HAVE YOU GIVEN UP ON AMERICA? WHY IS THE GOP OKAY WITH ANY OF THIS?

What we’re reading… Trump is aligning himself with Putin, Viktor Orbán, Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), and China’s Xi Jinping. So by extension he is aligning the United States of America with this oligarchical axis. Abandoning America’s democratic principles and traditional allies. WaPo reported that Trump initially launched the strikes on Iran at the urging of MBS and Netanyahu. Despite the assessment of US intelligence that Iran did not pose an imminent threat. The NYT reported that MBS sees a “historic opportunity” to remake the Middle East and so has been pushing Trump to continue his war against Iran. He has urged Trump to use troops to seize Iran’s energy infrastructure and drive the regime out of power. He has assured Trump that the jump in oil prices will be temporary. The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) controlled by MBS invested $2B in the private equity firm of Jared Kushner. Since 2021 Kushner has collected more than $110M from the government of Saudi Arabia for investment management services that have reaped little to no return from his volunteer ‘negotiations.’ The Iran war is benefiting Russia. Despite reports that Russia is aiding Iran in the fight, the Trump administration dropped sanctions on Russian oil that was already at sea. Giving Russia an injection of up to $10B a month into its war effort against Ukraine. Trump reposted Russian propaganda claiming that Ukraine discussed funneling money to Biden’s reelection campaign. Four Russian lawmakers arrived in DC this week to talk with lawmakers as ‘a part of the normalization of relations with the United States of America.” Trump once again said the US will not guarantee Ukraine’s security unless Ukraine withdraws from its own land in Donbas. Exactly what Russia invaded for. And the same issue that resulted in Russia interfering in the 2016 election in support of Trump. The Pentagon is considering diverting weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East. Pentagon officials told Congress that it was going to divert about $750M in funding provided by NATO countries for Ukraine to restock military weapons in the US instead. Trump said we do this all the time. I’m assuming he means deserting democracy in support of a dictator. Our Constitution tried to set up a system that would make it impossible for a president to go to war for private interests or the benefit of other countries by establishing that Congress alone can declare war. We the people are intended to have a say. But Trump simply began the Iran war without consultation with Congress. And administration officials have refused to appear at hearings, instead hiding briefings behind closed doors Now they’re primed to ask for an additional $200B in war funding. Can you explain to us why the GOP Congress is going along with any of this?