Trump's Actual Russia Policy vs. the Russia Narrative

by Rod D. Martin
July 17, 2018

President Trump just:

1. Dramatically increased U.S. defense spending against Russia.

2. Arm-twisted NATO into doing likewise (for which even the New York Times praised him, and blasted Obama for failing to do).

3. Provided anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, which Obama refused to do even while "talking tough".

4. Killed a couple hundred Russian soldiers who crossed the line in Syria.

5. Called out Angela Merkel for making Germany a hostage to Russian energy supplies, by shutting down her domestic energy production in favor of Russian natural gas and sending Russia countless billions of dollars (subsidized by the U.S. taxpayer) for it.

6. Offered to replace that Russian natural gas with American NG, which is only possible because under Trump, America has become the world's top producer and one of the world's top exporters, thus further eroding the Russian economy (which is dependent on energy exports).

7. Imposed some of the toughest sanctions on Russia in U.S. histor…