Putin ally tells Americans: vote Trump or face nuclear war

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS | Wed Oct 12, 2016 | 6:35pm EDT

Putin ally tells Americans: vote Trump or face nuclear war

By Andrew Osborn | MOSCOW

Americans should vote for Donald Trump as president next month or risk being dragged into a nuclear war, according to a Russian ultra-nationalist ally of President Vladimir Putin who likes to compare himself to the U.S. Republican candidate.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a flamboyant veteran lawmaker known for his fiery rhetoric, told Reuters in an interview that Trump was the only person able to de-escalate dangerous tensions between Moscow and Washington.

By contrast, Trump's Democratic rival Hillary Clinton could spark World War Three, said Zhirinovsky, who received a top state award from Putin after his pro-Kremlin Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) came third in Russia's parliamentary election last month.

Many Russians regard Zhirinovsky as a clownish figure who makes outspoken statements to grab attention but he is also widely viewed as a faithful servant of Kremlin policy, sometimes used to float radical opinions to test public reaction.

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[mercuryblues]

1. I this before

or after ISIS takes over?

[pwb]

2. So Putin is afraid of Hillary and

Trump is scared of him? I am good with that.

[Thinkingabout]

3. Putin is desparate, he knows he will not control Hillary's puppet strings, she does not

Have puppet strings. Putin knows Hillary is strong and he can't handle it. Tells me Putin thinks he has an open book with Trump, he will not be able to BS Hillary.