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I heard him slam Putin, but I missed exactly what he said (Original Post)
Kennah
Dec 2022
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fierywoman
(8,584 posts)1. Among other things, (if I understood correctly) in a way he was encouraging the Russian people to
free themselves from Putin's terrible power over them.
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)2. Yes.
2naSalit
(102,518 posts)3. He was making an appeal to...
The Russian people to put putin in his place as in put-in. It was sort of a joke/play on words.
Talitha
(7,950 posts)4. Here's the quote from a transcript of the speech:
"We already built strong Ukraine, with strong people, strong army, strong institutions together with you. We developed strong security guarantees for our country and for entire Europe and the world, together with you. And also together with you, well put in place everyone who will defy freedom. Put-in."
KentuckyWoman
(7,398 posts)5. He called Putin and
Iranian leader terrorists.
He was talking about Iranian drones and said the two great terrorists got together ...