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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLooky, looky
Russias GDP is 30th on the list of US trading partners. Its the equivalent of New York States output (Russia $1.6 T vs NY $1.5T). As reference, Chiles and the UAEs economies are much larger.
So, Russias economy is as big as dRumps hands.
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Looky, looky (Original Post)
KingBob
Jul 2018
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Stephanie Ruhl has been doing a good job and pushing this on MSNBC this morning..
HipChick
Jul 2018
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HipChick
(25,485 posts)1. Stephanie Ruhl has been doing a good job and pushing this on MSNBC this morning..
Only problem is they have Nukes..
dalton99a
(81,483 posts)2. Obama said it best
Responding to intelligence reports that Russia sought to disrupt the presidential election through cyberattacks, Obama was harsh in his assessment of the Kremlin: The Russians cant change us or significantly weaken us, he said at his end-of-year press conference on Friday. They are a smaller country, they are a weaker country, their economy doesn't produce anything that anybody wants to buy except oil and gas and arms. They don't innovate.
But the president also suggested that Russia and its strongman president, Vladimir Putin, could stand to weaken the U.S. if it loosens its commitment to democracy.
They can impact us if we lose track of who we are, Obama said. They can impact us if we abandon our values.
He then listed them: Mr. Putin can weaken us just like he's trying to weaken Europe if we start buying into notions that it's okay to intimidate the press. Or lock up dissidents. Or discriminate against people because of their faith or what they look like.
But the president also suggested that Russia and its strongman president, Vladimir Putin, could stand to weaken the U.S. if it loosens its commitment to democracy.
They can impact us if we lose track of who we are, Obama said. They can impact us if we abandon our values.
He then listed them: Mr. Putin can weaken us just like he's trying to weaken Europe if we start buying into notions that it's okay to intimidate the press. Or lock up dissidents. Or discriminate against people because of their faith or what they look like.
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/obama-russia-weaker-country-232759
ProfessorPlum
(11,257 posts)4. well, that was a 100% accurate prediction. Sadly
lostnfound
(16,178 posts)3. New York State doesn't have nuclear weapons or its own army. Nt