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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Putin advising Trump
in his power grab?
What he is doing feels very "Russian".
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Cheeto doesn't really need input from foreign despots, when he has all those neocons.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)Putin took over Crimea with unidentifed soldiers in green uniforms. I would love for someone to expose this before the election with recordings of their interactions.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)So probably.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213783140
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)Putin can barely run his own second (and in some places third)-world country - let alone ours.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/sunday-review/how-powerful-is-vladimir-putin-really.html
edhopper
(33,615 posts)to Trump.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)Hatred of Hillary, Jill Stein, Gary Johnson, James Comey, eight years of having a black man in the White House, Trump's appeal to white resentment, voter suppression and lower than expected turnout did.
But, believe what you're going to believe.
edhopper
(33,615 posts)of which we still don't know the full effect.
Remove any one of the things listed and Hillary might have won.
I would call into question your belief that Putin is toothless and not influencing Trump.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)But there's zero evidence that Putin is directly influencing Trump - that's not to say that Trump himself isn't trying to fashion himself in the mold of a Putin-like dictator, but it's not the same thing.
edhopper
(33,615 posts)You actually don't see how Putin has completely compromised Trump. Even Nancy Pelosi knows this.
Try Googling "Putin influence Trump" for your zero evidence.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)Unless you mean articles along the lines of 'former officials fear Putin is influencing Trump' or 'Trump met with a Russian official with no note takers - what's up with that?' and the like.
Speculation? Sure. Evidence, not so much.
edhopper
(33,615 posts)All roads lead to Putin
and
Trump would do anything for Putin
and on and on.
You don't see it says it all.
Bye, have a nice day comrade.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)I made it to just over 800 posts before being outed as a Russian plant.
Я бы сошел с рук, если бы не эти проклятые дети.
edhopper
(33,615 posts)But you are so wrong about Trump and Putin.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)We've seem better. You are now on Agent Mike's radar. Good luck.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)Vladimir will be VERY disappointed in me - I am not looking forward to our Zoom meeting this afternoon.
Walleye
(31,045 posts)And he kept repeating the phrase to please Papa Putin, who probably told him it made him sound strong.
Mme. Defarge
(8,042 posts)are just passing the time?
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)Putin is calling in his markers.
hvn_nbr_2
(6,488 posts)bluestarone
(17,030 posts)tRUMP is too fucking dumb to figure anything out himself! THIS is putin and only putin leading the way with support from ALL the rethugs in the senate and House!
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)Even repeating putins propaganda he knows is false.
tinrobot
(10,916 posts)Seems like everything Trump does hurts the US.
And anything that hurts the US benefits Russia.
Besides, Mary Trump correctly pointed out that Trump has a serious daddy complex. Putin is now a stand-in for the daddy Trump could never please. Trump will do anything for Putin.