Day 1020

Ukraine's pathogen menace

Certain nominees of the leading-edge MAGA-ready enterprise in waiting appear to have farted bricks over the weekend as Batta fled to Moscow.

But not Donald.

“I met with Putin. I met with President Xi of China. I met with Kim Jong-un twice,” Trump said. “Does that mean that I can’t be president?” — MSNBC, December 8, 2024.

Which is exactly Tulsi’s rationale for chatting up Assad.

“I think we should be ready to meet with anyone if there’s a chance it can help bring about an end to this war, which is causing the Syrian people so much suffering,” she said ¹.

That was 2017. Five years later, Tulsi’s pivot to Donald and pathogens grabbed my attenion, partly out a misty nostalgia for her public service escapades, when I still had a sense of humour².

c/o Tulsi (March 13, 2022)

Turns out that was just a conspiracy theory amplified by Team Russia, Team China and Carlson Tucker³.

Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory (Wikipedia)

1. Tulsi Gabbard Claims to Have Met With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Gabbard returned to D.C. after a weeklong trip to Syria and Lebanon (ABC News, January 26, 2017)

2. Day 18. Non-predictive intelligence floppery (March 13, 2022)

3. Tucker: The Pentagon is lying about bio labs in Ukraine (FoxNews, March 9, 2022)