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applegrove

(118,595 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:02 PM Apr 2020

Putin Leverages Chaos to Get Closer to Trump

Putin Leverages Chaos to Get Closer to Trump

April 18, 2020 at 11:34 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 69 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/18/putin-leverages-chaos-to-get-closer-to-trump/

"SNIP.....

“President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to have had more sustained contact with each other in the past two weeks than at any time since 2016, as the Kremlin tries to use the coronavirus pandemic and close personal ties between the two leaders to normalize long-strained relations with Washington,” CNN reports.

“The two leaders spoke on the phone at least four times over a two-week period, beginning March 30 and ending on Sunday, a record pace for publicly known phone calls between the leaders.”

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Putin Leverages Chaos to Get Closer to Trump (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2020 OP
Some gaslighting bullshit right here. ZZenith Apr 2020 #1
Long 'standing' relationship between Trump and Russia more like it. nt applegrove Apr 2020 #2
Right! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #3
Vlad has upped the marching orders no doubt. It's surreal. nt crickets Apr 2020 #4

ZZenith

(4,119 posts)
1. Some gaslighting bullshit right here.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:06 PM
Apr 2020

“Long-strained relationship” my ass. Long-strained due to the enormous financial debt Trump is in to the Russian mafia and its leader Vladimir Putin.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
3. Right!
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:19 PM
Apr 2020

And "strained" because putin is a dick!

People forget why NATO was formed.

And I do realize donny bodybags dimwit never learned hos hostory lessons as he is uneducable.

But his whole act has been about trying to legitimize putin on the world stage & getting sanctions lifted.

Fk that! 🤬

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