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Response to elleng (Reply #1)

JI7

(89,241 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

(89,241 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

(21,984 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

(21,739 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

(43,155 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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