Fanboy, Puppet, or Coconspiritor?
What is the relationship between Trump and Putin?
I have, at various times, thought it to be each of those three possibilities.
He clearly favors authoritarians, dictators, and strongmen. Putin is all of that. He is also an immature manbaby. Could it be that he is, at his core, a fanboy and all else is a smarter man (Putin) taking advantage of that?
The notion of his being a puppet is another real possibility. He has been grubbing for money most of his life. When most Western sources of cash told him he was tapped out he went East to Russia and Saudi Arabia, but mostly to Russia. Initially, it wasn't Putin at all, but the then-new Russian Mafia that formed after the fall of the Soviet Union. He was seen as "getable" and possibly useful by the Russian power center and he was turned with kompromat. They kept him on a close leash. When he ran for President, they moved the leash from his neck to his balls and tightened. He is a puppet. Almost without exception, every foreign policy stance he has taken, every action, every hint, has favored Russian interests - even his love affair with Kim serves that purpose.
Lastly, it may actually be a case of he and Putin being more or less equal partners. No matter how things started (maybe by one or both of the previous two speculations). Where Putin is trained, disciplined, and ruthless, Trump is simply a natural at it. As but an example, Putin fucked with the UK so as to start the dismantling of the EU, Trump was there with Boris Johnson as his buddy, gleefully egging things along. That was the act of a participant, not a puppet.
So what do you think? Which is it: Fanboy, Puppet, or Coconspiritor?
Maybe it is all three.
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