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triron

(22,240 posts)
3. Okay but diplomacy is not very appropriate here. Someone needs to put it out there.
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 10:14 PM
Jul 2020

Response to elleng (Reply #1)

Cha

(318,627 posts)
13. OMG.. I'm going crazy.. I read Michael Moore..
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 10:47 PM
Jul 2020

I'm so sorry.. I better to editing.

JI7

(93,509 posts)
2. McFaul gets it better than most
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 10:13 PM
Jul 2020

maybe he avoids certain terms to avoid getting into debate over technicalities.

JI7

(93,509 posts)
5. not really, Trump is too stupid to be an agent as many think of the term
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 10:17 PM
Jul 2020

most likely trump just knows Putin can blackmail him with things.

 

triron

(22,240 posts)
6. Okay, I grant you Trump is not the brightest bulb we've had in the WH.
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 10:23 PM
Jul 2020

Whether he is just stupid or not, he is following Putin's orders.
He is then Putin's stooge or as Hillary called him "putin's puppet".

world wide wally

(21,836 posts)
14. Putin signs the checks.... Or at least approves them
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 10:49 PM
Jul 2020

Let me add that I am not taking about McFaul, but you know who.

Tommy_Carcetti

(44,481 posts)
15. Oh, he knows it.
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 10:53 PM
Jul 2020

He said as much on Election Day 2016 after months of Russian trolls openly rubbing it in his face.

As someone else said, he’s just being “diplomatic.”

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