A 10:30 PM Tweet from Trump, re-tweeting a Putin quote on impeachment via AP. Just lovely.

[Miles Archer]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

A total Witch Hunt!

10:30 PM · Dec 20, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

The Associated Press
@AP
· Dec 19
BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Donald Trump's impeachment is far-fetched and predicts the U.S. Senate will reject it. http://apne.ws/QSginnX

Link to tweet

[herding cats]

1. He's a bloody low end internet troll.

He knew what impact that would have on his non supporters. He's baiting us plain and simple.

He bores me with these obvious antics.

[TheBlackAdder]

36. Kremlin media launches full-on attack on impeachment as Trump ponders bills that could hurt Putin.

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Quid Pro Quo

Russian President Vladimir Putin caused a stir this week by attacking the impeachment process against President Donald Trump and confidently predicting that the Senate will acquit him. But he is not alone. On Saturday, The Daily Beast reported that the Russian state media networks are coming out in defense of Trump as well. This comes just as Trump is reportedly pushing back on a new package of Russian sanctions passed by Congress.

“Such support would have been implausible for any other U.S. leader, much less one who claims to be ‘tough on Russia,'” wrote reporter Julia Davis. “But bluster aside, Trump has been reluctant to sign off on additional Russian sanctions. Pro-Kremlin experts, lawmakers and talking heads believe President Trump would do away with most of the sanctions in record time if not for the U.S. Congress.”

“One of the Kremlin’s top propagandists, Vladimir Soloviev, heaped praise upon Trump and rattled off a list of bogus defenses in his coverage of the impeachment proceedings,” wrote Davis. “During his show, The Evening with Vladimir Soloviev, the host favorably mentioned a ‘documentary film’ based on the Ukrainian exploits of the U.S. president’s private lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani … Soloviev proceeded to accuse the Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of ‘conspiring’ with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European leaders to remove Viktor Shokin — the corrupt former Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Defending President Trump by echoing his talking points, Soloviev exclaimed: ‘There was no quid pro quo!'”

The conspiracy theories painting Ukraine as the real cause of 2016 election interference originate with the Kremlin, and the Ukrainian officials who have pushed the Biden corruption narrative have ties to pro-Russia parties.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/kremlin-state-media-launches-full-on-attack-on-impeachment-as-trump-ponders-bills-that-could-hurt-putin-report/

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[Demovictory9]

2. trump is crazy

[mopinko]

9. the veil is getting thinner and thinner.

it is getting harder and harder to pretend that grandpa should be allowed to have matches.

[Grasswire2]

14. or even his teeth! nt

[dalton99a]

3. "See, the boss says I'm innocent!"

[HipChick]

4. Putin must be

laughing his arse off..

[Volaris]

18. Or, hes fuckin TERRIFIED that America will wake the fuck up to the scam hes been ...

Running on us, and the result will be that his own people find out what a prick he and his oligarch crime lord buddies are.

I have NEVER considered the russian People my enemy. And when they realize what has been stolen from them, they WILL be PISSED.

[duforsure]

27. I agree

Also when trump supporters realize trump is a russian agent working FOR putin they will also be pissed. They both will be getting exposed.

[crickets]

37. Yes, there's more than one house of cards on the table.

Thanks for pointing this out, because it's often forgotten.

I have NEVER considered the russian People my enemy. And when they realize what has been stolen from them, they WILL be PISSED.

Agreed. The citizenry is not the enemy; it's the government and those who run it. Much like the US populace, it may take a while for the whole crowd to catch on, but once they do the bad guys are in for a world of hurt.

[Yonnie3]

5. I want to say unbelievable

but I totally believe that he would tweet this.

#AllPathsLeadToPutin

[oasis]

6. "So sez my pal Putin".

[Takket]

7. the amazing thing about the MAGAt's refusal to acknowledge that drumpf works for Putin...

is how he doesn't even try to hide it. he commits this crime in plain sight.

