Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman argued that former President Trumpā€™s recent comments about NATO are likely a ā€œcontributing factorā€ in the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. ā€¦

Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman argued that former President Trumpā€™s recent comments about NATO are likely a ā€œcontributing factorā€ in the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

ā€œDonald Trump invited Vladimir Putin to attack NATO. I would say that that probably was a contributing factor in the calculus around the assassination of Navalny,ā€ Vindman told MSNBCā€™s Michael Steele Friday.

Vindmanā€™s comments come just a week after Navalny died in prison. The Biden administration has blamed Russiaā€™s government for the death, but Russia has said he died of natural causes.

  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
    91Ā·
    9 months ago

    The US government, and much less the country at large, is not a monolith with one single ā€œgiving a shitā€ or not. But yes, in addition to a segment which doesnā€™t give a shit, thereā€™s another segment that does, up to and including doing what we can geopolitically to give them consequences for it.