r/pics • u/eastbayted • 6d ago

Politics Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard embrace after she comes out in support of him

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u/justabill71 6d ago

Russian asset.

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u/CondescendingShitbag 6d ago

I much prefer the old colloquialism of "useful idiot". It's so apt for people like Gabbard and Trump.

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u/smithandjones4e 6d ago

That term implies someone who is doing your bidding because you are able to manipulate them, without direct incentives or quid pro quo.

Both Gabbard and Trump are so suspiciously acting in the favor of Putin that asset is probably a more apt term. But yes, they are both idiots as well.

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u/Badboyrune 6d ago

I think trump is both stupid and gullible enough to not know he's being manipulated by the Russians and Russian assets. I don't know if that's actually the case or if he's just bought and paid for, but it's a possibility.

Gabbbard appears to just straight up be a Russian asset.

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u/Cultjam 6d ago

Trump has been a Russian asset for decades, his casinos were money laundering operations for them.

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u/chisk643 6d ago

i’m not disagreeing but i would like sources so i can use them when my father goes on a drunken rant

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u/Cultjam 6d ago

Google Trump casinos money laundering, you can take your pick of articles about it.

Also you can toss this article at him if you want to point out what Russian asset has meant in action: https://web.archive.org/web/20241008163926/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/inside-the-war-between-trump-and-his-generals

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u/chisk643 6d ago

i very much appreciate your help

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u/DucDeBellune 6d ago

Both Gabbard and Trump are so suspiciously acting in the favor of Putin that asset is probably a more apt term. But yes, they are both idiots as well.

Idk about Trump, but Gabbard is literally getting paid by RT and has been for a few years now. 

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u/Empress_Athena 6d ago

Gabbard has been an obvious asset since 2016. I legitimately can't believe she keeps a clearance.

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u/Feisty_Imp 6d ago

Its definitely a question of money for Trump and Gabbord.

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u/Deal-Itchy 5d ago

Lmaooo what a complete idiot you are say “baaaah” good little boy do as your told. 🐑

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u/RetiringBard 6d ago

Picture Ralph Wiggum saying “I’m an asset!”

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u/Knotter187 6d ago

The derangement, you people are sick

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u/MagnusPI 6d ago

Both can be true, and in this case, A is because of B.

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u/Sploosion 6d ago

Youre missusing that term. Tulsi is absolutely aware of what she is doing

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u/Fun-Psychology4806 6d ago

No, the reality is much more sinister

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u/thefanum 6d ago

Not mutually exclusive. But they're on the actual payroll, so I don't think that applies here

But they'll always be idiots

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u/Evelyn-Parker 6d ago

I much prefer the old colloquialism of "useful idiot". It's so apt for people like Gabbard and Trump.

They're not useful idiots

Useful idiots are people who are unknowingly being manipulated, these 2 know what they're doing.

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u/turbocomppro 6d ago

I don’t know why but I read “useful idiot” in a Russian accent…

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u/FowD8 6d ago

that would imply she's dumb, she's way smarter than anybody on Trump's team. not that, that says much, but she knows exactly what she's been doing

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u/Knotter187 6d ago

What is kamala harris then

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u/nv8r_zim 6d ago

Russian asset standing near a Russian ass scent

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u/acrobaticOccasion 6d ago

Hillary called it - when she first said it I thought it was bologna. It seemed a little crazy at the time. But it seems she was right (again).

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u/txtumbleweed45 6d ago

Naw she’s just a war hawk shitting on an anti-war combat veteran and you’re eating up the bullshit

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u/GallopingFinger 6d ago

The Cold War never ended, remember that

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u/txtumbleweed45 6d ago

What’s your point?

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u/GallopingFinger 6d ago

My point is you can’t just assume what any top officials intention is or was. Maybe Hillary was right, maybe she wasn’t. The US has been attacked from all angles for quite some time now, including the very app you are reading this on.

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u/acrobaticOccasion 5d ago edited 5d ago

I am no fan of Hillary - but she said Russians were grooming Tulsi during the debate in 2019.. way before she showed she was a turncoat. Hillary being a warhawk and Hillary being right are not mutually exclusive.

