Russian President Vladimir Putin indulged in a bit of American culture war fantasia on Friday, accusing the West once again of trying to “cancel” Russia while comparing his state’s plight to that of J.K. Rowling.
Vladimir Putin: Unhinged, corrupt, authoritarian, and delusional. Donald Trump: Unhinged, corrupt, authoritarian, and delusional. It’s a pattern of behavior.
Murdering kleptocrat revealing his catastrophic ignorance and stupidity as his entire army is decimated by a smaller country with the support of an outraged West and whining like a little baby about it says what?
I was coming here to pretty much answer your question. This passage–
“They’re exterminating Chaikovsky and Rakhmaninoff from concert posters, banning Russian authors and books,” he said, before comparing disgust with his government’s actions in Ukraine to the book-burning campaigns of the Third Reich.
–could have come straight from Trump when he’s in full “People are saying” mode.
Gawd. That’s just . . . . embarrassing. Watching a ‘strongman’ whine and complain about being ‘canceled’. And a word of advice - up your wardrobe. If you’re going to be an Evil Overlord, then at least start dressing the part. A Nehru jacket and white persian cat at the very least, though I think you would look great in a full-blown Ming the Merciless ensemble.
You have to wonder how many Russians watched that and all of a sudden got really scared. This is the same kind of garbonia the Soviets were spouting back in the day, and very few people actually want to go through that again.