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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 09:28 AM Apr 2017

This is really funny - Trump's Troll Army Isn't Ready for War in Syria




The fractured elements of what was once called the alt-right were unified once more on Thursday night in condemning Donald Trump’s airstrike in Syria as a mistake. Or as Milo Yiannopoulos put it, “FAKE and GAY.”

This loose confederation of web-savvy, anti-establishment right-wingers formed an important vanguard of Trump’s online support in last year’s election, and its unified opposition to the airstrike forewarns a political downside to intervention in Syria. While foreign wars tend to boost presidents’ popularity in the short term, Trump risks losing the segments of his base that flocked to his isolationist, “America First” message.


In addition to its nationalist, anti-interventionist and anti-“globalist” views, the alt-right and its fellow travelers have also displayed a marked affinity for Syria’s ally Russia, whose government has returned the love by tweeting images of the alt-right's mascot, Pepe the Frog, from official accounts. In reacting to the airstrikes, leaders of the movement placed those ideological reflexes over their personal loyalty to Trump.

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http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/trump-alt-right-syria-war-214998



Et tu, Milo ?



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This is really funny - Trump's Troll Army Isn't Ready for War in Syria (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 OP
Fuck em, war and poor economy is what Repugs always bring randr Apr 2017 #1
Time for Li'l Donnie to "write" a new book ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #2
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