Watching what’s become of Ukraine and China must be keeping him going. Probably doesn’t even need a Viagra prescription anymore.

The Ukraine war is a negative for him. He wanted to use Russia against China. Like how he previously used China against the Soviet Union. He was the one advising Trump towards detente with Russia during the 2016 campaign. Unfortunately for him, others within the deep state made that policy impossible.

Got any more reading for that?

> Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is scheduled to meet on Wednesday with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-kissin...

> Kissinger, a longtime Putin confidant, sidles up to Trump

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-kissinger-russi...

> 45 years ago, Kissinger envisioned a ‘pivot’ to Russia. Will Trump make it happen?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/...

> Kissinger calls Putin-Trump meeting a chance to mend ties

https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-usa-kissinger-idINKBN...

> Trump hosts Russians, Kissinger at White House day after Comey firing

https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/trump-meets-lavrov-k...

> Kissinger Calls for Negotiated Peace in Ukraine, Kyiv Dismisses Proposal

https://www.voanews.com/a/kissinger-calls-for-negotiated-pea...

That’s an interesting take. Only a year or two ahead of the Ukrainian election Trump was threatening withholding agreed to and paid for arms shipments to Ukraine unless they announce investigations into Biden’s son. His people also blatantly lied claiming meetings with Russians ahead of elections were just about adoption policy whereas really it was about lifting the Magnitsky act which was the reason Russia banned US adoptions.

The contact with Russia prior to inauguration was for lobbying on behalf of Israel.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/01/michael-flyn...

Nope. Totally different meeting: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/06/us/politics/t...

The Trump team had lots of contact with Russia about all sorts of topics. By the way as far as I know, lobbying the Russians against the interests of the current government is extremely rare and rises to the level of what Reagan did to Carter with the Iran hostage crisis. There’s even laws on the books iirc that this isn’t allowed although no one seems to want to try enforcing it.

There is a saying in Turkish that roughly translates: "Nothing bad happens to bad people, God has to protect the good people".

Here is Kissinger being asked directly: https://youtu.be/p9vj2IkpBEw?t=7

Kissinger's friendship with Putin must be a thorn in the side of his many defenders in DC.

"Putin and Kissinger, indeed, met regularly – at least fifteen times. Once Putin was even invited for dinner at Kissinger’s home in New York. A “close and trusting collaboration” seemed in particular be established between the Kremlin and Kissinger Associates, Kissinger’s consulting firm." [0]

[0] "The Strange Putin-Kissinger Friendship", Marcel H. Van Herpen, 2016:

https://www.cicerofoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/Marcel_H...

Trump himself openly talks about admiring Putin and preferring the way Putin leads to anything here in America, and high ranking members of the American Republican party spent at least one recent July 4th in Moscow meeting with Putin.

Connections with the Russian Oligarchy haven't harmed them at all, especially since all their followers are convinced it was a hoax.

I'm speaking more of these types of photo ops: "Secretary Blinken stands with former Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice, Henry Kissinger, and James Baker at Stanford Memorial Church on Thursday." [0]

Hillary Clinton also spent decades brown nosing Henry Kissinger. I'm curious to see if she releases a public birthday greeting when he turns 100.

[0] https://www.state.gov/dipnote-u-s-department-of-state-offici...

I'm personally waiting for the fawning obituaries.

You mean he'll let himself be killed to finally take down his mortal enemy but will be resurrected moments later by his loyal friends? That metaphor holds further than one would like.

Wow, I must have been the 23rd person to show up at this party — he and I share the same birthday.

So you're turning 100 too? Wow, congratulations! </smile>

(I drill my law students in spotting and correcting phrasing that can be interpreted in two different ways, i.e., ambiguities.)