• Dasus@lemmy.world
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    They don’t know if the US is lying or not because trust in the US is at an all time low.

    Yup.

    I wonder why.

    Oh right because the US commander-in-queef is a Russian shill because Russia managed to influence the US enough to make the whole country cognitively challenged through environmental lead (more of an accident than anything purposefully neurotoxic but anyway) and the destruction of the US education system.

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      Once again posting this chart because when you realize which age group has the most enthusiastic Trump supporters, and you recognize the correlation between their behavior habits and the neuropsychological symptoms of lead poisoning during childhood development, everything starts to make way more sense.

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        Some of the symptoms include being more prone to anger/rage, which itself inhibits logical, critical thinking. They literally used to spike vehicle fuel with it, dump it in paint, etc.

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          • Poor speech articulation
          • Poor language understanding or usage
          • Problems maintaining attention in school or home
          • Problems with learning and remembering new information
          • Rigid, inflexible problem-solving abilities
          • Delayed general intellectual abilities
          • Learning problems in school (reading, language, math, writing)
          • Problems controlling behavior (e.g., aggressive, impulsive)

          The study specifically identifies atmospheric lead from additives in gasoline as a substantial source. Which makes sense since the highest incidences coincide with peak leaded gas usage.

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      Huh. I haven’t seen a picture of Khrushchev recently, but I rewatched Enemy at the Gates the other day, and I guess Bob Hoskins did a surprisingly accurate portrayal (with kudos to the makeup department, too).

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        Huh. I haven’t seen Enemy at the Gates in a long time, guess I should rewatch.

        But yeah I post that pic pretty frequently on Lemmy weird you haven’t seen it before but I guess Fediverse is wider than I think.

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      Wait, do people really believe that Trump is the culmination of a 70 year Soviet and Russian campaign, and all of America’s mistakes leading up to today are the result of this? Seems a little far-fetched imo

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        Culmination? Nah. Just a step in a game.

        But yeah, Trump is very clearly a Russian shill. Where have you been living for the past 10 years?

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2024_United_States_elections

        https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/connections-trump-putin-russia-ties-chart-flynn-page-manafort-sessions-214868/

        It’s so obvious that anyone actually arguing Trump isn’t a Russian shill is almost definitely a Russian shill themselves.

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          I remember thinking it was a silly idea in 2016, too. Like, the supposed “interference” was facebook ads featuring buff Bernie, stuff like that. It just seems like it’s a way to make an excuse for the US (and more specifically the Democrats), like their problems aren’t of their own making and everything is Russia’s fault. Linking it all the way back to Kruschev is especially ridiculous.

          But, supposing it is actually a plot that goes all the way back to the Krushchev era, good for them. It worked perfectly. The gameshow man is radpidly destroying America.

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            Found the guy who bought into the propaganda.

            The evidence is all right there. Do you think Putin is the leader of Russia because of honest elections and he’s just the best candidate and Russian democracy works?

            Cmon man. Russians have bought celebrities from the US for longer than either of us has been alive. There’s a reason the most chess GM’s come from Russia. They play the long game.

            They’re terrifyingly good at spycraft.

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              So like, was George Bush a Russian puppet too? The Iraq war harmed America. Was Obama a Russian puppet for cancelling the public option and letting the bankers get away with crashing the economy?Was Biden a Russian puppet, since he was sleepy and feckless?

              I’m a lot more inclined that your problems are due to institutional and societal rot, accumulated failures, a lack of planning, etc., rather than a grand Russian conspiracy. But if that’s true and you’re penetrated to the point where your government is just secretly controlled by Russia, I think you should just ask China to annex you. That way you at least could have a functioning country.

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                Strawmen.

                “Uh you’re saying Russia has completely controlled the US for several decades.”

                No I didn’t lol, learn 2 read a bit.

                Challenge the facts instead pushing your childish whatabout strawmen.

                “Your problems”

                Roflmao illiterate bro. Too illiterate. I’m not American in the slightest. I could drive to St Petersburg in a matter of hours.

                Challenge the facts.

                https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/explainers/russian-asset-trumps-policy-behavior-confirms-evidence-groomed-kremlin-since-1980s/

                A Russian asset: Trump’s policy behavior confirms evidence he was groomed by the Kremlin since the 1980s

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                  So Trump is a deep cover Soviet sleeper agent who has infiltrated all the way to the top rungs of power in the United States, and is using that power to destroy America? Fuck yeah, that rules.

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                    What did I just about the strawmen?

                    Trump is not a sleeper of any sort. Well except in the “napping grandpa” way.

                    Read the article, maybe?

                    #The “Kyiv Independent” published an explosive interview on February 26 that torched any lingering doubt about President Donald Trump’s deep ties to Russian intelligence.

                    Veteran journalist Craig Unger has tracked Trump’s relationships with Moscow for years He laid out evidence that Trump was carefully groomed as a Russian asset beginning in the 1980s. Less than a week after the bombshell report, Trump used his platform at the United Nations to dismiss Ukraine’s pleas and embrace Vladimir Putin’s narrative on Eastern Europe.

                    His statements cemented the idea that a decades-long foreign plot had successfully infiltrated the Oval Office, transforming the United States into a vessel for Moscow’s ambitions.

                    Many Americans once dismissed reports of Trump’s ties to Russian intelligence as wild conspiracy theories. Yet Unger’s findings, presented in his books “House of Trump, House of Putin” and “American Kompromat,” outline a consistent chain of events stretching back more than 40 years.

                    Soviet operatives, later replaced by Russian oligarchs, funneled suspicious cash into Trump’s real estate deals and played upon his narcissistic vanity. Over time, the strategy shaped Trump’s worldview to align seamlessly with the Kremlin’s long-term interests. Today, Russia reaps enormous gains as the White House methodically undermines Western unity, weakening NATO, and eroding confidence among America’s most vital allies.

                    The pattern was on full display during Trump’s U.N. address, where he castigated Ukraine for “bringing its troubles on itself” and chided Europe for failing to “handle its own backyard.”

                    In those remarks, he reversed decades of bipartisan consensus that the United States should confront unprovoked aggression in Europe. Instead of backing a nation under siege, Trump effectively blamed Kyiv’s government for the devastation wrought by Russian firepower.

                    Putin’s state media wasted no time broadcasting those segments, painting the U.S. president as an enlightened leader who recognizes the Kremlin’s alleged right to expand its sphere of influence.

                    Unger’s new revelations sent shockwaves through Washington circles. Once portrayed by supporters as a patriotic firebrand, Trump now looks more like a Trojan horse carefully cultivated by Russian intelligence. The journalist’s interview with the Kyiv Independent highlighted key phases of infiltration: financial bailouts for Trump when U.S. banks shunned him, orchestrated praise from Russian figures, and direct contact with individuals linked to the KGB’s successor services.

                    The result, Unger insisted, was a president whose foreign policy systematically furthers Moscow’s objectives — even if he never receives direct orders. In intelligence parlance, that is the very definition of an “asset.”

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      Trump and the US’s current target is the Soviet oil reserves as it has been from day one. The conflict in Ukraine was a result of Western oil companies trying to meddle with Soviet Era oil blocs in the Black sea, a fight that is still ongoing today. The US already controls Arabian oil, not Iran’s, and if they can successfully replace Iran’s government with a puppet, then it will be easier to break into the Soviet Union from the Southern Asia boarders.

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        Sure yeah I. Don’t disagree too much with anything you’ve said there.

        I just think Trumps skills at war is less than Putin’s skill at spycraft.