Michael McFaul is director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover fellow at Stanford University and a contributing columnist to The Post. He is the author of "From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia."
I thought I was done worrying about Vladimir Putin. I left Moscow in 2014 as the departing U.S. ambassador, after Putin spent my two-year stint deploying state-controlled media outlets and their surrogates to propagate disinformation about me. He’d been received tepidly in his campaign to retake the presidency from his ally, Dmitry Medvedev, and he needed an enemy. So his proxies falsely argued that I had been sent by President Barack Obama to fund the opposition and foment revolution; that I hoped Putin would end up like Serbian autocrat Slobodan Milosevic, dislodged and imprisoned; and that I was a pedophile. It was a demoralizing dimension of an otherwise great job, but the White House defended me zealously. (In meetings with both Putin and Medvedev, Obama criticized their treatment of me.) When I returned to my teaching position in 2014, I was relieved to leave it all behind.
But this month, at the Helsinki summit between the two nations, Putin was after me again, and at first I didn’t understand how sinister his attack was. During his two-hour one-on-one meeting with President Trump, Putin made his American counterpart an offer: He would permit U.S. law enforcement officials to witness the Russian interrogation of 12 Russian spies accused by the United States of interfering in the 2016 campaign, if his own agents could observe the interrogation of a similar number of American intelligence officers who, Russia alleges, committed crimes on Russian soil. In the fantasy Putin spun during the joint news conference, U.S. intelligence officers had helped American-born British citizen Bill Browder launder money out of Russia, which Browder then gave to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. It was a ludicrously false equivalency that linked the documented efforts of Russian hackers to tilt the election to Trump with a host of completely imagined offenses by U.S. government officials. Amazingly, Trump called Putin’s crazy proposal “an incredible offer.
Clinical psychologist Jennifer Panning, of Illinois, wrote a 2017 essay on Trump Anxiety Disorder saying the symptoms include patients feeling a loss of control and helplessness, and fretting about what's happening in the country. She said they also spend an 'excessive' amount of time on social media.
LaMotte said one patient experiencing Trump-related anxiety asked her: 'Is he gonna blow us all up?'
I would be willing to “shut down” government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! We need great people coming into our Country!
Clinical psychologist Jennifer Panning, of Illinois, wrote a 2017 essay on Trump Anxiety Disorder saying the symptoms include patients feeling a loss of control and helplessness, and fretting about what's happening in the country. She said they also spend an 'excessive' amount of time on social media.
UNBRIDLED AND EXTREME PRESENT HEDONISM How the Leader of the Free World Has Proven Time and Again He Is Unfit for Duty PHILIP ZIMBARDO AND ROSEMARY SWORD In the summer of 2015, we commenced what would become an ongoing discussion about Donald Trump. He had just thrown his hat in the ring as a Republican presidential candidate, and our initial conversation was brief: he was in it for the publicity. For us, as for many Americans, Donald Trump had been in the periphery of our consciousness for years, first as a well-publicized New York City businessman and later as a mediocre television personality. And like most, we didn’t take him seriously. Why would we have? He had no political experience, and he failed to show any real interest in philanthropy, much less in helping the American people or non-Trump businesses. His products were made outside the United States, and multiple lawsuits indicated he didn’t pay those small businesses that supplied him with goods and services. He had also created Trump University, for people who wanted to get certified in business administration, at a fee of $43,000 for one year. It was a scam—the same lessons were available online for free for anyone, and the mentors who were supposed to give students personal guidance. He settled for $25,000,000.
We also knew that, for decades, Trump had flip-flopped, switching political parties—first a Democrat, then a member of the Reform Party, then a Republican, then a Democrat, and finally a Republican again. Surely, it seemed, “The Donald” was in the running merely to gain media coverage, to place himself in a better position to make even more big deals and to up-level his product line: Donald J. Trump. Then, as the months progressed, we became increasingly concerned that, given his “straightforward” or “outsider” presentation and his charisma, he would appeal to people who were unaware of the dangers of narcissism in extremis, or of the offensive behaviors that can accompany it. While we are not trying to diagnose here (which would be close to impossible in any case), we would like to call the reader’s attention to associated behaviors that include but are not limited to condescension, gross exaggeration (lying), bullying, jealousy, fragile self-esteem, lack of compassion, and viewing the world through an “us-vs.-them” lens. Having observed the schoolyard bully tactics Trump employed during the Republican debates, and his absurdly boastful presentation during interviews, we felt it was important to raise awareness about this set of behaviors. So, in January 2016, we published an online Psychology Today column about bullies and the hostile social environments they create in schools and businesses (Sword and Zimbardo 2016a).
