Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman argued that former President Trump’s recent comments about NATO are likely a “contributing factor” in the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

“Donald Trump invited Vladimir Putin to attack NATO. I would say that that probably was a contributing factor in the calculus around the assassination of Navalny,” Vindman told MSNBC’s Michael Steele Friday.

Vindman’s comments come just a week after Navalny died in prison. The Biden administration has blamed Russia’s government for the death, but Russia has said he died of natural causes.

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      You’d have to be a republican-style moron not to see that putin is probing Western unity and resolve.

      Huh, figures. Check out this guy’s comment history. I pinned the tail on the dumbass.

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      “I’m possibly the next president and think you’re dreamy, Vlad” absolutely emboldens him and killing Navalny sends the message that he heard him loud and clear.

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      The US government, and much less the country at large, is not a monolith with one single “giving a shit” or not. But yes, in addition to a segment which doesn’t give a shit, there’s another segment that does, up to and including doing what we can geopolitically to give them consequences for it.

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      I was going to comment about how stupid you sound here, but your recent comment about stoping the houthis by nuking their coast is magnitudes more stupid than this.

      I think it’s safe to say that no one gives a fuck what unintelligent diarrhea comes out of your keyboard.