Before the last election, polling showed majority Republican support was behind Ukraine which makes sense as Russia was the aggressor. After the election, when Trump couldn’t make good on his prediction to end the war on day 1, he decided that Ukraine was to blame and the majority of Republican support was suddenly behind Putin. I wonder if Republicans can actually have an opinion of their own without first getting permission from the leader of their party?

Another question I ask myself is whether Ronald Reagan would have cozied up to the leadership in Russia under these circumstances. Since Reagan is held up as the ideal of conservative mind-think, it’s an interesting question to think about.

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