So what does the [[Democratic party]] [[establishment]], including [[Victoria Nuland]] do? They frame Trump as a Russian agent. And so the book basically tracks how you have the [[subversion]] of [[democracy]] in [[Ukraine]] also spills over to the [[subversion]] of [[democracy]] in the [[US]]. And both, you know, the [[Maidan coup|Ukraine coup]] and [[Russiagate]] have this mutually [[escalating]] dynamic where they lead to a worse situation in both countries and ultimately help lead to [[NATO war in Ukraine|Russia's invasion of Ukraine]] because one of the lasting impacts of [[Russiagate]] was to totally [[criminal]]ize [[diplomacy]] with [[Russia]], fuel an [[escalation]] in Ukraine, incentivized [[Trump]] to send [[weapon]]s to Ukraine that [[Obama]] wouldn't even send before because he didn't want to further inflame the conflict that he helped begin. | So what does the [[Democratic party]] [[establishment]], including [[Victoria Nuland]] do? They frame Trump as a Russian agent. And so the book basically tracks how you have the [[subversion]] of [[democracy]] in [[Ukraine]] also spills over to the [[subversion]] of [[democracy]] in the [[US]]. And both, you know, the [[Maidan coup|Ukraine coup]] and [[Russiagate]] have this mutually [[escalating]] dynamic where they lead to a worse situation in both countries and ultimately help lead to [[NATO war in Ukraine|Russia's invasion of Ukraine]] because one of the lasting impacts of [[Russiagate]] was to totally [[criminal]]ize [[diplomacy]] with [[Russia]], fuel an [[escalation]] in Ukraine, incentivized [[Trump]] to send [[weapon]]s to Ukraine that [[Obama]] wouldn't even send before because he didn't want to further inflame the conflict that he helped begin. |