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Giuliani Claims Trump Told Putin He’d Blow Up Russian Churches If Russia Invaded Ukraine

It’s no wonder that failed, one-term, twice-impeached former President Donald Trump and his former attorney, Rudy Giuliani, became such close friends and confidants over the years. After all, they both lie almost as often as they breathe.

If you doubt that Giuliani can cook up as many bullshit tall tales as his former client, consider that Rudy just told Newsmax the Donald threatened to bomb Russian churches if President Vladimir Putin dared to invade Ukraine a year and a half ago.

According to Giuliani, right before he left office, Trump was speaking with Putin on the phone and made it clear there would be serious consequences if he made a move on Ukraine:

“He authorized me to say this, that’s why I’m saying it, because I’m his lawyer. So, he has a meeting with Putin and he tells him, they’re talking about Ukraine and he says, ‘Vladimir, you shouldn’t, like, attack Ukraine, cause then I’m gonna — well I never liked those — what are those things you’ve got in Moscow? Those big bubbles. Those big gold bubbles. I never liked those things. So, I’m going to have to blow them up.”

The big gold bubbles Trump allegedly threatened to blow up are the spires of the Kremlin, specifically the gold domes that are the tops of the Cathedral of the Annunciation, a Russian Orthodox church that was built in the 15th century.

Giuliani continued:

“So, Putin says, ‘They’re churches.’ And he said, ‘Oh, Vladimir. Don’t tell me that about churches. Oh, come on. Churches?'”

Does anyone other than the most rabid and fanatical MAGA morons believe a word of that? It’s impossible to accept that Trump ever confronted Putin about anything because Vlad allegedly has dirt on Donnie related to the ex-president’s odd sexual fetishes.

And yet now, with Russia killing thousands of Ukrainian civilians as Putin attempts to impose his will and realize his dream of being a modern-day czar, we’re supposed to accept at face value that Donald Trump said he’d bomb the Kremlin.

At times like this, it’s difficult to tell who is most full of shit: Trump, Giuliani, or their Russian master in the Kremlin.

 

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WATCH Sen. Chris Murphy Shut Down Chuck Todd For Complaining That Biden Called Putin A ‘War Criminal’

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) wasted no time shutting down “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd on Sunday when Todd suggested that President Joe Biden had made a mistake when he called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” this week.

Todd asked Murphy:

“President Biden called Putin a war criminal this week. There are a lot of people who agree with that assessment but question whether the president himself should have personalized it. Where are you in this?”

The senator replied:

“I don’t think you can do anything other than call Vladimir Putin a war criminal He is! I mean, what he’s doing right now as we speak, targeting children, maternity wards, schools inside Ukraine clearly crosses a line.”

That led the NBC host to follow up by inquiring:

“We’re going to negotiate with a war criminal? That is what’s difficult here, right? We didn’t negotiate with [former Serbian President Slobodan Milošević].”

Murphy:

“President Biden is showing moral leadership just like President Zelenskyy is showing moral leadership. There are a lot of Republican colleagues now who are using their time to criticize President Biden, vote against Ukraine aid on the floor of the House and the Senate while President Biden is standing up there saying and doing the right thing.

“So I’m proud of President Biden for drawing a moral line against Vladimir Putin. I’d rather have my Republican colleagues supporting him rather than attacking him.”

There can be no doubt that Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. Anyone who orders the bombing of residential areas, uses cluster bombs, and doesn’t care if his troops target women, children, and the elderly is beyond the pale.

When Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine is over with, Putin needs to be dragged of of the Kremlin and placed on trial for crimes against humanity. If he’s found guilty, he should face the same fate as the Nazis convicted at the Nuremberg trials after World War II: To swing from a hangman’s noose.

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Hillary Clinton Claps Back At Putin After Russia Sanctions Her And Other Prominent Americans

Earlier today, Russia retaliated against the United States for its imposition of sanctions for their invasion of Ukraine three weeks ago.

Mediaite notes that there were some familiar names on the list of Americans the Kremlin decided to ban from Russia:

“In response to a series of unprecedented sanctions prohibiting, among other things, entry into the United States for top officials of the Russian Federation, from March 15 of this year, the Russian ‘stop list’ includes on the basis of reciprocity President J. Biden, Secretary of State A. Blinken, Secretary of Defense L. Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff M. Milley, as well as a number of department heads and prominent US figures,” the statement said.

