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First it was 24 hrs. Then it become 100 days. Now it is 180 days.

Team Trump continues to extend the timeline for ending the Russian invasion.

Shankar Narayan
5 min readJan 20, 2025

It was tempting to dismiss Donald Trump’s claim during the 2024 presidential campaign — that he would end the Russian invasion in 24 hours — as hyperbole or rhetoric.

But I couldn’t.

Despite Elon Musk and Steve Bannon despising each other while vying for influence in the MAGA world, they find common ground when it comes to sacrificing Ukraine under the wheels of Putin’s brutal agenda.

Misinformation is not just important but absolutely essential to right-wing movements worldwide. And no one wields it as effectively as Putin, whose system — rooted in KGB legacy and supported by an army of online trolls — spreads disinformation on a global scale. Without this ecosystem, MAGA and other far-right movements would lose much of their momentum.

It is a multi-billion-dollar machine that Putin and the KGB have built over the years. They have painstakingly cultivated weeds around the world to spread their influence. This massive ecosystem serves as a powerful engine fueling right-wing movements.

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Shankar Narayan
Shankar Narayan

Written by Shankar Narayan

He didn't care what he had or what he had left, he cared only about what he must do.

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