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Representative Valli Geiger responds to recent Sam Patten’s recent columns.

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President Trump’s former campaign chairman and former lawyer worked with, between them, a deposed authoritarian president, a bevy of oligarchs, Russia-oriented politicians and alleged Russian spies.

Though Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is just days old, Russia has been working for years to influence and undermine the independence of its smaller neighbor. As it happens, some Americans have played a role in that effort. One was former President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Another was Trump’s then-lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

The presidency of Donald Trump has badly damaged the United States. This was evident in the current and ongoing “2021 Gaza Crisis”. America in the context of global trust is more of a problem than a solution or reliable partner.  Even its own people do not trust America. America is now a top enemy of China. By its actions such as the mass murder on 3 January 2020 of officials in Baghdad—which caused the Iraq government to order the Americans out of Iraq, or by self-declaration—America is also an enemy of Syria, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Russia, Turkey, and Afghanistan. That’s a huge...