Trump Says 'Lot of Love' Behind Putin Wanting to 'Make His Country Larger'

[BeyondGeography]

Former President Donald Trump said there is "a lot of love" behind Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to make "his country larger" on Sunday as Russian troops continued to invade Ukraine.

Trump discussed the conflict during an appearance on Fox News host Jeanine Pirro's radio show Sunday. He said he believes Putin's ultimate goal is to eventually rebuild the Soviet Union, and he went on to explain what he believes to be Putin's mindset.

"You say, what's the purpose of this? They had a country. You could see it was a country where there was a lot of love and we're doing it because, you know, somebody wants to make his country larger or he wants to put it back the way it was when actually it didn't work very well," Trump said.

Some critics, however, took issue with Trump's use of "a lot of love," pointing to the widespread destruction and thousands of casualties the invasion has caused in Ukraine.

"Does his love extend to the maternity hospitals and cancer hospitals he's bombing?" wrote Twitter user @dkxkee.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-says-lot-of-love-behind-putin-wanting-to-make-his-country-larger/ar-AAV0OtK

Link to tweet

[North Shore Chicago]

1. Put this idiot

in a large rubber room complete with a binky.


Mad meet hatter.

[agingdem]

5. more like a high security prison for the

criminally insane...no phone, no tv...images of Biden and Harris projected on the walls of his cell...

[Rebl2]

35. Leavenworth is

where he should be

[blue-wave]

36. Too good for him

dig a mole hole and throw him in. Never let him out.

[agingdem]

45. I've got better...

remember his bizarre comment..he could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot someone and not lose a voter...so how about Donnie in a 4x4 cage, set down in the middle of 5th Avenue, with nothing more than space blanket to keep his fat ass warm...that sonofabitch had no problem with babies in cages...let's return the favor...

[electric_blue68]

70. Oh, no, no, no... The (mostly) good citizens of my home town DON'T deserve That! 😄😮

[monkeyman1]

44. where is the DOJ ?

[Rebl2]

64. MIA

apparently.

[Kingofalldems]

2. So he has backtracked once more.

Traitor.

[SharonClark]

3. Few people sound as ignorant as trump.

[malaise]

17. True but his is genuine

IGNORANCE

[Turbineguy]

4. Trump is

eating lead with mercury sauce.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

7. He

He graduated from potato chips to paint chips.

[roamer65]

13. ...and hopefully polonium tea.

[DBoon]

6. so Trump sees invasion and conquest as a male enhancement drug?

[monkeyman1]

68. won't help ! not made for mushroom 🍄!!

[2naSalit]

82. Most likely...

Since he sees the concept of love as being engaged in the act of fucking people over.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Did this sound better in the original Russian? (nt)

[NQAS]

9. Gibberish

IMHO, it is time for the US intelligence community to show the evidence that trump, Carlson and the Moscow 8 are, in fact, bought and paid for Russian assets.

Yes. It is crucial to protect sources and methods. But we continue to sail into uncharted territory.

[Wounded Bear]

10. Look at his family. That's what he thinks love is...

[alphafemale]

19. making your own teen daughter get plastic surgery

To be hot enough that you want to ____ her.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. It is impossible to understand the mind of a psychopath without psychological damage to yourself.

I'm not even sure that psychopaths understand each other. It's a twisted evil world where to love is to hurt.

It's an upside down world where regular rules of morality, not only don't apply, but are twisted and degraded beyond all recognition.

Many citizens of America don't even realize that we're all suffering from a sort of collective PTSD after having such an evil man as our president.

Thanks for sharing this, BeyondGeography. ❤

[Boomerproud]

14. You said it much better than I did.

[Boomerproud]

12. I usually trash 45 threads but this is too insane for words

and needs to be shared and discussed far and wide. Unbelievable isn't the correct word. In trump world it's normal. 🤬

[Claustrum]

30. It's mind boggling to think any US political figure would take the side of Russia's invasion of

another country, let alone an ex-president and "front runner for republican nomination in 2024". But the problem is, no one on his side is condemning what he said. No one on his side is stopping their support for him for his crazy remarks. I don't understand how we got here. If Obama, Clinton, or Biden says that they support Russia's invasion, I would drop my support immediately. You can't explain this without simply that they are a cult.

[MOMFUDSKI]

15. Just get the net.

He is a disgrace and in a LOT of money trouble.

