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Donald Trump’s shocking and mendacious attack this week on the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as a “dictator” while cozying up to the Russian president and indicating that traditional US security support for Europe is waning may have alarmed US allies abroad but has prompted a more starkly divided response among Americans at home.

Reflecting the country’s deeply partisan attitude to the new president and his “America first” foreign policy doctrine, polling suggests that Republicans are much more likely to oppose additional help for war-torn Ukraine. A Pew Research Center survey earlier this month found that 47% of Republicans but just 14% of Democrats thought the US was providing too much support to Ukraine – views that have changed dramatically since the war began three years ago, when just 7% of all American adults (9% of Republicans and 5% of Democrats) said the US was providing too much support to Ukraine.

“It is an outrageous denial of the truth and shows his allegiance to Russia and to Putin especially,” said Carla Bayles, a voter from Washington state who supported Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election. “We are alienating our allies and getting us closer to a world war.”

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 hours ago

Why is the president of the United States embracing Putin a dividing factor?

It's like, either you have a dictator, or you have freedom. You can't have both

[–] [email protected] 57 points 6 hours ago

Donald Trump is a Russian agent. It's clear as day that he owes allegiance to the Russian dictator.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Thats crazy how its dividing. They have never been our ally, even in WW2 it was more of an enemy of my enemy thing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Forget all the nations and their interests. It all boils down to east vs west where the west represents liberal democracy and the east represents authoritarianism. How or why people keep siding with the east is something I have tried but will never understand.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

It'd be hard to claim ignorance on that. Every American still knows about the anti-Russian sentiment of the Cold War. If they dont we're screwed. Too uneducated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

america's pushing to be #1 in authoritarianism so we'll have to make new synecdoches

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 hours ago

Less of an embrace and more of "gargling his hog while musk cups the balls"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 hours ago

The Russian disinformation machine has succeeded beyond Putin's wildest dreams. It would be awe-inspiring if it didn't have such serious consequences.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 hours ago

It couldn't be more infuriating that these stupid fucks who take their marching orders from the likes of FOX News and Newsmax always have the audacity to call themselves "free thinkers" as though they really believe they came up with these ideas and positions themselves when it's crystal fucking clear based on the evidence that they did not.

[–] Reverendender 27 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Well. A lot of us are irredeamable idiots.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

By design i bet. Defund schools!

[–] Reverendender 4 points 5 hours ago

I'll take the over on that bet

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

If only there were some way to "redeam" yourself.