Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman argued that former President Trumpā€™s recent comments about NATO are likely a ā€œcontributing factorā€ in the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

ā€œDonald 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,ā€ Vindman told MSNBCā€™s Michael Steele Friday.

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

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    Attacking NATO = killing a Russian politician?

    You people are so stupid.

    Americans donā€™t give a shit about this person.

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

      Huh, figures. Check out this guyā€™s comment history. I pinned the tail on the dumbass.

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      ā€œIā€™m possibly the next president and think youā€™re dreamy, Vladā€ 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 ā€œgiving a shitā€ or not. But yes, in addition to a segment which doesnā€™t give a shit, thereā€™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 itā€™s safe to say that no one gives a fuck what unintelligent diarrhea comes out of your keyboard.