"We may never know why Trump is so perversely loyal to Putin," and "we don't know exactly why Musk went all in for Trump and Russia," @Kasparov63 writes. "But the urgency of their actions I do understand, and it's a dire warning": https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/putinization-america/681837/?gift=f-IX8a7EoXvK5EJLg-i7XLa2MyvSKpWBTjGr-J6Tt3c&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social