[spanone]

16. Sick Bastard. Couldn't care less about the deaths.

FUCK HIM

[dalton99a]

18. So much love

https://democraticunderground.com/100216473706

[Totally Tunsie]

20. One thing's for sure...

Mexico and Central America were damn lucky Cheeto was voted of office if this is his mindset. Another four years, and he'd be trying to "expand" U.S. territory and calling it tRumpLand. And we all know how he feels about Justin Trudeau and the Canadian Provinces...just sayin'.

[gulliver]

21. "Love" is a go to word in sales

Listen closely to ads. They use the word "love" a lot. They want you to buy a razor you'll "love," a pair of socks you'll "love." Trump says that word a lot. Trump told the January 6th rioters he loved them on January 6th.

A whole lot of Republican behavior is explained by love, that great feeling so many crave. It's probably behind most of their low and resentful/hateful behavior. They "hate CRT," because they're told (by liars) that it's being forced on their children, whom they love. Now we have Trump saying Putin's acting out of love. Love as sales; love as con; love as a way to create hate. Trump's rotten to the core.

By the way, our side should probably say the word love more often.

[Mysterian]

22. This fucking imbecile was president of the USA

I still can't quite believe it.

[BeyondGeography]

23. Me either nt

[Totally Tunsie]

26. That thought still stuns me whenever I see a photo of him now.

PTSD - tRump Edition

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

56. I think that thought every day.

And it makes me cringe and want to be sick.

How did America get to this point? I know it has been a process that has taken years but I still can't believe someone so ignorant, evil, callous and narcissistic made it to the most powerful position in our country.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

69. I was stunned when he won in 2016.

I knew he would be a bad president; I just couldn't in my wildest dreams (or nightmares) imagine how bad he would be. I thought that Dubya would be holding the title of "Worst President" forever, but Trump beat him ten times over.

For chrissake, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs was so concerned that Trump would nuke someone (probably Iran) after he lost the election that he added himself as a buffer between the president's red button and the missile launch crews.

[electric_blue68]

72. Omg - I was just thinking back to how stunned I was (I was at Rock Cntr Election Countdown*) and...

for 3+ secs I couldn't remember who he ran against! Omg! 😮


When there I think I put my head in arms on a railing and cried, after some point being announced.
.
* I'd previously been there for both of Prs Obama's Victories which were glorious!

[wnylib]

79. Nixon to Raygun to Bush to Trump.

A constant spiral downward in intellect, character, and patriotism.

[electric_blue68]

71. It feels totally surreal at times!

[patphil]

24. He's just loving those Ukrainians to death.

[Brother Buzz]

25. To writers, the word Quisling is a gift from the gods.

To writers, the word Quisling is a gift from the gods. If they had been ordered to invent a new word for traitor... they could hardly have hit upon a more brilliant combination of letters.

Here's hoping writers start using that word again.

[bullwinkle428]

27. I have a serious question about L. Graham's "all pro-Putin GOPers are outliers"

comment.

Assuming this is a genuine belief, why isn't every last "elder statesman/woman" of the party condemning those "outliers" from the rooftops??

[Whiskeytide]

28. Hey asshole, a Тяцмp Tower Moscow isn't going to be worth ...

… much any time soon. Quit browning your nose. Idiot.

[RockCreek]

29. I bet he would call rape as showing "a lot of love" too.

I bet he would call rape as showing "a lot of love" too.
Especially when he, or one of his friends or family, is the rapist.

[bucolic_frolic]

31. Nobody loves a dictator like a dictator

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

59. +1

[bdamomma]

32. can they

arrest this orange russian lap dog, STFU orange thug.

[flying_wahini]

33. Trump really IS that Dumb. Just amazing that The GOP want anything to do with him.

You would think they would be running away from this clown.

[paleotn]

34. He makes little sense as usual. Maybe worse.

Wonder if the dementia is getting worse.

[Ohioboy]

41. I don't think it's dementia as much as it is fear

I think Trump is scared.

[Hekate]

37. "Love"? Spoken like a true abuser. One well into senile dcay, at that.

[empedocles]

73. traitortrump has consistently used the word 'love', - in such a twisted way. Bizarre.

[AntiFascist]

38. 'there are a lot of good people on both sides,' fascism loves fascists n/t

[Mr. Ected]

39. Anyone giving comfort to the enemy at a time of war is committing treason

I think love qualifies as comfort. And I think the bar set for treason is way too high.

Treason is like obscenity. You know it when you see it.

This is antithetical to our established policies and this man is undermining our government with these hot takes.

[Ohioboy]

40. Those are the words of someone who is seriously compromised

There is something Putin has on this former guy, period. Trump wouldn't say anything bad about Putin if Putin was kicking him in the face.

