The GOP and right wing types traditionally pulled a hard line against Russia and Russian interest. Then that softened — remember George W Bush “staring into Putin’s soul.” Conservatives picked up an infatuation of sorts with Russia early in the Obama administration. Talk radio personalities took a shine to Mr. Putin because Russia allowed transit of US troops and supplies on Russian railways to Uzbekistan, for example. Policy positions on Syria we’re strange.
It flipped to obsequiousness mysteriously in 2017. Anything critical of Russia suddenly became a tangle of whataboutisms and other nonsense. Old hawks now roost as Russia doves. Senators who are ok with child separation want pardons for Edward Snowden.
This is partly why I find the "no politics" rule on hackernews absolutely hilarious sometimes because it's such an insight into the American psyche where everything is political but also in denial that politics is anything other than a catch-all term for anything involving people, power and any end result other than sex or violence.
The stuff that attracts folks to Trumpism, UFOs or other weird things of the ilk that make little sense appeals to that philosophy. We like mysteries and inside knowledge. We don’t always have the answers, but we know the problems that nobody else understands.
It’s an easy thing for propagandists to exploit. UFOs have been used to conceal weapons programs in plain sight. (In my home area, tomahawk missile testing in the 80s was often linked to that). Now anyone with a little money can mobilize an army of bots and idiots to push any message.
He is the first president in the past 40, 50 years I think, that didn't start any conflict.
Also he been trying to pull out troops, to the point officials lied to him about troop movements to prevent him from pulling more troops (O.o I am surprised people will let that one fly...)
Biden on the other hand already appointed as secretary of defense a guy on the board of Raytheon...