Rich Lowry, the editor-in-chief of conservative news outlet “The National Review,” was the recipient of a brutal smackdown for suggesting that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine because Trump is out of office, and claiming that Putin was fearful of Trump “in a way that he simply isn’t of Joe Biden.”
“The sheer unpredictably of Trump, his anger at being defied or disrespected, his willingness to take the occasional big risk (the Soleimani strike), all had to make Putin frightened or wary of him in a way that he simply isn’t of Joe Biden,” Lowry wrote on Twitter on Tuesday, triggering an avalanche of mockery.
Former GOP strategist Steve Schmidt responded by slamming the pro-Trump newsman as a “lunatic” over his outrageous claim.
“This is a world view I have never understood. Trump is the most predictable person in the world, Schmith wrote. “He is as predictable as the Sun setting in the west and rising in the east. There is no mystery around Trump. How could there be? The idea that Vladimir Putin was kept guessing by Trump is lunacy,” he added.
“What Putin saw was strategic incoherence shaped by a vast ignorance of the world. He saw a whore in Trump who would sell out his country; her values and ideals for nothing but flattery. Trump’s conduct was a national embarrassment that was cheered,” Schmith wrote before other Twitter users piled on.
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2/ by Trump is lunacy. What Putin saw was strategic incoherence shaped by a vast ignorance of the world. He saw a whore in Trump who would sell out his country; her values and ideals for nothing but flattery. Trump’s conduct was a national embarrassment that was cheered
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) February 22, 2022
The only thing unpredictable in Trump’s approach to Putin was whether he’d kiss Putin’s feet or Putin’s ass.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 22, 2022
This account has been hacked, clearly.https://t.co/8DV7Q8jrb3
— Protect democracy (@NutshellsGuy) February 22, 2022
LOL. Delete your account.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) February 22, 2022
— Sue May Art✌️ (@suemayart) February 22, 2022
Or maybe Putin didn't have to worry about Trump because Trump hated NATO as much as Putin did, and spent 4 years trying to undermine it and therefor didn't feel threatened.
Conservative pundits saying patently ridiculous things is the most lucrative grift of all time.
— TrumpsTaxes (@TrumpsTaxes) February 22, 2022
For example, when Trump laid down on the ground, and kissed Putin's feet, while exclaiming how much he hated NATO, US intelligence/military, democracy at #Helsinki, even Putin did not see that level of sycophantic groveling on international TV coming … See unpredictable!
— David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) February 22, 2022
Umm no.Trump was literally Putin’s puppet in the WH. Try harder pic.twitter.com/yULqYflgRx
— Republicans against Trumpism (@RpsAgainstTrump) February 22, 2022
Bahahaha https://t.co/rZc985HDBN
— Maggie (@MaggieGDBriggs) February 22, 2022
LOL. Sure, Jan. Look at how frightened Putin was of Trump. That must be why he worked so hard to try to defeat Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/MbrxBNslzL
— Kat 4 Obama (@Kat4Obama) February 22, 2022
— Name cannot be blank (@BrianWithAnE) February 22, 2022
— SallySparrow (@Badwolffbay) February 22, 2022
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— Krysti Brice (@KrystiBrice) February 22, 2022
