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OnDoutside

(19,965 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 05:07 AM Oct 2019

Has Putin sped up the timetable ? Rachel asks an excellent question

Has Putin decided that Trump will be out on his ear soon, so he needs to get his wins now ?

Forces Ukraine to accept Elections in the Russian occupied eastern province

Trump capitulates in Syria, handing control to Russia

Russia and the US to do Cyber Operations together

Talking about inviting Putin to the G7 at the Doral


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Mike Nelson

(9,961 posts)
1. I have also...
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 05:22 AM
Oct 2019

... thought this might be the case. He needs to make his moves. It will be interesting to see what else is in store... we should be watching for more moves from Russia, North Korea, etc... NK is off the radar, but I understand they have greater tech, now.

mitch96

(13,920 posts)
2. Putin is gonna milk this for all it's worth....
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 06:13 AM
Oct 2019

He is seeing the writing on the wall and the demise of his asset in the Whitehouse.
G7 admission? Putins real goal is to have ALL the sanctions lifted. That has been his game plan all along. My money is on donny trantrum pushing REAL hard to get sanctions lifted before he exits in shame...YMMV
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Meadowoak

(5,555 posts)
3. Putin would also know what bombshells we will come to light in the next
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 06:32 AM
Oct 2019

Days/weeks and knows Trump will be gone soon. Time for Putin to get everything he can out of the Trump admin.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
8. That was my thought as well.
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 07:12 AM
Oct 2019

Show trump that he's become a nobody, a pariah amongst world leaders.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
9. I remember when that happened to li'l bush. Saw the footage on Colbert, Stewart, or the like.
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 07:19 AM
Oct 2019

There was a line of foreign leaders greeting other leaders who were filing into the room, and every leader shook the hand of the leader in front of li'l bush and the one behind li'l bush, and none of them would shake his hand. They were all so busy greeting the guy in front of him or not seeing him because they were so excited to see the guy behind him.

It was a thing of beauty.

Quemado

(1,262 posts)
5. The Occupant is Putin's Santa Claus.
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 06:37 AM
Oct 2019

And Christmas will come early for Putin before the Occupant leaves.

Kurt V.

(5,624 posts)
7. most likely. russia has the largest natural gas reserves in the world. Nearly all of
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 06:42 AM
Oct 2019

putins moves revolve around that. Syria and Ukraine are strategic for distribution.

OnDoutside

(19,965 posts)
10. And he must know that the Democrats will hit back hard when they back in, so Putin
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 09:55 AM
Oct 2019

doesn't have much time left, especially if Trump gets an early boot out of office.

The glaring thing IF this is true, is where is Trump getting these instructions from ?

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
12. It sure does seem that way.
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 05:32 PM
Oct 2019

Got to get as much as he can, before his asset is removed from office. Which he will be.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
14. Cyber Operations together???
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 07:49 PM
Oct 2019

We are so screwed for years if tRUMP allows the Russians access to anything cyber related.

I'm sure Jared and Donnie Jr. have already been telling tRUMP that routing our cyber operations through Russia gives us a lot of bots to do even more damage.

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