Loss of Reality Trump’s insistence on the truth of matters proved to be untrue (“alternative facts”) is well known, even when such denial is not in his interest. He has falsely claimed that President Barack Obama is not an American and that he wiretapped Trump’s building, that his loss in the popular vote of the general election was caused by illegal aliens, that he had the largest inauguration crowd in history and so on. Together, these show a persistent loss of reality.
Roger Amick said... I would be willing to “shut down” government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! We need great people coming into our Country!
Finally agree with Roger on something. Maybe he found some TDS medication that works or had a needed intervention.
Together, these show a persistent loss of reality.
indeed. loss of reality for the left, that is.
He has falsely claimed that President Barack Obama is not an American and that he wiretapped Trump’s building, that his loss in the popular vote of the general election was caused by illegal aliens, that he had the largest inauguration crowd in history and so on.
normal everyday americans have zero fucks to give about each of these so called 'issues.'
Loss of Reality Trump’s insistence on the truth of matters proved to be untrue (“alternative facts”) is well known, even when such denial is not in his interest. He has falsely claimed that President Barack Obama is not an American and that he wiretapped Trump’s building, that his loss in the popular vote of the general election was caused by illegal aliens, that he had the largest inauguration crowd in history and so on. Together, these show a persistent loss of reality.
Trumpism is Too much time on Brietbart is a chronic condition that demands the acceptance that Trumpism has taken control of my life and it has taken control over my life. The only cure to complete self honesty or it will lead to self destruction syndrome.
Trumpism is Too much time on Brietbart is a chronic condition that demands the acceptance that Trumpism has taken control of my life and it has taken control over my life. The only cure to complete self honesty or it will lead to self destruction syndrome.
i have to hand it to you alky...
i haven't seen this much psychological projection out of you in a very long time.
trump is stomping you assclowns into a puddle and is walking it dry every single day, and you can't fucking stand it.
So you accept the fact that he lied repeatedly about birtherism, crowd size and approximately 3,200 other lies and distortions and he is still eminently qualified to hold the highest office in the country and as commander in chief!
Millions of everyday Americans who love their country more than they love Trump like you. A classic example of Trumpism stage four.
Trump increased the obama deficit by almost 40% in just over a year. It has occurred in a burgeoning economy too boot!!!! And the slurpers keep slurping as if everything is fine because it wasn't obama who did it....
So you accept the fact that he lied repeatedly about birtherism, crowd size and approximately 3,200 other lies and distortions and he is still eminently qualified to hold the highest office in the country and as commander in chief!
this is what i've been trying to explain to you...
allow me to repeat -
normal everyday americans have zero fucks to give about each of these so called 'issues.'
in other words, in order to accept your 'facts,' giving a fuck is a prerequisite.
while you focus on that meaningless shit, we're focused on 4.1% growth, 400,000 new/returning manufacturing jobs, the remains of american soldiers being returned from NK, and countless other meaningful issues that matter to us normals. you 'occupy democrats!!!11!' fuckwits can continue to rage and have your conniption fits over crowd sizes and the birther shit that team hillary cooked up.
On Thursday morning, The Root, an online magazine typically devoted to African-American culture, published an article titled: “Evidence Shows Hackers Changed Votes in the 2016 Election But No One Will Admit It.”
The article, naturally, took Anti-Trump Twitter by storm, with many commentators failing to look past the headline to see that the author, Michael Harriot, was talking about circumstantial, not direct, evidence. The article was also an op-ed and not, as the headline suggested, a news article (this may or may not have been Harriot’s fault; sometimes writers don’t get the final say in their own headlines).
Still, on Friday afternoon, the piece was updated with a correction because Harriot had referred to Russians as “Soviets” on a couple of occasions. By Saturday morning, however, the article was taken down and an editor’s note put in its place that reads:
This story was an opinion piece asserting there was evidence that hackers changed votes in the 2016 election. However, a number of statements in the piece are disputed by experts. As a result, we have pulled it down for editorial review, and will update it once that review is completed.
