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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 12:02 PM Dec 2019

Trump, Impeached in Washington, Is Defended by Putin in Moscow

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/world/europe/putin-trump-impeachment.html

MOSCOW — Besieged in Washington, President Trump found an eager friend in Moscow on Thursday.

At his annual end-of-year news conference, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia parroted Mr. Trump’s talking points, mocking Wednesday’s impeachment vote as a partisan effort by Democrats to reverse their defeat in the 2016 presidential election.

He also took up Mr. Trump’s argument that there was no solid evidence to justify his removal from office. Offering an analysis of American political dynamics, Mr. Putin said that Mr. Trump was unlikely to be removed for “highly speculative reasons” by the Republican-controlled Senate.

“This is nothing but a continuation of an internal political struggle, with the party that lost the election, the Democratic Party, trying to reach its goal by different means,” Mr. Putin said during the 15th edition of a news conference that has often tended to be more a carnival of flattery.
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Trump, Impeached in Washington, Is Defended by Putin in Moscow (Original Post) steve2470 Dec 2019 OP
The article is wrong.... getagrip_already Dec 2019 #1
+100000 Pachamama Dec 2019 #2
Two men of one mind ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #3
This should explain anything anyone needs to know PJMcK Dec 2019 #4
Well, you can't entirely blame Putin for defending Donnie Vogon_Glory Dec 2019 #5
He's the third to be impeached but the first to need a co-defendant. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #6

PJMcK

(21,921 posts)
4. This should explain anything anyone needs to know
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 01:34 PM
Dec 2019

Trump is Putin's puppet, Just as Secretary Clinton pointed out in 2016.

Imagine if President Obama or even W. had the kind of "relationship" with Putin that Trump has!

Convict the motherfucker!

Vogon_Glory

(9,085 posts)
5. Well, you can't entirely blame Putin for defending Donnie
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 03:11 PM
Dec 2019

Vladimir Putin sees himself as a Russian patriot who feels it’s his duty to protect his country’s asset(s) at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.

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Speaking for myself, I feel such assets should never have been set in place and should be removed ASAP.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
6. He's the third to be impeached but the first to need a co-defendant.
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 04:54 PM
Dec 2019

Hey Vlad! Are you free sometime in the next few months?

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