If You Said Trump Was Mad at Putin, You Need to Shut the Fuck Up!
- john raymond
- Jun 5
- 3 min read
Yesterday, Donald Trump revealed, in no uncertain terms, exactly who he is loyal to — and who he is not. And for those of you in the media, on cable news, on podcasts, on social platforms, who have spent weeks and months pushing the fantasy that Trump had "turned" on Vladimir Putin, or was "angry" at Russia, or was somehow preparing to “get tough” — this is your cue to shut the fuck up.
Sit down, stop projecting fantasies onto a man you clearly don’t understand, and read what the man is actually saying. Not what you want him to say. Not what would make him palatable to your centrist hallucinations. But what he actually puts in writing, with his own two tiny hands.
I’m talking about the June 4th Truth Social post — the one where Trump bragged about his hour-and-fifteen-minute call with Vladimir Putin. The one where, immediately following Ukraine’s extraordinary Operation Spiderweb — a strategic drone strike that hit deep into Russian airfields — Trump didn’t congratulate Ukraine, didn’t acknowledge their bravery, didn’t stand with NATO or democracy. No. He called the fucking guy being targeted. He called Putin, the man currently waging a genocidal war against Ukraine, and said — verbatim — “It was a good conversation.” Let that sink in. Ukraine humiliated Russia, and Trump’s first move was to check in with his handler to see how he was holding up.
It gets worse. Trump then tried to shift attention away from Ukraine’s strike and towards Iran, claiming he and Putin were now aligned on stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons — as if he’s still some kind of back-channel diplomat. As if Putin is just another world leader, and not an active combatant in the greatest threat to European stability since Stalin and Hitler. This isn’t geopolitical leadership. It’s delusional loyalty — the same servility Trump showed in Helsinki, in private meetings without translators, in repeating Kremlin propaganda, and in trying to blackmail Ukraine’s president back in 2019. Nothing’s changed. Not. One. Fucking. Thing.
But here’s what pisses me off most: the only reason this needed clarifying at all is because a swarm of pundits and so-called analysts got it all wrong last month. You know the post I’m talking about. The one where Trump wrote: “What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He’s playing with fire!” And in response to that post, the takes flew like confetti. “Trump’s turning on Putin!” “He’s mad at Moscow!” “Is Trump finally cracking?”
No. He wasn’t. He wasn’t then, and he sure as hell isn’t now. That post wasn’t a rebuke — it was closer to a flex. It was Trump doing what he always does: making it about himself. What he was saying wasn’t “Putin is dangerous.” It was “Putin should be grateful.” That “playing with fire” line wasn’t a threat. It was narcissistic disappointment. That’s not a turn against Russia. That’s a twisted reminder of loyalty — you owe me, Daddy Vlad.
So when the phone call came, and the follow-up post dropped, it was confirmation. Trump wasn’t mad at Putin. He was checking in. Reaffirming the relationship. He didn’t post about Ukraine’s courage. He didn’t say a word about the success of Spiderweb. He didn’t even pretend to support America’s allies. Instead, he repeated Russian talking points — “attacks by both sides” — and gave Putin the respect and time he hasn’t given a single European leader this entire term. So again: if you said Trump was mad at Putin, you need to shut the fuck up. You are not qualified to read this moment. You are projecting your desires onto a man whose every move is aligned with autocrats, kleptocrats, and those who despise liberal democracy.
This is not a man divided on Russia. This is a man who has only ever been loyal to one master, and it is not the American people. Trump’s panic posturing about Iran? A distraction. His false equivalence over Ukraine? A betrayal. His “good conversation” with Putin? A confession. And all those analysts who read that “playing with fire” line as a break with Moscow? You owe the world an apology. Not just because you were wrong, but because you helped whitewash an active threat — a threat sitting in the Oval Office, doing exactly what he did in 2016 and 2020, only this time, with no brakes and no shame.
So stop speculating. Stop reading wishful thinking into fascist propaganda. Read what’s on the page. Read it again. And the next time Trump opens his mouth, try listening to the truth instead of imagining one. Because the cost of your bullshit isn’t just bad analysis — it’s complicity.
And the rest of us are tired of paying for it.
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