[empedocles]

29. As Dem Ukraine issues work steadily towards putin, 2020 will make that more

clearly. Deutsch Bank 'loans', trump fake billionaire dependent on putin, Dem Investigations, should awaken more voters . . .

[Botany]

8. It is kind of like a guy who is on trial for bank robbery saying the problem is that the ....

... bank's video camera of him robbing the bank didn't get his "good side."

How long before this tweet is taken down and Fox News does a "this was taken out of context" story.

[BigmanPigman]

10. Oh, he's not bothered about being impeached at all.

Driving him even more crazy is half the joy of not sending it to the Senate yet. The other half is how pissed he is at his BFFs Lindsey and Mitch for steering him in this direction when he wanted a long, TV show trial.

I am really enjoying this early Christmas/New Year's gift.
Watch him stew and sweat in limbo for a long while.

[Capt. America]

11. Ronnie Raygun is turning in his grave.

[Volaris]

19. And THAT is a damn hard thing to achieve, being what a prick Regan actually was.

[world wide wally]

12. Shut the fuck up, Donnie...

...you too, Vlad

[moondust]

13. Daddy said so!

[Glimmer of Hope]

15. Screw everyone who is ok with this.

[johnnyfins]

16. BREAKING: Putin also said...

...we also never invaded Crimea and are not, in any way, at war with Ukraine, Dis is vat you call, FakesNews. :/

[Lock him up.]

35. Yep. He also tweetted he never ordered FSB agents to poison anyone.

Nor to suicide journalists down the 10th floor.

#AllFakeNews

[Lock him up.]

17. Ew, it's almost like he's begging to get busted as a Russian agent!

Is it a crime if it's done in plain sight?? Crazy, crazy, cray

[Volaris]

20. The blackmail runs deep lol. Let's not forget, the R nc servers were hacked as well..

Given their penchant for IMAX-level projections, (on NO OTHER EVIDENCE, mind you), got 20 bucks says theres a prostitution ring and a pizza parlor involved...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

21. Putin's puppet echoes Putin

What is he afraid of?

[greyl]

22. Desperate, gullible, fool. nt

[thewhollytoast]

23. it works like this

and then he says, Thanks Vald.

[duforsure]

24. trump's a russian agent

Working for putin. Spreading his propaganda, hiring those close to putin , or he has compromised. No wonder he didn't want any notes saved for their meeting, because he would be exposed, and show putin has got him compromised.

[arthritisR_US]

25. So now your pResident is under pintis control

but so too is your senate. People you need to wake the feck up.

[RDANGELO]

26. The disconnect from reality is stunning.

He thinks this will influence people to think in his favor.

[dewsgirl]

28. They've got to be fucking with us at this point, right?😳

[empedocles]

30. Dems need campaign ads to publicize russian media 'jokes', [recently here on DU], about asylum

in Russia for trump - [time well, of course].

[dewsgirl]

32. Did you see Maddow last night? It is well worth it, if you only

watch the A block. They are collecting subscribers of seemingly innocent accounts(crafts,life hacks, etc.), to politicize later. Russia owns the third largest media platform in the world, there is a channel they are directing at English speakers rewriting Soviet history, referring to Stalin as Robin Hood and stating they gave Alaska to us for free as a gift.😳

[empedocles]

33. I certainly agree with your point of the implications of the 3rd largest

media platform, and its total program implications.

My hope is that the obvious trump/putin kompromat = treason 'issue', - is our best hope for getting at the next 20% of the electorate and 'public sentiment.

[The bad 20 is not all ignorant magats, but wealthy would be putin oligarches - ala US/Brit 'first families' leaning towards hitler].

[Mc Mike]

31. No puppet. No collusion.

[Stuart G]

34. Well, Well, and Well...?

..Quoting Putin is not very smart in my opinion. But Donald Trump is not very smart in my opinion.

...and...This is proof ....that Donald Trump is not very smart..