Putin hails the fall of United States as a moral leader around the globe in annual speech

[workinclasszero]

SARAH K. BURRIS 18 OCT 2018 AT 15:59 ET

Russian President Vladimir Putin used his annual address to hail the end of the United States’ influence on the world.

According to a write-up from the Financial Times, Putin told his country “luckily this monopoly is disappearing. It’s almost done.”

Putin went on to claim that Russia isn’t creating any problems for anyone and he has done his part to help create a dialogue with President Donald Trump. When Russia annexed Crimea the US began to enact repercussions on the country, but since Trump’s administration, Russia has had more flexibility to begin their own effort to influence the world.

He noted that Trump listens to what he says.

“Empires often think they can make some little mistakes,” Putin said.?”Because they’re so powerful. But when the number of these mistakes keeps growing, it reaches a level they cannot sustain.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/putin-hails-fall-united-states-moral-leader-around-globe-annual-speech/

[irisblue]

1. Financial Times has a paywall.

[workinclasszero]

3. Yeah

That's why I went with the RS write up instead.

[atreides1]

2. Putin is right!

All we had to do was to put a complete amoral, narcissist, with delusions of grandeur in the White House...with a House and Senate that was already filled amoral, money grubbing, bigots, racists, and misogynists...and it wouldn't be long before that shining city upon a hill was revealed to be nothing more then a waste management plant...with sewer gas as a source of illumination!!!

[workinclasszero]

5. Yup

Best money Russia ever invested. Toppled the Western Alliance without one tank, one bomber, one missile or one soldier being used.

Putin just bought the traitor Trump and 99% of the GOP, NRA etc, installed him in the White House using Russian troll farms, Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, Twitter, Fox 'news', hate radio etc.

Face it America has been conquered by Russia. There it is.

Maybe we wrest control back in the midterms but we are still wide open to Russian interference in our elections I'm pretty sure.

[mobeau69]

13. If we don't win the House it's lights out.

Pukes keeping the house will be worse for me than Hillary's loss. And that's been hell.

[workinclasszero]

24. Control of the House will be the beachhead where the democrats assault the traitors in the GOP

and White House to save the USA, freedom, democracy and science.

A Republican/Russian fascist Dark Age awaits if we fail.

[mobeau69]

27. Talk about a fork in the road!

November is the whole ball of wax.

[workinclasszero]

29. It is for sure

The last presidential election was an earthshaking disaster for this country.

The midterms is our last chance. No BS.

[Separation]

40. Absolutely!

Hopefully, the 1st shots in this Civil War are "civil" and that is coming up this November 6th, 2018. Because if the Republicans retain control, I don't even want to think what they will try to get away with next.

[keithbvadu2]

18. "It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk

"It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk, Russia, declared in a radio interview.

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/world/make-russia-great-again-if-trump-lifts-sanctions-putin-could-finally-establish-his-country-as-an-equal-to-u-s&pubdate=2016-12-03

[workinclasszero]

25. He was telling the truth

No doubt about it.

[OMGWTF]

32. "...we are still wide open to Russian interference in our elections..."

Traitorous Rethuglicans wouldn't have it any other way.

[Initech]

4. It can take 300 years to build one's reputation.

And one jackass with a wrecking ball to knock it down in seconds. Funny how that works.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Rubbing Trump in our face, isn't he?

[workinclasszero]

7. Yes and it makes me violently ill!

Trump is the biggest traitor/crime boss that ever drew a breath in the USA and that a damn fact!

[Afromania]

8. Everyday, I become a little bit more disgusted than I knew I could be.

[world wide wally]

9. You must be so proud, Mushroom Boy

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. TrumPutin, McConnell, Ryan

The 3 little puppets -- Trump, McConnell, and Ryan -- have been outstanding values for Putin. Naturally, they couldn't have done such a good job for the enemy of democracy without the entire supporting cast of GOPers, Murdoch's gang at Fox, and Limbaugh on university radio stations.

[Blue_true]

11. How can the socalled proud patriots that support Trump listen to Putin?

Trump has shown them up for what they were all along, "The Others" hating racists and misogynists.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. I would wager that....

99.99% of tRump's base will not hear or read a word of Putin's speech.

And if Faux News reviews it, they'll twist it like a pretzel and turn it into praise for the Shit Gibbon....

[Blue_true]

22. Yep. nt

[0rganism]

12. Putin: kiss my ass, America

he's right though -- after he installed his pet traitor president with a compliant congress, an era of American leadership came quickly to an end.

from here on down, it's uphill all the way.

[FakeNoose]

36. Well he's not the new moral leader though

He's even dirtier than Trump is. He just wants the sanctions dropped, then he stops giving a shit one way or the other.

[BigmanPigman]

14. Steve Schmidt told MSNBC

Nicole Wallace that the moron has created the base for a civil war by dividing the country like no other president has ever done. Rosie O'Donnell said that she has no idea how the country will ever get back to being united and proud to be "America" in her lifetime. I agree with both of them. Irreparable damage and the worst our country has seen in the past 100 years.

[Cha]

19. Thanks for that detailed report, BP. Exaclty what putin

wanted.

[ecstatic]

21. I didn't see that discussion, but they are so right! If the GOP steals this election,

I see no other options besides a peaceful split of the United States or Civil War. Is blue america supposed to silently acquiesce to fascism? I don't think so!

[workinclasszero]

28. My generation will have to die out first

I'm the ass end of the baby boom that got nothing but the label.

Either the BB dies or the young people in this country...FINALLY...rise up at the polls and scream...ENOUGH!!!!!!!

[dixiegrrrrl]

41. A house divided against itself, cannot stand.

Putin knows what Lincoln said. and how true it is.

[DFW]

15. Smug S.O.B.

It's easy to shoot a guy in the knee and then laugh at him because he can't finish a race.

But the only people who do that are the ones who know they would lose the race against the same guy under any other circumstances. Вот отважны Владимир! Here's courageous Vladimir!

[Xolodno]

16. This was Putin's end game all along....

...he publicly stated that the world shouldn't have one superpower and monopoly on influence.

He wanted to return to a multi-polar world like that prior to World War 1.

Our clout is gone. And soon, we will start hurting economically.

Thanks Republicans, cut off our nose to spite our face....wait, that's probably to complicated for you...here we go...its like shooting ourselves in the foot.

[CCExile]

20. Maybe we should invite him to our embassy.

[ecstatic]

23. I wonder if trump gets it yet.

He is putin's bitch. Period. He was used as a clown to expose the weaknesses of the USA.

[Va Lefty]

33. If he gets it, does he care?

[Achilleaze]

26. republicans have done this to America

shame on them

[lindysalsagal]

30. GOP always can be counted on to live down to terrorist's opinions of us.

Bin laden said as much, and he was right about some of it.

[Squinch]

31. That should be added to EVERY Democratic political ad till the election.

[YOHABLO]

34. Spoken from a Russian despot. Putin is the mistake Russia can't get rid of.

[AllyCat]

35. World leader for decades

Reduced to a $hithole country by the horrible GOP, at least in Pooty’s eyes.

[Thekaspervote]

37. And if that isn't enough to wake people up.. I guess nothing will!! SAD

[John Fante]

38. First order of business when a Democrat retakes the WH in January 2021.

Sanction the living shit out of this asshole! 😡

[OAITW r.2.0]

39. Trump's reaction....or non-reaction will be telling.

Had any other leader in the world insulted and debased the USA, Trump would be twitting something some horseface type insult. I think we will see no Twitter response to Vlad from the Donald....cuz Vlad owns his ass.