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(12,608 posts)63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)Does anyone besides me worry the GOP is joining forces with Putin and trying to convince RWNJs that being ruled by Putin would be awesome? That maybe there will be a takeover orchestrated by the GOP, Putin and RWNJs ruling in tandem?
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Putin has a clear appeal to the right wing authoritarians here in the US
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_authoritarianism
Describes the Trumpettes of the apocalypse to a T.
procon
(15,805 posts)and then those idiots actually started cheering and clapping, it was surreal. Michael Morell, the former CIA director is right, Donald Trump really is an unwitting agent of Russia, he was played by Vladimir Putin, a former KGB agent, who has manipulated Trump just by playing to his vanity and ego.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Putin is the type of leader these people want. They see him as a leader who puts Russia and the Russian people first. They admire that type of nationalism.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)He wants us to be friends with Russia, he says.