In his speech, Putin not solely claimed that major college youngsters are being provided gender reassignment surgical procedure, he declared that America was denying the correct function of males, plotting the “overthrow of religion and conventional values,” killing spiritual freedom, and creating “a reverse faith that is outright Satanism.”
Putin went on responsible america for blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline, and laughed at how politicians making an attempt to make use of much less fossil fuels should “persuade their fellow residents to eat much less, wash much less typically, and costume hotter at dwelling.” Then he talked about how, within the West those that query the federal government are “instantly declared enemies, extremists and radicals.”
In different phrases, Putin delivered a typical night with Tucker Carlson, or Sean Hannity, or some other Fox host. It’s little marvel that these at CPAC had been singing the praises of Putin … whilst Putin was threatening to make use of nuclear weapons and declaring that he was going to crush the West. As a result of why not? They need that too.
Completely uncoincidentally, Donald Trump went on his failing social media platform this week to affix Putin in blaming america for the sabotage of the 2 pipelines (spoiler alert: Russia did it), and to supply himself because the chief of a gaggle that may formally sanction Putin’s land seize in Ukraine by way of “negotiations.” Carlson was proper on this similar subject, devoting his present not solely to claims that america was liable for the pipelines, however performing some extremely dramatic pearl-clutching over the concept Russia could possibly be involved.
Putin stood on the stage and referred to as for “the collapse of Western hegemony” and mentioned that “The battlefield to which destiny and historical past have referred to as us is the battlefield for our folks, for nice historic Russia.” The bussed in apparatchiks responded with resounding applause.
However nobody seems to be extra captivated with returning Ukraine “to it’s historic motherland” than the folks at CPAC. As a result of the destruction of America is their purpose as a lot as Putin’s. And if meaning supporting Putin in his army invasion and annexation of a neighbor, they may actually go there, explicitly tweeting out a message that america ought to let Putin have his method.