Convicted Felon Trump says his good friend Putin will release WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich as soon as Trump wins the election, but he won’t do it if Biden wins.
Lets unpack what is going on with this statement.
1. Trump is simply bullsh!ting. (very high probability of that whenever Trump's lips are moving).
2. Why would Trump categorize a brutal despotic dictator that has engaged in a war invading his neighbor and our allies that we are on the opposite side of as his "friend"? How did we get to the point where that statement alone is not political suicide?
3. If Trump had such power to get it done, why would he not exert himself right now to do so. Is it the same principle as the border bill? It would make Biden look good? Or I need this guy to stay in prison to make myself look good after the election? Like I need the border issue to run on so don't fix it?
4. What do you think this does to family and friends of Evan to hear Trump claim with certainty that it will happen? It is not like promising better roads or schools on the campaign trail. This is someones life. An American citizen that Trump wants to use as an election pawn.
5. Putin does nothing for free. What would Trump deliver to Putin that makes him so sure he would want to pay back a favor to Trump and not Biden?
Just one statement can reveal so much about how unfit Trump is to be the leader of this country. And he says hundreds of things like this each week.