Staff writer at The Atlantic, Julia Ioffe, says she has confirmed that the U.S. is frowned upon by the world community. Who was that confirmed through? Take a look:
Just talked to a source in Moscow who is close to the Foreign Ministry. "The whole world is laughing at America," he said. "America has never been as ridiculous as it is now.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) January 29, 2018
Ioffe has never seemed to need outside confirmation before pointing out America’s extreme shortcomings, but this particular source set off irony detectors:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/958050455602520064
The Left gets to play by a different set of rules, apparently.
quit colluding https://t.co/p83QmjUX3n
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) January 29, 2018
This is an utterly bizarre tweet. Why the heck should we care what Moscow (an adversary, remember?) thinks about us? "Trump-Russia" fanatics (who apparently have great sourcing in the Kremlin???) are really losing it this week.https://t.co/koIfNHiL9F
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) January 29, 2018
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Pretty amazing to see someone straight-up admitting that they are gleefully peddling Kremlin-sourced dezinformatsiya (Russian disinformation). https://t.co/jI2ZL0x3bq
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) January 29, 2018
That feeling when you claim to be seriously committed to investigating "Trump-Russia," but in reality, you act as a free spokesperson for the Kremlin.https://t.co/koIfNHiL9F
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) January 29, 2018
The Resistance insisting that the U.S. is the laughing stock of the world can get confusing though:
https://twitter.com/joelengel/status/958052450455363584
Go figure!
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