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7. SOP for these nitwits

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 10:27 AM

Feb 2022

Throwing all kinds of shit at the wall to see what sticks. The notion that the former guy was tough on Putin can be blown away by a simple citation to Helsinki, where the former guy explicitly said he trusted Putin's unsubstantiated word over his own intelligence agencies.

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MAGA argument is "Putin didn't invade Ukraine under Trump. Which means he saw Trump as strong." [View all] CousinIT Feb 2022 OP

Aside... DemUnleashed Feb 2022 #1

Except for the fact that none of this is true FakeNoose Feb 2022 #2

Trump would have armed the Russians and handed over Europe by now. JasonMain Feb 2022 #3

Well didn't Manafort work on installing the last pro-Russia doc03 Feb 2022 #4

Putin didn't invade Ukraine under Trump J_William_Ryan Feb 2022 #5

Putin was going to invade Ukraine regardless... JasonMain Feb 2022 #10

Trump spent four years undermining Ukraine and promoting Russian interests EarlG Feb 2022 #6

SOP for these nitwits gratuitous Feb 2022 #7

Correct, because eventually, Trump would have found a way to amass billions by Firestorm49 Feb 2022 #8

Yep, Putin's not going to fight someone who's on his side gulliver Feb 2022 #9

Not as a friend, a puppet oregonjen Feb 2022 #11

True gulliver Feb 2022 #13

The further in time we get from Trump's presidency, Eyeball_Kid Feb 2022 #12

No one but them sees Trump as a strong leader Johonny Feb 2022 #14

Trump's National Security Advisor was on the phone with Russia as Trump was being sworn in. Midnight Writer Feb 2022 #15

First impeachment Johnny2X2X Feb 2022 #16

Thanks for this. My nephew by marriage is not much for critical thinking skills irisblue Feb 2022 #17

Which means he saw Trump handing Ukraine to him on a silver platter. tanyev Feb 2022 #18