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Girard442

(6,067 posts) Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:17 AM Jul 2018

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Is it possible that Putin threw Trump under the bus at Helsinki?

I mean, it doesn't seem too hard to me for Putin to have crafted some bullshit disagreement between him and Trump so that people could say, "Oh, yeah, Trump's his own man. See, he didn't knuckle under to Putin." But it seemed like the whole thing was "The Vlad Show, featuring his little poodle Donnie."

Maybe the turmoil in this country cause by the wholesale revulsion at the behavior of the president* is part of Putin's plan.

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Is it possible that Putin threw Trump under the bus at Helsinki? (Original Post) Girard442 Jul 2018 OP

Trump thought it would be easier than this to work his way up Lars39 Jul 2018 #1

Once KGB, always KGB...... ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2018 #2

Chaos has ALWAYS been Vlad's plan. Zoonart Jul 2018 #3

Exactly, Putin cares nothing for Trump, he only wants to weaken the US, the EU, and Nato. FSogol Jul 2018 #8

From the Helsinki summit videos empedocles Jul 2018 #4

It's a near certainty that Putin collected more kompromat on Trump. GeorgeGist Jul 2018 #5

That's my take The Blue Flower Jul 2018 #6

Trump said to the world that... lame54 Jul 2018 #7

Lars39

(26,109 posts)

1. Trump thought it would be easier than this to work his way up

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:19 AM

Jul 2018

the Russian mafia ladder.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,783 posts)

2. Once KGB, always KGB......

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:20 AM

Jul 2018

Putin knows ALL the tricks of the Russian Intelligence that is KGB.

Zoonart

(11,845 posts)

3. Chaos has ALWAYS been Vlad's plan.

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:21 AM

Jul 2018

Trump is an agent of chaos injected into the American body politic.
He is a disease that must be eradicated.

FSogol

(45,470 posts)

8. Exactly, Putin cares nothing for Trump, he only wants to weaken the US, the EU, and Nato.

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 12:15 PM

Jul 2018

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

4. From the Helsinki summit videos

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:27 AM

Jul 2018

it seemed that Putin had a kind of body language disdain for trump.

GeorgeGist

(25,318 posts)

5. It's a near certainty that Putin collected more kompromat on Trump.

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:37 AM

Jul 2018

The Blue Flower

(5,439 posts)

6. That's my take

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 12:05 PM

Jul 2018

He isn't about helping il drumpf, he's about harming the US.

lame54

(35,279 posts)

7. Trump said to the world that...

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 12:13 PM

Jul 2018

Putin was extremely strong and powerful(long pause) in his denial

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