Gee-O Politikl Jeen-yus!

Trump praises Putin's 'genius' plan to invade Ukraine: 'You gotta say that’s pretty savvy' https://t.co/VENrAEAhy0

— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 22, 2022

 "I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, 'This is genius,'" Trump recalled. "Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine -- Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful."

"I said, 'How smart is that?'" the former U.S. president continued. "And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s the strongest peace force… We could use that on our southern border. That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen. There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re gonna keep peace all right. No, but think of it. Here’s a guy who’s very savvy."

Trump added: "But here’s a guy that says, you know, 'I’m gonna declare a big portion of Ukraine independent,' he used the word 'independent' and 'we’re gonna go out and we’re gonna go in and we’re gonna help keep peace.' You gotta say that’s pretty savvy. And you know what the response was from Biden? There was no response. They didn’t have one for that. No, it’s very sad. Very sad."

"We could use that on our southern border."  So, what, an occupation of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California?  Or worse, an occupation of the northern states of Mexico?  Which states, north or south, are we declaring "independent"?

Is this supposed to be another data point that Putin feared Trump? Trump calling aggression “savvy?”

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 22, 2022

Let's ask Rich Lowry!

The sheer unpredictably of Trump, his anger at being defied or disrespected, his willingness to take the occasional big risk (the Soleimani strike), all had to make Putin frightened or wary of him in a way that he simply isn’t of Joe Biden https://t.co/NVhAGneN62

— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) February 22, 2022

I think you misspelled "stupidity" there, Mr. Lowry.

Trump isn't as sharp as a bowl of mush, but he's as predictable as sunrise.

And as long as I'm here:

Trumpers fold like cards — you just have to stand up to them https://t.co/J3iqcMIITK

— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 22, 2022

"By midday Saturday, protest leaders had thrown up the white flag figuratively and literally — organizer Pat King told his followers, quite wrongly, that waving a white flag meant they could not be arrested under international law," Paul McLeod of Buzzfeed reported.

Wait, what?  These brave patriots and freedom protestors were afraid?  Of being arrested? 

Well, they did comfort themselves with conspiracy theories about the forces arrayed against them: 

Fact checker shocked by false claims that the UN has moved troops to handle Canadian truckers https://t.co/NloXebOr2W

— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 22, 2022

According to the false report, the UN was called in by Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau to help break up the so-called "Freedom Convoy." They linked the North Bay company Voyageur Aviation which owns a private airport. A passenger plane arrives there frequently, but somehow the right crafted a tale that the passenger plane was bringing UN soldiers. 

"Flight records pulled up by Canadian aviation photojournalist Tom Podolec show that the regional jet that has been subject of this week's conspiracy theories arrived in North Bay on January 29 after departing the day prior from Amman, Jordan," wrote Dale.

Yes, they were brave, brave Sir Robins, one and all:

The official "Freedom Convoy" Twitter account released a statement not declaring any intent to stand firm but asking if they could just have a little more time to clear out since trucks are big and hard to move.

"Despite cries of 'Hold the line', the mood among protesters was dire Saturday, as they didn't even manage to hold the line until lunch," Mack Lamoureux of Vice reported.

Nobody could have foreseen.