Is Trump being advised by Putin?

[kentuck]

...about everything going on in Ukraine?

Trump is still trying to delay the military assistance to Ukraine. He is now using the excuse that Europe is not paying their fair share. Why is he so intent on delaying this assistance to Ukraine?

Did he make a promise to Vladimir Putin?

Even after all that has transpired in the last days, Trump still looks to be taking orders from Putin.

[dchill]

1. Magic 8 Ball says yes.

[htuttle]

2. I don't think Trump is that good at taking orders

Like most mobsters, he feels free to improvise for his own benefit.

This Ukraine scheme seems so ham-handed, I'm thinking he was running this scam on the side himself.

on edit:

Maybe Putin suggested he put pressure on Ukraine to give up the Crimea, and Trump injected the Joe Biden thing himself?

[Lulu KC]

3. While you were posting this, I was posting another question about the same thing, kind of

Is DT just pretending to be a friend of Ukraine? Is this obvious to everyone else and my coffee's finally kicking in enough that I can see it?
Does Ukraine actually believe that he is not a friend of Putin's or are the president's comedic skills allowing him to play along?
It's like a board game to find the truth beneath so many layers of lies, but of course, we know that Putin still holds all the strings.
Except for the ones held by Nancy.

[maryellen99]

4. No not anymore

I think we are at the point where trump is more concerned about saving him and his family’s own a***s than obeying Putin.

[kentuck]

8. I think his fsmily and his business are dependent on Putin for survival.

And that is more important to Donald Trump than being President.

[StarfishSaver]

5. I think Putin is smart enough to give him better advice than he's obviously been getting

If Putin's giving him advice, he's clearly not listening.

[duforsure]

6. Putins shaking trump down

And demanding favors, and money, while trump is acting desperate to please him, and to keep Putin from exposing him.trumps shaking others down, pay or else. Putin and trump are involved in organized crime.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Reports via the Guardian Eourpe

editions were claiming Putin has been increasing his Troop Numbers in the Eastern part of Ukraine claiming his military convoys were resupply missions for the existing troops. So did Putin tell Trump to hold off or cancel Aid to Ukrainian until he had sufficient Troops in place?

[beachbumbob]

9. Putin does not need to advise trump, all putin had to do is

get him in the Whitehouse, then trump would do the rest all by himself.

It was predictable