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By Anton Troianovski
June 7 at 12:54 P
MOSCOW As he watches Europes confrontation with President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be enjoying an I told you so moment.
European leaders long ignored his warnings about the dangers of a world dominated by the United States, Putin said Thursday during his nationally broadcast annual call-in show . With Trumps new metals tariffs, Putin said, Europeans are now finally getting their comeuppance for showing excessive deference to Washington and getting a taste of the way the United States had long treated Russia.
In essence, these are sanctions, Putin said of the tariffs. What, did they annex Crimea, as many of our partners say?
Putin went on: Our partners probably thought that these counterproductive policies would never affect them. . . . No one wanted to listen, and no one wanted to do anything to stop these tendencies. Here we are.
One of the shows hosts responded, They got what they deserved.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/trumps-tariffs-teach-europe-a-lesson-putin-says/2018/06/07/483a2f38-6a5d-11e8-a335-c4503d041eaf_story.html?utm_term=.a9e00ed638af
Freethinker65
(10,024 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)"...and exact revenge."
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Just ask the people of the USA.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I thought he was smarter than to show his own Narcissism to the world. It wont take long for him to admit he created Trump.
Trump may take issue to being relegated to second place, of course, because hes convinced himself that hes the master manipulator.
underpants
(182,829 posts)Where Hannity or Douchey or whoever acts like a cheerleader
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Trump seems to think that our allies don't get that.