The phrase “useful idiots,” often attributed to an earlier Vladimir, referred to Westerners who had been successfully manipulated by Soviet propaganda. But even Lenin would have to smile at the way Putin exploited Americans in 2016 to support Trump, or at least to oppose Hillary Clinton. Mueller’s indictment is full of nauseating detail about how Putin made fools of Americans.
got hundreds of thousands of online followers for groups they created such as “Army of Jesus” and “South United.”
To whip up anti-Muslim fervor to Trump’s benefit, they created a Facebook group called “United Muslims of America” and promoted a rally called “Support Hillary. Save American Muslims,” at which they recruited an actual American to hold a sign saying, “I think Sharia Law will be a powerful new direction of freedom.”
They promoted Trump-friendly hashtags (#MAGA, #Hillary4Prison), created pro-Trump accounts (“Trumpsters United”) and paid for election ads saying, among other things, “Vote Republican, vote Trump, and support the Second Amendment!” and “Hillary is a Satan, and her crimes and lies had proved just how evil she is.”
the most useful idiot of all happens to be the president, who is focused only on himself.
They bought ads to allege that Clinton “committed voter fraud.” They manipulated the Black Lives Matter movement by creating groups and accounts such as “Blacktivist” and “Woke Blacks,” attempting to persuade African Americans to support the Green Party’s Jill Stein or not to vote rather than “to vote Killary.”
Trump, in his refusal to respond to this Russian attack, continues to play the useful idiot, because it suits his selfish purposes. Will his supporters also continue to let Putin play them for fools?
By Dana MilbankOpinion writerFebruary 20 at 7:45 PM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...-card-d:homepage/story&utm_term=.3769fded1f9e
BUT USEFUL IDIOTS WILL TELL YOU RUSSIA DIDNT CHANGE A SINGLE VOTE -
YEAH - RIGHT.
got hundreds of thousands of online followers for groups they created such as “Army of Jesus” and “South United.”
To whip up anti-Muslim fervor to Trump’s benefit, they created a Facebook group called “United Muslims of America” and promoted a rally called “Support Hillary. Save American Muslims,” at which they recruited an actual American to hold a sign saying, “I think Sharia Law will be a powerful new direction of freedom.”
They promoted Trump-friendly hashtags (#MAGA, #Hillary4Prison), created pro-Trump accounts (“Trumpsters United”) and paid for election ads saying, among other things, “Vote Republican, vote Trump, and support the Second Amendment!” and “Hillary is a Satan, and her crimes and lies had proved just how evil she is.”
the most useful idiot of all happens to be the president, who is focused only on himself.
They bought ads to allege that Clinton “committed voter fraud.” They manipulated the Black Lives Matter movement by creating groups and accounts such as “Blacktivist” and “Woke Blacks,” attempting to persuade African Americans to support the Green Party’s Jill Stein or not to vote rather than “to vote Killary.”
Trump, in his refusal to respond to this Russian attack, continues to play the useful idiot, because it suits his selfish purposes. Will his supporters also continue to let Putin play them for fools?
By Dana MilbankOpinion writerFebruary 20 at 7:45 PM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...-card-d:homepage/story&utm_term=.3769fded1f9e
BUT USEFUL IDIOTS WILL TELL YOU RUSSIA DIDNT CHANGE A SINGLE VOTE -
YEAH - RIGHT.
