We all live in the same country but we have different news sources-- and it's increasingly divided by party. Here's a good example. A recent YouGov poll from The Economist reported that 16% of Democrats and 21% of Independents thought Trump got what he wanted out of the summit with Kim Jong Un, but 45% of Republicans thought he did!Respondants were also asked if they rated various counties and foreign leaders friends or enemies of the U.S. Hoe about Canada? 82% of Democrats and 71% of Independents think Canada is either an ally or a friend, but only 68% of Republicans think the same. In fact, 14% of Republicans see Canada as unfriendly or an enemy. (Only 4% of Democrats and 7% of Independents feel that way). Mexico is seen as unfriendly or an enemy by 17% of Democrats, 30% of Independents and 45% of Republicans. Israel is seen as friendly or an ally by 58% of Democrats, 52% of Independents and a whopping 86% of Republicans.And Russia? I know that's what you're waiting for. 9% of Democrats, 10% of Independents and 18% of Republicans consider Russia friendly. Also 25% of Republicans have a favorable view of Putin, but 7% of Democrats and 12% of Independents do. 9% of Democrats, 26% of Independents and-- what for it-- 72% of Republicans say they think has handled Russia well.(Maybe this is because 78% of Republicans but only 9% of Democrats and 28% of Independents think Trump has skill at negotiating.) I know it's not Russia but 81% of Republicans but only 13% of Democrats and 31% of Independents think Trump has handled North Korea well. 53% of Republicans, 23% of Independents and 11% of Democrats rate the Kim Jong Un summit meeting successful.Now NATO. 9% of Democrats and 26% of Independents have an unfavorable view of NATO, but so do 37% of Republicans. In fact 9% of Democrats, 14% of Independents and 38% of Republicans want to withdraw from NATO.And, like Trump, many Republicans think the U.S. is being ripped off by other countries. Here's a list of countries with how Democrats and Republicans view how unfair trade is with each:
Canada• Republicans- 47%• Democrats- 15%China• Republicans- 72%• Democrat- 42%European Union• Republicans- 45%• Democrats- 14%Mexico• Republicans- 58%• Democrats- 21%
OK, and now to that trip to the insane asylum for Republicans. Actually it's a website I've never been to before, but follow on Twitter to keep track of what's going on on the far fringes of loony-land. It's something like the tip of the spear that is turning the Republican Party for a conservative party to a fascist party. It is very, very, very Trumpist, to say the least. And unless you are prepared to be barraged with both an avalanche of ads and a stark view of what has driven your right-wing, drooling brother-in-law off the deep end, don't go near it. This-- and other information sources like it, is exactly why Republicans have so many views at 180 degree variance with objective reality... and why their twisted, dark little lives are plagued with laughable conspiracy theories and raging paranoia. Señor Trumpanzee, one of them wrote, "has caught two Republican senators who were baited into exposing their anti-Trump pro-Deep State sympathies on a trip to Moscow, Russia on the Fourth of July." While you absorb what this psycho just said, I'll go right to the spoiler: John Hoeven, a faceless backbencher from North Dakota who sometimes gets mistaken for Angus King (I-ME) by other Republican senators, and, John Thune, the 3rd highest-ranking Republican in the Senate leadership. OK, now back to the specifics of the lunacy:
Trump handpicked seven untested Republican lawmakers including six senators for a trip to Moscow with pro-Trump members of the intelligence and military community. The trip was modeled after similar trips to Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, and Antarctica that Republican caucus members and governors attend to test their Deep State potential.Why Russia? It has become completely clear to all national security insiders that Democrats including Obama and Hillary Clinton have actually been colluding with Russia-- as evidenced by the Uranium One sale of 20 percent of uranium to the Russians, by the Obama Democrats’ crusade to hand control of Port Canaveral and the Port of Wilmington over to a Middle East company that exports Vladimir Putin’s missile launchers, and also by the fact that the Russians completely hacked all of the personal identifying information (facial recognition and fingerprints) that Obama and James Comey secretly compiled from all American citizens in 14 different states.The “Russia” collusion case against Trump was a psy-op to deflect attention away from the Democrats, and to use the mainstream media to cover it up just long enough for Robert Mueller to get whatever he needed to go after Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort.So of course the Deep State would meet with potential anti-Trump recruits in Russia.But this time, President Trump was putting together his own personal episode of “Undercover Boss.” Read the bombshell report by Tore Lindeman that had pro-Trumpers in the State Department clogging up the phone lines! [Spoiler Alert: Basically the exact same story by the exact same psychopath.]A high-level national security source tells Big League Politics that President Donald Trump picked seven Republican lawmakers to travel to Moscow over their Fourth of July recess to attend top secret meetings. Why? Because Trump is testing to see if they are Deep State “sleeper” agents to resist Trump. The Deep State routinely takes Republican senators on these kinds of trips to indoctrinate them into the globalist intelligence community. But on this trip to Moscow they were walking right into a trap set up by President Trump.The meeting included Republican Sens. John Thune, Richard Shelby, Steve Daines, John Kennedy, John Hoeven, and Jerry Moran, and the congresswoman Kay Granger.Two of the senators FAILED the test, according to Trump’s inner circle: Senators Hoeven and Thune.“The President at this moment must surround himself with people that he can TRUST because these individuals are only a handful of sleepers” the source said.
The story then further degenerates into made-up nonsense about Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Antarctica with plenty of Hillary craziness and lines like "the other individuals are all intelligence operatives" and "The Major and Lt. Col. were the spooks of spooks." And like the closing paragraph:
Sen. Hoeven when interviewed waffled and obviously from his responses looked incompetent to actually formulate any intelligible response indicating he had foreign policy experience. He just kept saying “We told the Russians we know you meddled with the elections and that is a problem.” It’s important to note that most of these Senators that accompanied Bolton were fish out of water and were simply there for “decorative” purposes. I guess its important we all take a look at our Senators and House candidates on ballots and see which of them have frequent ODD trips to places no one talks about, especially Pakistan.
