• calliope@retrolemmy.com
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      19 hours ago

      After he helped Trump win the U.S. election in 2016, it was extremely hard to take him seriously.

      “Hillary lacks judgment and will push the United States into endless, stupid wars which spread terrorism … she certainly should not become president of the United States.”

      There’s more on Wikipedia, but I think it’s foolish to believe he has ever cared about anyone but himself.

      Assange had timed the release to coincide with the 2016 Democratic National Convention because he believed Clinton had pushed for his indictment and he regarded her as a “liberal war hawk”

      I’m don’t think a Trump presidency was inevitable without Julian Assange. He was the useful idiot.

    • Rothe@piefed.social
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      1 day ago

      Russia unfortunately threatened him into serving their cause, which completely undermined his previous work and any integrity of Wikileaks.