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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts) Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:03 AM Mar 2017

How do you think Putin views Rumpy right now?

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	He's a total failure as my puppet.
	1 (20%)
	He is a useful idiot for some of my other tools.
	3 (60%)
	To Be Determined
	0 (0%)
	He's great, fantastic and also awesome!
	1 (20%)
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How do you think Putin views Rumpy right now? (Original Post) MoonRiver Mar 2017 OP

Depends if he plunges the nation into chaos or not. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2017 #1

trump's gone from useful idiot to just idiot. JHan Mar 2017 #2

It was always about disruption. Pholus Mar 2017 #3

Vulnerable just like he wants him to be and always knew he would be underpants Mar 2017 #4

Why would that be a plus for Putin? MoonRiver Mar 2017 #5

Let's not forget about the sanctions flamingdem Mar 2017 #6

That's what's driving Putin mitch96 Mar 2017 #7

Sanctions got a big "nyet" yesterday...another morsel of bad news for DFT yesterday! Leghorn21 Mar 2017 #8

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,153 posts)

1. Depends if he plunges the nation into chaos or not.

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:06 AM

Mar 2017

If not, and we come together to rally and boot his ass out of office, he'll be rather disappointed as his scheme has failed.

If Trump consolidates power and then uses that power to push policies that favor Russia, he'll be happy.

If all hell breaks lose and the US is divided and weakened, it inures to Putin's benefit, and he'll be happy.

So two outcomes are favorable (irrespective of their likelihood), and one is not.

JHan

(10,173 posts)

2. trump's gone from useful idiot to just idiot.

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:07 AM

Mar 2017

Pholus

(4,062 posts)

3. It was always about disruption.

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:10 AM

Mar 2017

underpants

(182,603 posts)

4. Vulnerable just like he wants him to be and always knew he would be

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:11 AM

Mar 2017

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

5. Why would that be a plus for Putin?

Reply to underpants (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:27 AM

Mar 2017

flamingdem

(39,308 posts)

6. Let's not forget about the sanctions

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:31 AM

Mar 2017

They may be lifted one way or another

mitch96

(13,870 posts)

7. That's what's driving Putin

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:36 AM

Mar 2017

Along with Make Russia Great Again. He had a real bad time when Gorbachev rolled over to Reagin.
He is probably laughing his ass off at what he accomplished. Fuck up the USA with out spending too much capital or firing a shot... Very "Art of War" of him...
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Leghorn21

(13,522 posts)

8. Sanctions got a big "nyet" yesterday...another morsel of bad news for DFT yesterday!

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:49 AM

Mar 2017

Senator Mike Crapo, the panel's Republican chairman, said reducing sanctions could encourage Moscow to continue aggressive actions, three years after it annexed Ukraine's Crimea region.

Senator Sherrod Brown, the ranking Democrat, said the panel should look at increasing sanctions.

"Russia remains a hostile, recalcitrant power, deploying its military, cyber-enabled information espionage activities and economic tactics to harm the United States and drive a wedge between it and its allies," Crapo said.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trum

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