DISINFO: Kamala Harris serves the UK
SUMMARY
Kamala Harris acts in the UK’s best interests. As in WWII, nowadays, Great Britain has subdued the US and is performing Drang nach Osten. The US ‘war party’ is too mighty to allow Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine.
RESPONSE
This is a conspiracy theory which is consistent with recurring pro-Kremlin narratives about the war in Ukraine. Through a reference to the Nazi “Drang nach Osten” expansionist plan, the article attempts to draw a faulty parallel between the current western countries, the UK specifically, and Nazi Germany. Read more about the narrative of ‘Nazis’ in the pro-Kremlin disinformation space.
Pro-Kremlin outlets often portray EU leaders and European states as vassals, puppet states, or colonies of the US and NATO. See our analysis of the Kremlin's claims about the EU's lost sovereignty. Interestingly, in this case the US as a whole is portrayed as the UK's subordinates. This conspiracy theory has no factual basis.
Western countries are not waging a war against Russia. It was Putin’s personal decision to invade Ukraine and start the largest military conflict in Europe since WWII. In response to Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked aggression against Ukraine which was launched on 24 February 2022, a broad coalition of more than 50 nations are providing Ukraine with military and technical assistance with the aim of repelling Russia's aggression. Kyiv is acting in self-defence, in accordance with the UN Charter article 51. Our analysis of the recent communication strategy of pro-Kremlin outlets explains how they attempt to portray Russia as a victim and to deceive audiences into believing that Russia is fighting Western powers.
See our analysis on how Kremlin disinformation targets US elections and earlier disinformation cases claiming that the West turns Poland into another “Reich” for a new “Drang nach Osten”, that Western military aid to Ukraine only will cause more suffering, that Western weapons supplies to Ukraine are exacerbating the conflict, that the West kills Ukrainians by sending them weapons they don’t know how to use, and that NATO promotes fascism in Europe and uses proxy wars to destroy Russia.