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MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 03:49 PM Jan 2017

Back in the day, the Russians were the guys in ill-fitting, bad suits who

blustered their way along in international relations.

Today, the Trump Administration has become what they were. Is the United States about to become a "Bully State?"

Trump is going to give new meaning to the "Bully Pulpit," I think.

The Trump Administration - The Angry Men in Bad Suits

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Back in the day, the Russians were the guys in ill-fitting, bad suits who (Original Post) MineralMan Jan 2017 OP
Wait 'till Nikki-ta starts banging her shoe on the podium in the United Nations. NBachers Jan 2017 #1
I remember seeing that shoe-banging incident on the evening news. MineralMan Jan 2017 #2
Call them "New Russians," which is a derogatory term for Post-Soviet thugs rising to power. TheBlackAdder Jan 2017 #3

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
2. I remember seeing that shoe-banging incident on the evening news.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 04:30 PM
Jan 2017

Did you know that Khrushchev's name means, "of the cockroaches" in Russian? That always made me laugh when I learned that. Nikita of the Cockroaches.

TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)
3. Call them "New Russians," which is a derogatory term for Post-Soviet thugs rising to power.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 04:47 PM
Jan 2017

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After the Soviet Union fell, New Russians formed to fill the void.

They are the kleptocracy who makes money by dubious means.

They absolutely hate that term.


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Trumpsters are siding with foreign actors, for the purpose of acquiring wealth and power using shady tactics.

Pretty much using organized mob-like tactics to get their way.

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