Yet another reminder that we must all be careful of sharing things on social media that conform to our preconceived biases without actually reading the article.
And don't forget about those millions of illegal votes trump claimed his loss of the the popular vote....Funny, how roger's speculation bothers you but trump lies are just fine....That is why I call you an asshole...
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the 'quote of the year' has the alky's name written all over it.
Trump threatens to 'shut down' government unless Democrats agree to fund Mexico wall.
Funniest thing you’ll see today
Activists on flotilla heading to Gaza vow non-violent resistance
Flotilla boat Al Awda is 150 miles from Gaza shore, but the activists on board know the Israeli Navy will soon stop them; they say they won't invite the Navy on board, 'but we also won't try to hurt them or create a situation in which we are a threat to them.'
I don’t think that dumb fuck understands how this works
Not so funny.
Michael McFaul is director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover fellow at Stanford University and a contributing columnist to The Post. He is the author of "From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia."
I thought I was done worrying about Vladimir Putin. I left Moscow in 2014 as the departing U.S. ambassador, after Putin spent my two-year stint deploying state-controlled media outlets and their surrogates to propagate disinformation about me. He’d been received tepidly in his campaign to retake the presidency from his ally, Dmitry Medvedev, and he needed an enemy. So his proxies falsely argued that I had been sent by President Barack Obama to fund the opposition and foment revolution; that I hoped Putin would end up like Serbian autocrat Slobodan Milosevic, dislodged and imprisoned; and that I was a pedophile. It was a demoralizing dimension of an otherwise great job, but the White House defended me zealously. (In meetings with both Putin and Medvedev, Obama criticized their treatment of me.) When I returned to my teaching position in 2014, I was relieved to leave it all behind.
But this month, at the Helsinki summit between the two nations, Putin was after me again, and at first I didn’t understand how sinister his attack was. During his two-hour one-on-one meeting with President Trump, Putin made his American counterpart an offer: He would permit U.S. law enforcement officials to witness the Russian interrogation of 12 Russian spies accused by the United States of interfering in the 2016 campaign, if his own agents could observe the interrogation of a similar number of American intelligence officers who, Russia alleges, committed crimes on Russian soil. In the fantasy Putin spun during the joint news conference, U.S. intelligence officers had helped American-born British citizen Bill Browder launder money out of Russia, which Browder then gave to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. It was a ludicrously false equivalency that linked the documented efforts of Russian hackers to tilt the election to Trump with a host of completely imagined offenses by U.S. government officials. Amazingly, Trump called Putin’s crazy proposal “an incredible offer.
Clinical psychologist Jennifer Panning, of Illinois, wrote a 2017 essay on Trump Anxiety Disorder saying the symptoms include patients feeling a loss of control and helplessness, and fretting about what's happening in the country. She said they also spend an 'excessive' amount of time on social media.
LaMotte said one patient experiencing Trump-related anxiety asked her: 'Is he gonna blow us all up?'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6003397/Trump-Anxiety-Disorder-Therapists-say-patients-experiencing-Trump-related-anxiety.html
I would be willing to “shut down” government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! We need great people coming into our Country!
Clinical psychologist Jennifer Panning, of Illinois, wrote a 2017 essay on Trump Anxiety Disorder saying the symptoms include patients feeling a loss of control and helplessness, and fretting about what's happening in the country. She said they also spend an 'excessive' amount of time on social media.
Easy to cure in just two words.
Grow up.
Housing
After The Lost Years the rate of Home Ownership dropped to 62.9 %.
Today it is 64.3 %.
caliphate4vrJuly 29, 2018 at 9:17 AM
Funniest thing you’ll see today"
Priceless.
UNBRIDLED AND EXTREME PRESENT HEDONISM How the Leader of the Free World Has Proven Time and Again He Is Unfit for Duty PHILIP ZIMBARDO AND ROSEMARY SWORD In the summer of 2015, we commenced what would become an ongoing discussion about Donald Trump. He had just thrown his hat in the ring as a Republican presidential candidate, and our initial conversation was brief: he was in it for the publicity. For us, as for many Americans, Donald Trump had been in the periphery of our consciousness for years, first as a well-publicized New York City businessman and later as a mediocre television personality. And like most, we didn’t take him seriously. Why would we have? He had no political experience, and he failed to show any real interest in philanthropy, much less in helping the American people or non-Trump businesses. His products were made outside the United States, and multiple lawsuits indicated he didn’t pay those small businesses that supplied him with goods and services. He had also created Trump University, for people who wanted to get certified in business administration, at a fee of $43,000 for one year. It was a scam—the same lessons were available online for free for anyone, and the mentors who were supposed to give students personal guidance. He settled for $25,000,000.
