Trump keeps warning MAGA Republicans that Democrats are bent on turning America communist. Yet he trashes democratic norms at home while genuflecting before Xi Jinping abroad, treating the Chinese strongman with the kind of deference he rarely shows America’s democratic allies.
iPINIONS argues that the hypocrisy is as revealing as the spectacle.
Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/if-trump-is-putins-puppet-and-putin
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