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UCmeNdc

(9,650 posts)
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 07:24 PM Dec 2016

Russia analyst: I was just in Moscow and people are laughing as Putin plays that fool Donald Trump

Russia analyst: I was just in Moscow and people are laughing as Putin plays ‘that fool’ Donald Trump

Asked by host Sheinelle Jones about Putin’s letter where Trump described Putin’s thoughts as “so correct,” Russia expert Nina Khrushcheva said Trump is playing “right into Putin’s hands.”

“I was just in Moscow and the Russians are saying ‘Look at those fools, look at their their democracy.’ Absolutely,” she said. “‘How could America lecture us on any development, institutions, human rights, democracy, rhetoric when they just elected Donald Trump. He’s such a fool. He’s such a bully. That’s what America deserves and we’re going to take advantage of it.’ And that’s how Russians feel about it, and now it’s taking shape with letters from Vladimir Putin to Donald Trump with their exchange on potential nuclear armament and whatnot.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/russia-analyst-i-was-just-in-moscow-and-people-are-laughing-as-putin-plays-that-fool-donald-trump/‬

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Russia analyst: I was just in Moscow and people are laughing as Putin plays that fool Donald Trump (Original Post) UCmeNdc Dec 2016 OP
Well, yeah. That's been blindingly obvious to everybody but Trump. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #1
And the voters. DK504 Dec 2016 #4
They didn't care because he promised The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #13
Exactly. Trump's support came more from what CakeGrrl Dec 2016 #14
Its embassaring. Blue Shoes Dec 2016 #2
kick for visibility triron Dec 2016 #3
Are they dancing in the streets like they did on 9/11? DK504 Dec 2016 #5
Russia and Assange played the Bernie or Bust Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #6
Damn bro, you're obessessed with this tiny asd group of voters that is 100 times larger dionysus Dec 2016 #9
You may be right, but I can't help but be extremely pissed Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #10
I am too bit you don't want to live in the past too long... dionysus Dec 2016 #11
That group of voters dominated this site and targeted posters such as myself for months KittyWampus Dec 2016 #15
Your link didn't work so I'm offering this one: Ilsa Dec 2016 #7
"he who knows not and knows not that he knows not IS a fool" oasis Dec 2016 #8
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2016 #12

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,909 posts)
1. Well, yeah. That's been blindingly obvious to everybody but Trump.
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 07:30 PM
Dec 2016

Putin is much smarter than Trump, and he quickly figured out that he could play Trump like a Stradivarius by flattering him.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,909 posts)
13. They didn't care because he promised
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 12:01 PM
Dec 2016

he'd cut their taxes, throw out the Mexicans, prevent the Muslims from coming in, and kick those people off welfare.

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)
14. Exactly. Trump's support came more from what
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 12:23 PM
Dec 2016

he would TAKE AWAY or DENY others than what he would do for his gullible voters:

Take away Hillary's freedom - "Lock her up!"
Take away Obamacare
Take away "socialist" programs - not that his voters have a clue what that truly means
Build the wall - deny immigrants
Muslim registry - take away religious freedom for a group that his voters generally characterize and dismiss as 'terrorists'.

Blue Shoes

(220 posts)
2. Its embassaring.
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 07:38 PM
Dec 2016

That a country with a smaller GDP then California had more influence on our election then that state. The electoral college is a joke.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
5. Are they dancing in the streets like they did on 9/11?
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 07:49 PM
Dec 2016

“How could America lecture us on any development, institutions, human rights, democracy, rhetoric when they just elected Donald Trump."

From the Russians: Mic Drop.

 

Charles Bukowski

(1,132 posts)
6. Russia and Assange played the Bernie or Bust
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 08:09 PM
Dec 2016

crowd too, to the point where they practically pining for a Trump victory. Sad!

dionysus

(26,467 posts)
9. Damn bro, you're obessessed with this tiny asd group of voters that is 100 times larger
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 02:54 AM
Dec 2016

in your mind than it is in reality...

The PUMAS were never this bad in 2008...

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
15. That group of voters dominated this site and targeted posters such as myself for months
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 01:05 PM
Dec 2016

and they are slowly trickling back in here.

I have had 2 posts hidden recently for stating the simple truth about Sanders never having a steady job until he was 40.

That is a literal fact.

That anyone would alert it, let alone vote to HIDE it, means this tiny group is still having a negative effect.

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