Housing
After The Lost Years the rate of Home Ownership dropped to 62.9 %.
Today it is 64.3 %.
and it would be higher but for the archaic housing and zoning laws in many liberal-run enclaves around the nation.
We also knew that, for decades, Trump had flip-flopped, switching political parties—first a Democrat, then a member of the Reform Party, then a Republican, then a Democrat, and finally a Republican again. Surely, it seemed, “The Donald” was in the running merely to gain media coverage, to place himself in a better position to make even more big deals and to up-level his product line: Donald J. Trump. Then, as the months progressed, we became increasingly concerned that, given his “straightforward” or “outsider” presentation and his charisma, he would appeal to people who were unaware of the dangers of narcissism in extremis, or of the offensive behaviors that can accompany it. While we are not trying to diagnose here (which would be close to impossible in any case), we would like to call the reader’s attention to associated behaviors that include but are not limited to condescension, gross exaggeration (lying), bullying, jealousy, fragile self-esteem, lack of compassion, and viewing the world through an “us-vs.-them” lens. Having observed the schoolyard bully tactics Trump employed during the Republican debates, and his absurdly boastful presentation during interviews, we felt it was important to raise awareness about this set of behaviors. So, in January 2016, we published an online Psychology Today column about bullies and the hostile social environments they create in schools and businesses (Sword and Zimbardo 2016a).
geezus alky,
does a free thought ever enter your skull anymore, or is today going to just be one of those alky-lanche copy/paste days?
stop stealing content without attribution, you asshole.
Food stamps
Lost years high = 51 million
Today = 41.3 Million
"geezus alky,
does a free thought ever enter your skull ...?"
When he tries it we get things like " milk cattle??"
Trumpism demands intellectual dishonesty.
Loss of Reality
Trump’s insistence on the truth of matters proved to be untrue (“alternative facts”) is well known, even when such denial is not in his interest. He has falsely claimed that President Barack Obama is not an American and that he wiretapped Trump’s building, that his loss in the popular vote of the general election was caused by illegal aliens, that he had the largest inauguration crowd in history and so on. Together, these show a persistent loss of reality.
https://www.newsweek.com/2017/10/06/trump-most-dangerous-man-world-psychologists-671182.html
Roger Amick said...
I would be willing to “shut down” government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! We need great people coming into our Country!
Finally agree with Roger on something. Maybe he found some TDS medication that works or had a needed intervention.
Together, these show a persistent loss of reality.
indeed. loss of reality for the left, that is.
He has falsely claimed that President Barack Obama is not an American and that he wiretapped Trump’s building, that his loss in the popular vote of the general election was caused by illegal aliens, that he had the largest inauguration crowd in history and so on.
normal everyday americans have zero fucks to give about each of these so called 'issues.'
Misery Index
The Lost years = 7.30
Today = 6.78
Top National Issues (CNN)
1, Economy & Jobs
"It is the economy , stupid"
Mensa needs to grow up.
Trumpism demands intellectual dishonesty.
Loss of Reality
Trump’s insistence on the truth of matters proved to be untrue (“alternative facts”) is well known, even when such denial is not in his interest. He has falsely claimed that President Barack Obama is not an American and that he wiretapped Trump’s building, that his loss in the popular vote of the general election was caused by illegal aliens, that he had the largest inauguration crowd in history and so on. Together, these show a persistent loss of reality.
Trumpism is Too much time on Brietbart is a chronic condition that demands the acceptance that Trumpism has taken control of my life and it has taken control over my life. The only cure to complete self honesty or it will lead to self destruction syndrome.
https://www.newsweek.com/2017/10/06/trump-most-dangerous-man-world-psychologists-671182.html
14 trillion added debt....thanx donald...!!!!
