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Hermit-The-Prog

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4. mobsters want to please their bosses

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 11:33 AM

Nov 2019

Every mobster 'lieutenant' wants to ingratiate himself to his boss, in addition to grabbing as much money as they can. Trump wants money and power; the suffering of others does not figure into his thinking at all.

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Puppet Trump wanted his own puppet in Ukraine [View all] Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 OP

Wow. I think you hit on it!!! LakeArenal Nov 2019 #1

Zelensky's election was a setback for Trump Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #2

So true! Trump didn't need it to go anywhere...he Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2019 #3

mobsters want to please their bosses Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #4

The Russians favored Zelensky in the election hoping his inexperience would benefit them. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2019 #5

At first I thought, why doesn't Zelensky go along Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2019 #6

FYI, the country's called Ukraine, not the Ukraine bif Nov 2019 #7

thanks! didn't even notice I screwed up the title. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #8

We've been somewhat conditioned to think of it as a geographic area... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #9

whew! it ain't just me. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #11

True. It was called "the Ukraine" when part of USSR Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2019 #10

kick to get the post-hearing night gang's input Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #12