Holy Crap. This is real!?

[progressoid]

I missed this a few weeks ago.

TRUE: http://www.snopes.com/russian-billboard-features-trump-and-putin/

A billboard showing President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Danilovgrad, Montenegro, on Nov. 16, 2016. The Russian city of Obninsk is also planning a rally in support of Trump on Saturday. (Savo Prelevic/AFP/Getty Images)

[RandySF]

1. Yep

[stillcool]

2. no way...

I want to run back to Catholic School and hide under my desk.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

3. Trump was a huge favorite on state-run media

Clinton was the devil. Republicans would fit right in in Russia.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

5. More proof of collaboration. Deliberate avoidance of endorsement.

https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/in-run-up-to-us-vote-russian-state-media-trashed-clinton-but-avoided-endorsing-trump-56001

[HassleCat]

4. Looks like photo shop to me.

[ismnotwasm]

7. Well snopes had verified the version I put on FB

I certainly hope they got this right

[sarah FAILIN]

11. Snopes is right. It is a threat.

You have to look into the history and geography of Montenegro to figure it out, but it is easily seen by them.

[progressoid]

13. There are more shots of it out there:

[greytdemocrat]

29. And to me.

But that's not what people want to believe.

[LanternWaste]

32. I like to pretend I know what people want to believe as well.

I like to pretend I know what people want to believe as well.

[LanternWaste]

31. What specific aspects of the picture leads you to believer that?

What specific aspects of the picture leads you to believer that?

[HassleCat]

33. I think it's real.

The way the edges look, it appears to be photo shopped, but it's in Macedonia, and is in Serbian, according to the link. It might be a billboard calling attention to the relationship between trump and Putin, and making a point such as, "Hey. Watch out. These two evil clowns have joined forces." Anybody read Serbian?

[ismnotwasm]

6. Yup

[longship]

8. Gees, it's real!

For one thing, manastir ostrog is an old church in Montenegro.

I guess it's real.

Sheesh!

[Rex]

9. Stop being surprised!

Really? SHOCK!? Folks are SHOCKED? This is 2016 and we live in the most corrupt times in human history.

The CIA says...the FBI says...the NSA says...

Russia says and Trumps says...

brought to you by Coke! Have a Coke and a Smile!TM

[Maru Kitteh]

17. And don't forget to grab some P***Y on your way out.

because we have no smiley for profound disappointment.

[Rex]

19. That is the standard for being POTUS in 2017.

We are at the bottom facing another unknown abyss.

[sarah FAILIN]

10. Very True and this is in a country that recently thwarted a coup by 2 Russians

The Russians were trying to kill the Prime Minister of Monte Negro to keep them from joining NATO.

Little side fact, Monte Negro happens to be the last bit of beach access to the Mediteranean for Russia. Without that, Russia is in bad shape and if NATO comes on board, they will lose it from what I read. So now we are the atack dog for Russia threatening this small country.

Another side fact... A similar board is in Kosovo only it says "Kosovo is Serbia"..

This feeling of not being in control of our own fate SUCKS.

[CincyDem]

12. To Trump - it' just another "deal". This looks like a marketing blurb for a joint venture. n/t

[sarah FAILIN]

14. Not a marketing blurb, it's a threat.

http://www.rferl.org/a/monetenegro-russian-suspects-coup-plot-named/28126358.html

[CincyDem]

15. good point. much better description.

[Baitball Blogger]

18. Don't you just hate it when you're the last one to get the joke?

[Lady Freedom Returns]

20. When you think about it...

Russia and China don't really get along that well.

US and China has a " fair" relationship.

Russia helps put in a Commander and Chief elect they have a relationship with.

This Commander and Chief elect pisses China off before he even takes the oath of office....

I think we are in a heep of trouble if the Electoral College does not keep him out.

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

21. This is what I've been thinking

Russia intends to use America to antagonize the Chinese, while eliminating two threats to it at once.

[SunSeeker]

22. Montenegro, part of former Yugoslavia, was bombed by the Clinton administration in 1999.

The Christians of Montenegro and Serbia never forgave the Clintons for what they see as America choosing sides in a civil war, and wrongly choosing the side of Muslim rebels. Many civilians were killed in the bombing of the Serbian capital, Belgrade. Many civilian targets were hit, including infrastructure and the main TV station. The locals refer to Hillary as "Killary." It is not so much love of Trump as it is hate of Hillary. They like Putin because he sided with the (Christian) Serbs in that civil war, albeit without giving much actual assistance. But they also remember what Russia did to them after WWII, sending many off to the gulags. And the people of Montenegro are uneasy by the large numbers of Russians buying up prime oceanfront property alone Montenegro's picturesque Adriatic coast. However, right now, they feel like they are in a war between Christians and Muslims, and Putin is on their side in it.

[Generator]

23. Yep I have to say

If you want to go on twitter and follow a few smart people you really never miss a thing. In the old days I got all my stuff like this from DU. Now it's on twitter first.

[progressoid]

25. Yeah, the wife and I are looking at doing the twitter thing.

Not only to get info but to pester right wingers.

[Achilleaze]

24. Frikken Republicans and their compromised role model, Comrade Casino (R)

I never thought I would see a party sell out it's soul the way the Republicans have done, and are doing.

They are a disgrace to the USA.

[doc03]

26. But why have a campaign sign there? nt

[sarah FAILIN]

28. it's not a campaign sign.

It's a threat. Putin is trying to keep them from joining NATO and this is a subtle show of force. Putin controls the US, nobody will do a thing if Putin drives his tanks through the middle of town.

[VOX]

27. "...Russias foreign minister said and Putin see 'eye-to-eye politically'..."

"...On Friday, Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, said Trump and Putin see “eye-to-eye politically,” according to the TASS news agency..."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-town-to-rally-for-trump-while-putin-warns-us-on-weapons/2016/11/18/541ee92e-ad94-11e6-8410-7613f8c1dae8_story.html?utm_term=.0abd3833285d

[greymattermom]

30. Never forget this about Russians

They're white.