In a May 28 tweet, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova acerbically attacked U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for his recent anti-Russian comments: “ ‘The Russians are dying…. it’s the best money we’ve ever spent,’ U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said with a pleased smirk during his meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.”
Efforts by BBC and Reuters to cover for Graham, saying his comments were taken “out of context,” is “doomed,” she wrote, and then elaborated:
“During the Nuremberg trials, Reichsminister of Economics Hjalmar Schacht claimed that the Third Reich was sponsored, among others, from abroad, naming two major American corporations—Ford and General Motors. An unspoken deal was made with Schacht: freedom in exchange for keeping silent. Despite Soviet representatives’ protests, he was released and lived to the age of 93.”
Zakharova went on to cite the role of Ford, General Motors, Kodak, Standard Oil, and others in supporting the Hitler regime. “And, of course, how can we not mention banks: JPMorgan Chase & Co—Chase National Bank back then—was also involved, performing multibillion dollar transactions, while Berlin had the opportunity to purchase dollars….