Trumpism is Too much time on Brietbart is a chronic condition that demands the acceptance that Trumpism has taken control of my life and it has taken control over my life. The only cure to complete self honesty or it will lead to self destruction syndrome.
i have to hand it to you alky...
i haven't seen this much psychological projection out of you in a very long time.
trump is stomping you assclowns into a puddle and is walking it dry every single day, and you can't fucking stand it.
heh.
So you accept the fact that he lied repeatedly about birtherism, crowd size and approximately 3,200 other lies and distortions and he is still eminently qualified to hold the highest office in the country and as commander in chief!
Millions of everyday Americans who love their country more than they love Trump like you. A classic example of Trumpism stage four.
trump is stomping you assclowns into a puddle and is walking it dry every single day, and you can't fucking stand it."
Exactly. The two nominations to SCOTUS and the #MAGA economy has them praying for a recession.
Note, they only pray for this upon the homes in the USA.
Trum lies when his back is up against the wall, he'll lie like crazy. Because he's lied all his life."
The truthers here are not bothered one bit about his pathological lying disorder.
They have admitted to it.
Trump increased the obama deficit by almost 40% in just over a year. It has occurred in a burgeoning economy too boot!!!! And the slurpers keep slurping as if everything is fine because it wasn't obama who did it....
Democratic enthusiasm vs. Trump loyalty.
Put your money on the Democrats.
The Republicans love Trump but they don't have anyone to hate.
Speaker Pelosi will be there to protect America from the dictatorship of Donald J. Trump.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
So you accept the fact that he lied repeatedly about birtherism, crowd size and approximately 3,200 other lies and distortions and he is still eminently qualified to hold the highest office in the country and as commander in chief!
this is what i've been trying to explain to you...
allow me to repeat -
normal everyday americans have zero fucks to give about each of these so called 'issues.'
in other words, in order to accept your 'facts,' giving a fuck is a prerequisite.
while you focus on that meaningless shit, we're focused on 4.1% growth, 400,000 new/returning manufacturing jobs, the remains of american soldiers being returned from NK, and countless other meaningful issues that matter to us normals. you 'occupy democrats!!!11!' fuckwits can continue to rage and have your conniption fits over crowd sizes and the birther shit that team hillary cooked up.
Put your money on the Democrats.
another of the alky's political predictions.
ok folks, you know what to do -
bet the farm AGAINST, and as usual you will not be sorry.
Mensa needs to grow up.
I'm not the one waking up every morining with an anxiety attack at the thought Trump being president.
Nor am I the one filling up this blog with mindless, incoherent rants.
That would be you Roger.
On Thursday morning, The Root, an online magazine typically devoted to African-American culture, published an article titled: “Evidence Shows Hackers Changed Votes in the 2016 Election But No One Will Admit It.”
The article, naturally, took Anti-Trump Twitter by storm, with many commentators failing to look past the headline to see that the author, Michael Harriot, was talking about circumstantial, not direct, evidence. The article was also an op-ed and not, as the headline suggested, a news article (this may or may not have been Harriot’s fault; sometimes writers don’t get the final say in their own headlines).
Still, on Friday afternoon, the piece was updated with a correction because Harriot had referred to Russians as “Soviets” on a couple of occasions. By Saturday morning, however, the article was taken down and an editor’s note put in its place that reads:
This story was an opinion piece asserting there was evidence that hackers changed votes in the 2016 election. However, a number of statements in the piece are disputed by experts. As a result, we have pulled it down for editorial review, and will update it once that review is completed.
Yet another reminder that we must all be careful of sharing things on social media that conform to our preconceived biases without actually reading the article.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/33718/root-claims-theres-evidence-russia-changing-votes-ashe-schow
heh:
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In a way the markets are correcting FB in a way that no regulator could. What govt agency could levy a $100 B fine?
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Oh, and if people want to call me smart who am to argue?
Roger CDC is still looking for those "Million of Americans will DIE", IF obimbocare is changed.
Well it has been change so when do we see those Million of new Deaths?
"Million of Americans
And don't forget about those millions of illegal votes trump claimed his loss of the the popular vote....Funny, how roger's speculation bothers you but trump lies are just fine....That is why I call you an asshole...
In a way the markets are correcting FB in a way that no regulator could
Yep, the people who bid up the stock are now learning that was a mistake as the value of Facebook has always been fake...
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