Agreement looked close on Friday but disagreements over border and immigration spending are stalling a dealDonald Trump’s continuing lavish praise and support for Vladimir Putin are fueling alarm among former intelligence officials and other experts who fear another Trump presidency would benefit Moscow and harm American democracy and interests overseas.Trump praised the Russian president as a “genius” and “pretty savvy” when Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. Trump also recently greenlit Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to Nato members who don’t pay enough to the alliance. More recently, instead of criticizing Putin for the death of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s leading opposition figure, who the Kremlin once tried to kill with poison, and who died suddenly last month in an Arctic penal colony, Trump weirdly equated the four criminal prosecutions he faces with Navalny’s fate.In a way they’re working in parallel because they’re both trying to weaken the US, but for very different reasons. Continue reading...
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