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Trump: Putin Changed From The Totally Awesome Person He Was Before!

President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House on May 21, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

By Josh Marshall

March 16, 2022 1:55 p.m.

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The domestic U.S. political moment is bound up around the fact that there is near universal support for Ukraine and opposition and antipathy for Russia. And yet, the leader of the Republican Party has been a consistent and obsequious supporter...

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