That ex-President Trump was today loudly praising Putin's invasion of the Ukraine is no surprise--he had already demonstrated that he was Putin's meat-puppet when he tried to lift the sanctions against Russia, bred dissent within NATO, left our bases open in Syria for Russian occupation, and spent the last year and a half tirelessly attempting to dismantle our democratic elections. That other Republican politicians are following suit only demonstrates how far the once-great party has fallen. It is almost entirely unrecognizable even from when Bush began its descent. Reagan must be spinning in his grave at the praise some of these demagogues are giving to a Russian dictator.
For that matter, Eisenhower's spirit is probably livid. He led the Allied Forces against Hitler, the second to last totalitarian dictator who tried to take over Europe piece by piece, each time claiming that he was doing so at the request of the people he was conquering. He then held the line against Stalin who tried to do the same thing. I'm certain that Eisenhower would be thinking about voting Democrat after seeing prominent members from his Republican party saying that "Putin is a genius," to "watch Putin's speech," and "to realize that the U.S. is at fault."
Perhaps I shouldn't be so surprised, considering the number of neo-Nazi supporters who wave their flags at Republican-backed events or considering that Tucker Carlson has been spreading Russian propaganda for years. Still, I'm waiting for some of the good people I know who have been so thoroughly bamboozled by Trump and his minions to finally wake up. Just how far does he and his cronies have to debase the Republican party before we finally kick him (and them) out of it? Or into prison, for that matter?
It's time that Republicans actually stood for our Republic again.