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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Kenneth Roth

EXPLAINED: Its easy to see through trumps ukraine ploy | Vintage Vibes

Trump and Putin stand close, facing each other with serious expressions
‘The naive American president, with his inattention to detail, craving for flattery, and disturbing admiration for autocrats, was easily won over.’ Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

As the US midterms approach, Donald Trump is abandoning Ukraine’s democracy in a desperate effort to deny responsibility for worsening inflation. Yet this past weekend’s dramatic elections in Brazil and Serbia show that voters can see through such subterfuge.

There is nothing like a political party’s corrupt indifference to the plight of ordinary people to galvanize voter turnout. If US voters follow in the footsteps of their Brazilian and Serbian counterparts, a Democratic landslide is likely.

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