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applegrove

(118,685 posts)
Mon Sep 12, 2016, 05:15 PM Sep 2016

Putin’s View Of Trump: A Pushover, A Weaker Version Of Neville Chamberlain

by Paul Abrams at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/putins-view-of-trump-a-pu_b_11954946.html?section=us_politics

"SNIP..............


The latest joke in our absurd presidential campaign is that Russian President Vladimir Putin sees Donald Trump as a strong leader. This is causing belly-laughs in the Kremlin.

People in Putin’s inner circle say that Putin considers Trump a buffoon, easily manipulated by flattery, without a scintilla of knowledge or depth about the world outside his golf courses. Moreover, Trump’s stated willingness to recognize Putin’s annexation of Crimea, to lift sanctions, not to object to the occupation of an area in Ukraine, to withdraw promises of support for NATO allies in the Baltic, and for NATO as a whole, is the Russian dictator’s dream.

Putin was a big winner in the Brexit vote as it shook the strength of the EU, a rival political power (and was probably bemused at Trump’s happiness that it was good for business of his golf course in Scotland. Geopolitical benefit for Putin vs. more business (perhaps) for Trump’s golf course is, in Trump’s world, a win. Keep that in mind.)

According to Putin insiders, he sees Trump as a weaker, far more ignorant, wholly self-absorbed version of Neville Chamberlain. Easy-pickin’s.


.................SNIP"

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Putin’s View Of Trump: A Pushover, A Weaker Version Of Neville Chamberlain (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2016 OP
OMG, my stomach GWC58 Sep 2016 #1
What is the Russian word for clown? Motley13 Sep 2016 #2
Come on poodle! GWC58 Sep 2016 #3
Yep, he is a pushover who does not know about world affairs. He may be getting Thinkingabout Sep 2016 #4
Putin would own Trump.... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #5
... In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #6
Shout this to the rooftops! n/t Bluestar Sep 2016 #7
I wonder if the con has read this. maybe someone should tweet it to him..........lol KewlKat Sep 2016 #8
Putin is playing Trump like a cheap fiddle. Vinca Sep 2016 #9
has anyone heard the M$M cover this article? I mean they have covered the erroneous KewlKat Sep 2016 #10

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
2. What is the Russian word for clown?
Mon Sep 12, 2016, 05:20 PM
Sep 2016


I'm sure that's what the maggot's BFF thinks of him. Putin may be a treacherous dictator, but he is not stupid, unlike drumpf.
Playing DD like a fiddle. And he has better hair.





GWC58

(2,678 posts)
3. Come on poodle!
Mon Sep 12, 2016, 05:23 PM
Sep 2016

Say something nice about Putin! He thinks you're a buffoon, an oaf, maybe even an asshole.🤔

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. Yep, he is a pushover who does not know about world affairs. He may be getting
Mon Sep 12, 2016, 05:24 PM
Sep 2016

Trump primed to purchase property to look into Palin's back door.

Vinca

(50,278 posts)
9. Putin is playing Trump like a cheap fiddle.
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 07:51 AM
Sep 2016

Meanwhile, Trump is putting Pooty-Poot's picture under his pillow at night.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
10. has anyone heard the M$M cover this article? I mean they have covered the erroneous
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 07:54 AM
Sep 2016

comment by Putin calling him brilliant, which was mistranslated...........thought they'd all revel in the comments in this article.

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