-in-Chief Is Fragile

Free speech champion JD Vance warned Volodymyr Zelensky against “badmouthing” Donald Trump who has branded him a “dictator”.

The US Vice President, who lectured European leaders at the Munich Security Conference, on the need for free speech, with flawed claims, stressed that publicly denouncing Trump is an “atrocious way to deal with this administration”.

President Zelenskyy said that the Dictator of Mar-a-Lago is living in a "disinformation space," which was the "badmouthing" that the Faux Hillbilly was whining about. The obvious fact that the Short-Fingered Vulgarian believes Russian propaganda about who began the war and other points is beyond dispute by any rational person.

People who are in politics generally have thick skins. They know that taking critcism is part of the job. But not The Fat Old Felon, oh, no.

And neither does the South African Nazi. When an astronaut dared to correct him, he threw a hissy fit and demanded that the ISS be de-orbited.

I don't know if both of them are malignant narcissists who can't stand anyone telling them "no", or if they are just rich clowns who are high on their own supply. Or both.

Shorter Russia: "Sorry for Having Bombed and Gassed You Relentlessly For Fourteen Years, May We Please Keep the Bases We Did That From?"

Moscow is seeking to secure the future of its key military bases in Syria while making inroads with the country’s new rebel leadership, after the dramatic collapse of the Assad regime threatened to erode Russia’s influence in the Middle East.

Russia has kept a sizeable airbase in north-west Syria and a naval facility at the Mediterranean port of Tartus since Moscow’s military intervention helped President Bashar al-Assad reclaim most of the country after nationwide protests that began in 2011.

After the collapse of Assad, the Kremlin’s staunchest ally in the Middle East who has fled to Moscow, Russia appears to be turning to diplomacy to preserve its influence in Syria, engaging in a flurry of activity with the rebels it had labelled as terrorists only days earlier.

What is Arabic for "GTFO"?

But we shall see. And maybe this is why Putin's Boy in D.C. said that he wants to take a hands-off approach to the new government in Syria.

Co-Presidents-Elect to Watch Fireworks Together

President-elect Donald Trump appears to be planning to attend a SpaceX “Starship” rocket launch on Tuesday, in the latest indication of founder Elon Musk ‘s influence in the Republican’s orbit.

Is Musk's plane going to be designated AF 1.1? Is he getting a desk in the Oval Office?

"Co-President-Elect" would be a good working title for now. It would seem to be clear that Elon bought the TOFF because the constitution prohibits Musk from being prison, himself. Which begs the question as to whether Putin has transferred ownership of Trump, or is he just sharing with Elon.

Kremlin Confirms Donnie Sent Covid Testing Machines to His KGBFF

They've confirmed that, as the pandemic took hold, Trump cared more about Putin than he did Americans.

But you and I know that they're cult members who deny reality at every turn.

" Update: Some anacephalic in the RWNM called it "diplomacy.

Never Forget: Trump and Putin are Besties

Donald Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Vladimir Putin since leaving office and secretly sent the Russian president COVID-19 test machines during the height of the pandemic, Bob Woodward reported in his new book, “War.”
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Woodward reports that Trump asked an aide to leave his office at his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, so that the former president could have a private call with Putin in early 2024. The aide, whom Woodward doesn’t name, said there have been multiple calls between Trump and Putin since Trump left office, perhaps as many as seven, according to the book, though it does not detail what they discussed.
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Woodward reports that Trump sent Putin COVID-19 test machines for his personal use as the virus began spreading in 2020.

Putin told Trump not to tell anyone because people would be mad at Trump over it, but Trump said he didn’t care if anyone knew, according to the book. Trump ended up agreeing not to tell anyone.

So, when COVID testing machines and other supplies were in really short supply, Putin's Asset was sending that stuff to his master in Moscow. And, when the TOFF was stewing in Mar-a-Lago after being booted from office, he was having private conversations with his KGBFF Putin at the same time he had boxes of classified documents in his bathroom.

Does anyone have any doubt, at this point, that the Trump family is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putin, Inc.?

Lock them up.

Lock them all up.