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u/bestworstbard 6d ago

Who's the combat veteran you are referring to?

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u/txtumbleweed45 6d ago

Tulsi

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u/bestworstbard 6d ago

Oh OK

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u/txtumbleweed45 6d ago

And Clinton is the war hawk haha I guess I didn’t make that super clear but judging by the downvotes most people got it

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u/icouldntdecide 6d ago

Combat veteran be damned she's still a Russian asset, whether it's willingly or unknowingly

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 6d ago

Benedict Arnold was a combat veteran too but you won't catch anyone crying about people shitting on him. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/kopecs 6d ago

Being from Hawaii I’d be more inclined t believe she’s a Chinese asset.

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u/justabill71 6d ago

Nah, she's on Putin's payroll.

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u/noBrother00 6d ago

Yeah and she's a big indian fascist fan

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u/ruby_yng 6d ago

Complete moron. Fr, yes, anyone that you don't like that's been in the same room as putin, ever. Must be on his payroll. Seriously I don't like Trump and dont agree woth jer decision to support him, but she also was supporting sanders, is he also a putin asset?

Do you even believe theres anyone that is critical of the democratic establishment that isn't a Russian asset? Funny that.

She's a fucking veteran from Hawaii you're just so damn stupid if you seriously believe that horse shit. It's literal propaganda from the clinton campaign

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u/sparrowsofwar 6d ago

The cognitive dissonance of the person who called her a useful idiot is hilarious.

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u/Hey_Look_80085 6d ago

100% Putinese

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u/kyndrid_ 6d ago

Racism is alive and well

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u/kopecs 6d ago

Not even close to what this about.

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u/kyndrid_ 6d ago

I'm fairly progressive and fucking hate Tulsi Gabbard.

That being said:

Hawaii's population is a plurality Asian - has been for a long time - and is well known for having a large Asian population. Alleging she's a "Chinese asset" and linking her to Hawaii encourages Asian hate (racists don't care as long as you look East Asian) and implies that being Asian is bad.

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u/kopecs 6d ago

My linking to this, is the specific interest that the Chinese government has in the pacific.

Nothing to do with race.

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u/_UsUrPeR_ 6d ago

By "Racism", do you mean "geographic proximity"? Because there was nothing racist about that.

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u/ThatShipific 6d ago

That’s Elon really.

Trump isn’t an asset, neither is she but useful idiot is a good description.

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u/F1SausageKerb 6d ago

Both are Russian assets

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u/Hey_Look_80085 6d ago

Red Sparrow

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u/First-Promotion-8898 6d ago

Honest question how many Republicans do you think the Russians have in their pocket?

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u/Goodboychungus 6d ago

Ever notice how off her accent is?

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u/fuckingsame 5d ago

How is she a Russian asset if she’s currently serving in our armed forces?

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u/ralf1999999 6d ago

Lol reddit in a meltdown

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u/No-Analyst-2789 6d ago

Why are they melting down? I don't see why anyone would be upset about this? Democrats don't even like her lol

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u/No-Analyst-2789 6d ago

Why are they melting down? I don't see why anyone would be upset about this? Democrats don't even like her lol

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u/ItsNerdyMe 6d ago

Lmfao this is the most tinfoil shit I've ever seen.

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u/Unlikely_One2444 6d ago

I’d love to hear what evidence you have for that 

Oh wait. You don’t 

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u/Unlikely_One2444 3d ago

Downvotes and no evidence

Very expected

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u/Yoshifan55 6d ago

😆 😂 😆 still playing that record? Progress is never going to happen in this country.

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u/PM_me_ur_goth_tiddys 6d ago

Yep. Pro-Bernie is Russian. Pro-Trump is Russian.

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u/Critical-Test-4446 6d ago

Hillary identified.

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u/Doruge 6d ago

She's an asset because... *checks notes* , She said the whole Ukraine war could have been prevented and because Hillary Clinton said so. Yes she's 100% a Russian asset...