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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWith the Brexit mess and the Trump govt. shutdown, Putin has created turmoil in two of
his biggest global rivals, and all that it took was to bribe a few useful idiots. No armies. No warheads. No tanks. No nukes. Just Trump, Don Jr., Manafort, Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, and a few others. That's it. That's all it took to bring down two super powers.
Unbelievable.
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With the Brexit mess and the Trump govt. shutdown, Putin has created turmoil in two of (Original Post)
Yavin4
Jan 2019
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malaise
(269,187 posts)1. Putin could not do it without help
from greedy fellow racists in both countries
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,447 posts)3. and oligarchs
Rotten Ronnie and "Moonbase" Newt helped create the oligarchs who bought the GOP and helped radicalize it. (Don't know about how the UK got to this point).
malaise
(269,187 posts)5. True
The money bags
American and UK citizens voted for Trump and Brexit. Could not be successful without it.
Maven
(10,533 posts)10. And don't forget greedy social engineering--I mean, networking--tycoons. nt
malaise
(269,187 posts)11. That's a very important point
Cirque du So-What
(25,988 posts)2. I want Pootie- poot to become a worldwide pariah
May the world reflexively spit on the ground at the mention of his name.
Rocky888
(297 posts)4. Don't forget france's yellow vest protest.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)6. THAT WAS THE PLAN ALL ALONG
Hekate
(90,835 posts)7. Kick and Rec
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)9. They're working on France as well
with the yellow vest riots.
BritVic
(262 posts)12. Farage was still front and centre on the BBC coverage of last night's vote