The Treason Summit in Helsinki showed Trump’s true colors (not just orange) as a stooge of Vladimir Putin. His pathetic attempt to walk away from his comments, saying he meant to say would’t instead of would, is to believe people did not watch the full press conference.
It was, of course, of a piece with Trump’s method of berating allies (as he did at NATO just before Helsinki) while praising dictators. This was not our first example of the world coming apart, but it may have finally gotten through to at least some portion of MAGAts. Even Fox News was aghast at his performance.
We can’t be sure what was agreed to in the private meeting between Trump and Putin, but at this point the best thing that can be said about the summit is that at least we still have Alaska. After Trump’s turn as supplicant to the Russian strongman (did he say his name was Reek?), toast the preservation of our 49th state with an Alaska cocktail.
From Brad Parson’s book Bitters, the Alaska is:
1.5 oz gin
.75 oz Yellow Chartreuse
1 dash of orange bitters
Stir over ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, garnish with a lemon twist
Cheers!
Gin & Bitters 