1. We need to think about fact the President of the United States accused 2 members of his party of "always looking to start World War III"
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2. Here's what Trump wrote about Lindsay Graham & John McCain: "always looking to start World War III"pic.twitter.com/NzTCHM9nOb
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3. It's not clear Trump wrote the tweet (it's relatively literate). Could be Bannon. Still, it's from Trump's account, so he's sanctioned
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4. Trump's (or, likely, Bannon's) reference to World War III is allusion to Russia policy.
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5. Trump made same accusation against Clinton in election: her Syria policy would lead to World War III.
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6. Here's
@anneapplebaum on Trump's WW III talk during election, noting it's echo of Russian propaganda: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/why-is-trump-suddenly-talking-about-world-war-iii/2016/10/28/be44cc0e-9d24-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html?utm_term=.85f9f00fe3b2 …3 replies 120 retweets 164 likes -
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7. It has to be said that Graham, McCain & Clinton are all vulnerable to this accusation because they are ultra-hawkish.
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8. But it's also the case Trump (or more likely Bannon) find the best way to respond to Graham/McCain/Clinton is to echo Russian propaganda
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9. Best explanation for all this is ideological: that Bannon so wants white Christian crusade agains Islam that he'll use whatever is handy
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10. Interesting thing about the tweet is it shows that Trump is still all in on tilt towards Russia & ready to defy Graham & McCain on it.
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11. The question then becomes whether Graham and McCain are ready to stand up to Trump on, say, Tillerson. They probably aren't.
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They haven't so far. Which I think is horrifying, considering their stated views.
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