TOLDYA SO
Jul. 14, 2024
For years, Russian state media pundits have been claiming that the Democrats would assassinate Donald Trump and even previously proposed that Russia’s Federal Security Service should “start protecting our Donald.”
Unconstrained by facts or journalistic standards—striving to kill two birds with one stone—Russian propagandists are now blaming both the Democrats and Ukrainians for an attempt on Trump’s life. During Sunday’s broadcast of the show At Dawn on the Solovyov Live network, former New York Times correspondent John Varoli baselessly claimed, “The Democratic party is behind this attempted assassination! The Democratic party is doing everything to destroy Donald Trump!”
He added, “In all seriousness, I believe that the Ukrainian special services may be behind this—on orders from the White House.” Host Andrey Ponomar chimed in to add that since Ukrainians were allegedly able to blow up the Nord Stream pipeline, then the head of Ukrainioan military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, might also be linked to an attempt on Trump’s life.
The host played an old clip from Saturday Night Live where Jim Carrey jokingly portrays President Joe Biden firing a gun while Ponomar suggests the president would resort to “shooting his opponents.” Ponomar claimed that Biden and the “deep state” are ready to drown America and the rest of the world in blood. Varoli concurred and said: “Joe Biden is a terrorist. He orders many terrorist acts against your country [Russia]. Under Joe Biden, the United States became the biggest sponsor of terrorism in the world.”
Varoli added that the Secret Service and other U.S. intelligence agencies are controlled by the government, ludicrously suggesting that they are “full of liberals” and might have participated in an attack on Trump.
On another program the same morning, host Ivan Kamenev offered Trump a recipe for igniting a civil war in the United States—an outcome that is very much coveted by Moscow. Kamenev said, “I have an internal feeling that everything that is happening now depends on Trump. I will say something that is not politically correct. Trump has Biden’s balls in his hand, because everyone is waiting for his statement right now… It’s possible that he will gather the facts, come out and say, ‘This attempt was planned by Democrats, I have verifiable information about this. I believe that the current President and his team are behind it… And then there will be civil war!’”
Kamenev surmised, “What just happened turned the page to a new American reality.”
During state TV program Moscow. Kremlin. Putin, host Vladimir Solovyov bemoaned the volatile state of affairs in the United States and said, “We should be seriously concerned about Donald Trump’s life.” Later, in his own eponymous show Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, he proudly reminded everyone that he himself and many of his guests previously predicted that Trump would be assassinated. Solovyov accused the Secret Service of either being “unprofessional and stupid,” or being in on it and deliberately allowing the attacker to take his shot.
The TV host predicted Trump’s imminent victory in the upcoming presidential election, declaring that he is now unstoppable—barring a more efficient assassin.
Showcasing the photograph of the bloodied former president pumping his fist in the air, Solovyov praised him, describing his reaction as that of a seasoned “political animal.” The state TV host compared this event to the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan in 1981 that led to his landslide victory in a presidential re-election. Solovyov added: “This is the moment after which Trump will obviously become president… This is it! This is a tragedy for Zelensky.”
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made a clumsy effort to link the funding of Ukraine’s defense against the Russian invasion to the attempted assassination of the former president, in a rambling post on her Telegram channel. She suggested that the money the U.S. is spending on Ukraine would be better spent on various branches of American law enforcement. Zakharova linked an attack on Trump to Ukraine’s alleged plot to eliminate Putin, stating that “both of them were prepared using American money.” She ended her post by proclaiming: “The bell is already tolling for Washington!”
Julia Davis is a columnist for The Daily Beast and the creator of the Russian Media Monitor. She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, and Women In Film.
“Solovyov added: “This is the moment after which Trump will obviously become president… This is it! This is a tragedy for Zelensky.”
For once in his evil life Solovyov speaks the truth. Unfortunately.
My hope and prayer is that Trump changes his attitude towards our heroes or is defeated.
Well so much for him changing his attitude. With Vance he just doubled down his hatred.
The MAGAts were going to vote for him anyway, and it changes nothing for those opposed to him. So I don’t know that it will make much difference.
Interesting 😉 you and Solovyov use the same crystal ball
So Trumpkov’s appointment of nazi-loving motherfucker JD Vance makes Ukraine safe now?
Save your hate for other websites…friend…since your brethren tried to kill Trump as you’ve desired here many, many, many, many times, I/we will be monitoring the hate speech. Hate does not help Ukraine.
Please focus on Ukraine. Consider this a friendly heads up.
You need to censor yourself then. You have spewed out a constant stream of hatred at me simply for quoting the exact words of trump, which like you are dripping with hatred. Now you will please tell me when I have called for the murder of trump or any other democratic politician? I will save you the trouble; I never have.
I was the first on these pages to condemn the would-be assassin in no uncertain terms. I also aggressively condemned threatening language used by leftists on his friend Farage.
The man Crooks is a Republican from a Republican family btw.
Your claim of Crooks being “brethren” is a sick lie and a clear example of hate speech. I expect an apology.
I will apologize for pointing out the obvious, that you and he want Trump dead, when you apologize for wanting Trump dead. I never wanted anyone dead except russians. If you draw a moral equivalence between what I say and what you say, you have some very deep psychological problems friend. I apologize if I offended you with that above. Your turn.
See “accusation in a mirror” ; wiki. That’s what you are doing.
You spew hatred at me and make wild claims without any proof whatsoever. Show proof or shut up.
If you want me gone from this site it’s your choice; nothing I can do about it.
I didn’t think you could do it.
I will repeat, focus on Ukraine and not the death of any political leader, especially a FOREIGN leader, for you.
Do you really think Ukraine cares about political parties of foreign partners in the middle of WW3? If you can’t bring yourself to be civilized for Ukraine then perhaps you should go.