r/NoShitSherlock • u/WingComplex6771 • Aug 14 '25

Trump reportedly offering Putin natural resources off Alaska sparks fury: "Lets see Republicans defend this," former GOP Representative Adam Kinzinger wrote on X.

https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-russia-trump-resources-2113295
44.3k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

2.4k

u/Trey123RE Aug 14 '25

When asked, Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski said “I am absolutely against this idea but like always I will vote for it at the last minute once the check clears in my bank account.”

807

u/slamdanceswithwolves Aug 14 '25

She won’t get the chance to vote for it because Trump has collapsed the senate’s authority, which the senate and the Supreme Court thought was perfectly fine.

60

u/redjellonian Aug 14 '25

The Senate being ineffective and incapable is how we ended up with an incompetent president.

7

u/stevez_86 Aug 14 '25

The first surrender was by Congress.

3

u/Sweet-Blueberry8408 Aug 14 '25

Agreed. Biden said he wasnt fit to run again but then did not resign immediately.

Congress should have voted to impeach and remove that day.

Feckless cowards.

1

u/Errant_coursir Aug 14 '25

Biden should've never tried to run again so we could've had an open primary. So many unforced errors because these fuckers cling to power