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But critics on both sides of the aisle say that far from just advocating for restraint, she has embraced talking points from militaristic autocrats like Assad and Putin, and as overseer of 18 spy agencies would undermine national security and the international order.

In response, Republican senator Mitt Romney said Gabbard had embraced "actual Russian propaganda".

While selling drugs online is far from new — in fact, the very first thing bought and sold on the Internet was a bag of weed — no nation has so wholeheartedly embraced e-shopping for their preferred pick-me-ups as the Russians.

Bitcoin also seen a surge after Trump embraced it during his campaign.

"Ultimately, members of my own unit in leadership deemed that I was an extremist or a white nationalist because of a tattoo I have, which is a religious tattoo. It's a Jerusalem cross," Hegseth claimed, feigning ignorance of the fact that cross has indeed been embraced by far-right activists who imagine themselves fighting a modern-day Crusade.