"We are the ones that should be the caretakers and leaders now and and I think it is possible to do that without pop off knee jerk reactions (that are patently false) that even got this thread started by Kevin G"

As a refresher, here's what I wrote: "Unreal. And I have friends on social media spouting Russian propaganda. I never imagined people/friends being so deluded and propagandized. Please wake up! Russian state media has been running audio all day and all night of Trump praising Putin. They've been playing video of former Secretary of State Pompeo praising Putin, all day and all night. WTF are they thinking standing with these people!? Conservative media, what is your endgame?"

(Not to get in the middle of what I think will be a very interesting exchange between Marc and Reg but I would like to make one comment.) I stand by what I wrote. Republican leaders have to know that their words of praise for Putin will only be used by Putin's propagandists. That's not a stretch or a "knee jerk" assessment on my part. Without fail, every time I turn on conservative media, it's only a matter of minutes before I hear how Biden has botched our response to Putin's aggression toward Ukraine. There's no concession that much of what he did early on by declassifying our intel and exposing Putin's plans for a false flag operation as a pretext for war, was instrumental in helping unify our allies to join in the effort to stand with Ukraine. I expect reasonable criticism of the man but when they fail to ever mention the famous Helsinki fellatio episode and the way Trump only ever had words of praise for Putin, it's blatant propaganda that I will call out for what it is and ask, "Conservative media, what is your endgame?" 

Marc, could you please highlight the part that's false. Thank you.

Kevin g