Also on the list is former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton, who took the announcement in good humor with this Twitter posting:

Be sure and note there are no Republicans on the sanctioned list from Russia. Twitter users certainly did.

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Leaked Kremlin Memo Says Tucker Carlson Is ‘Essential’ To Russia’s Disinformation War In The US

A leaked memo from the Russian Department of Information and Telecommunications Support seems to confirm what we’ve long suspected: Fox News host Tucker Carlson is being used to spread Kremlin propaganda and disinformation.

David Corn of Mother Jones reports:

On March 3, as Russian military forces bombed Ukrainian cities as part of Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of his neighbor, the Kremlin sent out talking points to state-friendly media outlets with a request: Use more Tucker Carlson.

“It is essential to use as much as possible fragments of broadcasts of the popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who sharply criticizes the actions of the United States [and] NATO, their negative role in unleashing the conflict in Ukraine, [and] the defiantly provocative behavior from the leadership of the Western countries and NATO towards the Russian Federation and towards President Putin, personally,” advises the 12-page document written in Russian. It sums up Carlson’s position: “Russia is only protecting its interests and security.” The memo includes a quote from Carlson: “And how would the US behave if such a situation developed in neighboring Mexico or Canada?”

The mention of Carlson appears in the memo shortly after this section, which specifically addresses issues Russia wants repeated frequently so it can frame the debate over anything that might be anti-Kremlin and anti-Putin:

“The Russian invasion is ‘preventing the possibility of nuclear strikes on its territory’; Ukraine has a history of nationalism (that presumably threatens Russia); the Russian military operation is proceeding as planned; Putin is protecting all Russians; the ‘losing’ Ukrainian army is shelling residential areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia; foreign mercenaries are arriving in Ukraine; Europe ‘is facing more and more problems’ because of its own sanctions; and there will be ‘danger and possible legal consequences’ for those in Russia who protest the war.”

Carlson has been a frequent and vocal critic of the U.S. getting involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, telling his viewers that Ukraine’s desire to join NATO was the root cause of Russia’s attack on its neighbor:

After Putin attacked Ukraine, Carlson ceased his anti-anti-Putin rhetoric and shifted to a new line: that the United States and the West purposefully goaded Putin into launching the war. Carlson said it was “obvious” that “getting Ukraine to join NATO was the key to inciting war with Russia.” He asked, “Why in the world would the United States intentionally seek war with Russia? How could we possibly benefit from that war?” He said he did not know. 

The Russian memo, along with Carlson’s continued criticism of the U.S. imposing economic sanctions raises a much larger and more disturbing question: Has Fox become a Kremlin mouthpiece, and why are they so willing to side with a country and its ruler when Putin has made it clear his fondest desire is to destroy the United States by whatever means possible?

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Lindsey Graham Says Biden Doesn’t Want Putin To Lose The Ukraine War Because ‘He’s A Climate Change Partner’

According to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), President Joe Biden is hoping Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin will be victorious with his war in Ukraine because Putin is “a climate partner.”

Graham made his absurd comments during an appearance on Fox News.

The South Carolina Republican repeated his call for someone to kill Putin, telling host Maria Bartiromo that NATO could institute a no-fly zone in Ukraine:

“It will not be World War III. This is all a bluff. Putin knows it. If he ordered a pre-emptive strike on the U.S., some general would shoot him in the head.

“The only way this war ends is with Putin going to jail or being taken out by his own people. How do you make that happen? You help the Ukrainians.”

And then Graham made his disgusting comment about Biden secretly wanting to see Putin to be victorious in Ukraine:

“He’s a climate change partner. He’s an Iran deal maker. In my eyes, he’s a menace to mankind, he’s a war criminal and he needs to be taken out by his own people.”

Graham ended the interview with another call for Putin to be killed:

“Putin is a war criminal, he is no longer a legitimate leader and it is time for us to get him gone! It would be better to have a Russian leader that wouldn’t marry up with Iran and Syria to begin with. This is the best chance in 20 years to take this guy out and the Russian people are the vehicle to do it.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=253&v=PySHSNmq1ls&feature=emb_logo

Here’s a thought: Since Lindsey is so eager to see Putin kick the bucket, how about we let him go meet with the Russian mass murderer and do the deed himself when he gets there? What say you, Sen. Graham? Do you have the balls to back up your tough talk, or are you just trying to look macho for your redneck constituents?