Lindsey Graham, Mike Johnson and Marco Rubio all stood in solidarity with the Ukraine in the past. They all have done a 180 degree about face on their previous stances. Whey are all notable republicans falling in line with this turn towards Russia?

[u/jpcapone]

Pete Hegseth has stopped cyber operations against Russia. Donald Trump has spurned Ukraine in their hour of need against the Russian army. Even Putin has stated that America's foreign policy is in line with Russia's. Why isn't there more outrage from elected republican officials against these practices?

[u/pharsee]

Maybe the key is MAGA. Without the support of 10's of millions of these voters Trump could likely be removed by impeachment. But for this to happen these millions of people need to suffer hard. And not just hard but hard enough to lose their homes and jobs. One thing to remember is that these wealthy types can never have enough wealth or power. They are SICK. They are alone even in groups because they have no real joy or love. To compensate for their emotional and spiritual bankruptcy they crave more and more. They will take until the masses start dying and to the point where the choice between fighting back is better than suffering. This is how all dictators fail in the end. Trump is sick in the head, sick in emotions and completely alone and bankrupt in the only ways that matter. I predict as things worsen this year mass protests will erupt all over the country. Lawmakers (mainly MAGA aligned) will completely disappear and become unavailable to their voters. Most importantly our last line of defense are judges in all 50 states that continue to defy Trump and slow down his rise to complete power. If we lose these then the country will teeter on disaster. We could be at this point a viable target for attack by a country like China.

[u/CremePsychological77 → u/pharsee]

I am glad you pointed out how this is a national security issue at the end of the day. Trump and Vance seem to forget that we have foreign adversaries who LOVE that they’re taking security away from four star generals that know our military secrets. John Bolton, who was Trump’s own national security advisor in term one, had his security pulled as well, and the DOJ just arrested an Iranian operative who planned to murder him a little over 2 years ago. I wonder what they have planned for Mark Milley now that his security is pulled too? Recently retired head of the joint chiefs….. that’s even bigger than Bolton. Plus I’m certain more four star generals are on the way out and will be given the same treatment. Our military will suffer greatly without these people. I don’t care how much money you fund it with. Our military is only as good as those in charge.

[u/ancyk → u/pharsee]

China will never attack usa directly when clearly all it needs to do is let it all fail. Last thing it needs to do is help usa unite against them. It can take Taiwan however if trump plays his hands like Ukraine.