I do not trust Russia. Russia is not our friend.

[kentuck]

Those Americans that trust Putin and Russia are a threat to our country. Perhaps they are just naive or perhaps they believe the lies of their leaders? Either way, they cannot be trusted to protect our country and our Constitution.

As we all must know by now, Donald Trump loves Vladimir Putin. He wants America to be like Russia and Hungary. He calls America a "Third World" country. He sees nothing good about America. Donald Trump, like Putin, cannot be trusted. True Americans know that.

[Walleye]

1. Putin hates the United States, he always has. He was trained to hate us.

Anybody who loves Putin also hates the United States. It’s just that simple. Russian government hates us because our democracy is successful and they can’t pull that off. Plus, Putin wants to hold onto his wealth and acquire more. He also hates democracy, just like Trump and the rest of the Republican party

[atreides1]

2. Yes he does

Putin's hatred of the United States became more intense with the fall of the Soviet Union, and it's only increased since then!!!

[Walleye]

3. Just like Trump, he lives for vengeance

[FakeNoose]

4. I remember rumors not too long ago that Pootie's health is failing

What's up with that?

[gab13by13]

6. Maybe sympathy propaganda?

[Vogon_Glory]

5. Russia is a rival and has been for over a

Century. Putin sees true representative democracy as a threat to the existence of the Russian Federation, which is why he’s supporting organizations and American politicians that seek to undermine ours. Sadly, he’s found good pickings in the Republican Party and in the reactionary so-called “Conservative Movement.”

[FakeNoose]

9. Pootie figured out that the Repukes can be easily bought

[marble falls]

7. Is this a recent conclussion?

[Biophilic]

8. Thanks for the laugh.

[kentuck]

11. :-) Not really, but...

Sometimes there may be someone reading that needs it explained at a 2-year old level. The simpler, the better. You are probably not the intended audience.

[The Magistrate]

10. Russia Is Simply Reverting To Form, Sir

In the 19th century, Czarist Russia played godfather to European reactionaries in the wake of the '48 risings. The Czars hunted Russian dissidents who had fled abroad, particularly if they openly opposed the Czar in their new homes. This was so obvious as to make its way into popular culture: it is the theme of a Sherlock Holmes adventure.

Now that Russian government has reverted to Czarist form, its security services, mostly staffed by former Soviet apparatchiks or their direct heirs, seem to have realized you don't get very much by way of real damage to another country by gaining some degree of control over its domestic left, but that a country's domestic right can readily be led to harm its own land.

Sort of a 'Fascist International' backing reactionary, racist elements wherever they can be found.

Sometimes the old ways do prove best....

[kentuck]

12. I agree, Sir...

I just never thought the US would be the prime target.

[Self Esteem]

13. Remember Bush staring into his eyes and seeing his soul?