{"id":114000,"date":"2025-09-02T10:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/114000\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:53:35","slug":"russias-economy-is-cratering-and-trump-is-still-putins-fangirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/114000\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s Economy Is Cratering \u2014 and Trump Is Still Putin\u2019s Fangirl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several Daily Kos writers<\/a> have been sounding the alarm this over the past couple weeks: Russia is on the verge of economic collapse, and the Western world\u2014if it acts smartly\u2014has a rare chance to end both the war and Vladimir Putin\u2019s authoritarian rule. Yet instead of seizing this moment, Donald Trump continues to fawn over Putin, dragging out the conflict and propping up a dying regime.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s give credit where it\u2019s due\u2014this community (Daily Kos authors) is doing the heavy lifting the rest of the media ignores. Here’s what Kos writers are uncovering\u2014and what it means.<\/p>\n

What Daily Kos Writers Are Reporting<\/p>\n

\t\u201cRussian stuff blowing up\u201d by quaoar\u201d reveals how Roscosmos, Russia\u2019s space agency, is imploding\u2014crippled by unpaid workers, ballooning debt, and failing infrastructure. A critical leg of Russia\u2019s military-industrial power is collapsing.
\n\tIn \u201cRussian Economic Collapse is now on the radar\u201d<\/a>, justin423\u00a0details how Ukraine\u2019s drone strikes are targeting refining infrastructure, not just fuel tanks\u2014disabling Russia\u2019s ability to produce and move fuel, especially in the population-dense west.
\n\tThis report from MSN<\/a> adds confirmation: Russia\u2019s economy is only functioning because of wartime spending and oil revenue. Inflation is spiking, productivity is falling, and long-term stability is vanishing.<\/p>\n

Even the Drudge Report<\/a> is now asking: \u201cIs The Don being blackmailed by Putin?\u201d I\u2019m not a fan of Drudge, but he has been on the forefront of exposing some real scandals.<\/p>\n

Ukraine Can Win\u2014But the Media Barely Notices<\/p>\n

In another recent Kos article, \u201cUkraine Can Win\u201d<\/a> today, contributors lay out Ukraine\u2019s realistic and growing pathway to victory.<\/p>\n

New weapons like the Flamingo cruise missile are striking deep into Russian territory. Drone attacks are disrupting logistics, fuel production, and transportation. Russian morale is crumbling\u2014and Ukraine is leveraging every tool with strategic precision.<\/p>\n

Yet, if you flip on the news or scroll through your feed, you wouldn\u2019t know it.<\/p>\n

Trump Could Be Dominating\u2014But Chooses to Kneel<\/p>\n

This could be Trump\u2019s moment to reclaim his image. He could:<\/p>\n

\tCall out Putin for rejecting diplomacy and slaughtering civilians
\n\tTake credit for finishing a war he claims he could end in \u201c24 hours\u201d
\n\tLead a renewed NATO effort and enforce sanctions that would collapse Russia\u2019s economy in weeks<\/p>\n

Instead, Trump:<\/p>\n

\tPraised Putin as a \u201cgenius\u201d when the war began
\n\tClaimed he\u2019d end the war by strong-arming Ukraine, not Russia
\n\tThreatened to pull out of NATO
\n\tPushed House Republicans to stall Ukraine aid<\/p>\n

These aren\u2019t moves of strength. These are the choices of a lapdog.<\/p>\n

The Media Is Missing the Real Story<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s the other big problem: the mainstream media, and even much of the alternative press, is almost entirely missing this story.<\/p>\n

Where\u2019s the urgency on CNN, ABC, or MSNBC about Russia\u2019s spiraling economy? Where are the Sunday show segments on Ukraine\u2019s growing advantage?<\/p>\n

Instead, we get shallow takes about Trump\u2019s \u201ctone,\u201d \u201cdiscipline,\u201d and sane-washing sound bites, as if his meeting with Putin in Alaska was anything more than a vanity photo-op that gave the Russian dictator a PR boost and nothing else.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s little discussion about what it would mean if Ukraine actually wins, or what Trump\u2019s strange and unwavering support of Putin truly signals.<\/p>\n

Only a few outlets, like Daily Kos, are consistently connecting the dots.<\/p>\n

If Putin Has Kompromat\u2026<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say it out loud: if there\u2019s kompromat on Trump, it has to be worse than the alleged \u201cpee tape.\u201d After all, Trump has already weathered scandals that would have ended any other politician.<\/p>\n

So if he\u2019s still this obedient to Putin\u2014it must be something darker. And whether it\u2019s blackmail, admiration, or just strategic cowardice, it\u2019s disqualifying.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Let This Window Close<\/p>\n

Thanks to Kos contributors and its community of engaged readers, we can already see the cracks, not just in Russia, but in the media\u2019s failure to act as watchdogs.<\/p>\n

This moment is historic.<\/p>\n

\tUkraine has a path to victory.
\n\tRussia is burning its own economy to sustain a war that appears to be a stalemate at this point, and might be losing.
\n\tTrump handed Putin a platform instead of putting him in check.<\/p>\n

And the world is watching.<\/p>\n

If Trump really wanted to be the \u201calpha dog,\u201d he\u2019d crush Putin. Instead, he heels link Putin\u2019s little \u201clapdog\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several Daily Kos writers have been sounding the alarm this over the past couple weeks: Russia is on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45,49,48,46],"class_list":["post-114000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}