[YoshidaYui]

42. TRUMP CAN''T WAIT TO BE INVITED to Putin's PEACE AND LOVE FEST

RIGHT?

[TNNurse]

43. Those are the words of a sick mind and of a traitor.

[calimary]

46. Oh for crying out loud!!!

But then again, maybe we now understand what he means by “love.”

[Wingus Dingus]

47. Shut. The Fuck. Up.

You useless piece of shit.

[yardwork]

76. This.

[orangecrush]

48. Full investigation

To find out how much he gave the russians while in office.

[halfulglas]

49. The very reason for the founding of NATO following the devastation of WWII

Was that a leader or leaders of a country would not change the boundaries to make their country larger FOR WHATEVER REASON. Just because you love your country does not mean you can take over other countries whole or even a piece to make yours larger. That's just plain nuts.

[Hassler]

50. The Russian asshat gets dumber by the hour. I guess terminal syphilis does that.

[icymist]

51. He truly is one sick fuck.

eom

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

52. Trump and Pirro together.

Nutty and nuttier

Trump with his typical nonsensical word salad....Putin's doing this because he's got "a lot of love"?

Actually though, I have to agree that Putin wants to bring back the old Soviet Union...and all of its totalitarianism.

[keithbvadu2]

53. Killing babies is now republican love.

[Walleye]

54. He is not making his country larger. Ukraine is not his country.

[smirkymonkey]

55. I so hate that motherf**ker!

I really cannot wait until he takes his last breath. And I hope it's soon.

[andym]

57. Just this Trump statement would make a great campaign ad in 2024.

just superimpose with the atrocities in Ukraine. The Lincoln Project will probably create such an ad much sooner.

[milestogo]

58. Yes, because Russia is such a tiny country.

[IronLionZion]

60. It's disappointing how many people voted for that asshole

[BlueIdaho]

61. Let them hold a state funeral for him in Moscow.

That Putin loving piece of shit.

[SammyWinstonJack]

62. Blithering idiot. How anyone could listen and not burst out laughing,

I just don't get.

[evemac]

63. He is just so creepy nt

[Bleacher Creature]

65. There is no bottom.

[Aussie105]

66. That there tRump boy ain't normal . . .

Bats in the belfry, brain cells misfiring, word salad generator, using words he doesn't know the meaning of.

But . . . why do some news media still see mileage in this quisling, this distorted pile of rotting flesh?
Two feet in the grave, but still twitching.

And why do some on DU still try to understand his words?
Or react to them?
They are without reason and meaning, and any thought given to them to look for intelligence is futile.

[eppur_se_muova]

67. Well, TFG can't tell the difference between love and sexual assault, so what's his opinion worth? nt

[Emile]

74. and the Trump cult eat it up.

Amazing how stupid people can be.

[GaYellowDawg]

75. He also said there was a lot of love at the 1/6 insurrection

So he's at least being consistent with his use of the word "love."

[The Jungle 1]

77. Well there is this

Who ever thought treason and rimming would be the same thing.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

78. So if Mexico decides they want to make their country larger?

[Retrograde]

81. It's not making it larger, it's restoring

Mexico to its original boundaries: by Donnie's reasoning Mexico should occupy Texas, Oklahoma, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada,Colorado, and Utah. They'd just be reclaiming their historic territory.

[jcgoldie]

80. fucking moron

Its insulting that half the country continues to make him relevant so that we must continue to indulge the ramblings of a 6 year old on international affairs.

[Stuart G]

83. The point behind this one is Trump still cannot "Shut Up"..When did he say this? Yesterday ???

As of .."YESTERDAY" Trump is NOT CONSULTING WITH ANYONE ON WHAT TO SAY

Donald Trump is much too selfish, ignorant, and basically ..."STUPID" to say something like this NOW

[LudwigPastorius]

84. Apologist for a baby murderer....

Fuck you, you fat, orange, traitorous, bag of putrid rhino shit.

[jmowreader]

85. It seems to me...

…that because Trump loves Russia so much, he’d have no problem with his whole family being sent there permanently. And don’t worry Don, “stukach,” “blyad,” “khuj,” “ublyudok,” “kozel” and “mudok” mean “you’re a really good friend to Russia.”

[maxsolomon]

86. Jesus Fucking Christ make it stop.

He doesn't have a goddamn clue what he's talking about. He just moves his mouth and the squeaky hamster wheel throws out words.

Amphetamine-addled ignoramus. Please Jesus call him home.