Trump Loves Putin — and Americans Hate It | Behind the Numbers With Rick & Andrew Wilson

We all woke up to news today that Trump’s FBI was raiding the home of John Bolton. However you feel about Bolton (and, trust me, a lot of us have strong feelings about the guy), Trump’s move to raid the homes of his political opponents should send shivers down your spine.

As

Rick Wilson

says, the fascists eat their own first.

But is this just a distraction? Well … no. It’s a distraction, but it’s not JUST a distraction. These moves — FBI and Bolton, National Guard troops in DC, attempting to end mail-in-voting — could be an attempt to move the Epstein files out of public view, or they could be the workings of a fascist takeover.

But they’re probably both.

And if these moves sound like something out of Putin’s Russia, it’s because they are. This week there was a bunch of polling on how Americans view Trump, Putin, and Zelenskyy, and how we view Trump’s attitude towards Putin and Zelenskyy.

Two of the most telling charts from Rick’s and Andrew’s discussion center on who those polled think Trump blames for the war in Ukraine vs. who those polled think is to blame. See for yourself.

Two-thirds of Americans believe Putin is to blame. You know why? Because Putin is to blame. But when asked on whom Trump places the blame, they say Zelensky by two-to-one.

In other words, most of us think Trump believes the opposite of what we believe. The thing is, this extends to just about everything Trump does. We don’t like tariffs like he does. We don’t like ICE or his immigration policies. We think he’s bad on the economy. And so on.

I’m using “we” to mean “Americans,” of course, but the bigger point is that all of this could spell disaster for Republicans in the midterms.

Watch this episode of Behind the Numbers to hear what Rick and Andrew have to say about it. And tell us what you think in the comments!

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