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Trump wishes he could handle the coronavirus the way Putin is, (Original Post) Snake Plissken Mar 2020 OP
Yup JHB Mar 2020 #1
Classifying the virus meetings and excluding the NoMoreRepugs Mar 2020 #2
Then he will also stay in office for life...Putin just made it so in Russia. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #3
I think one of these days Vlad is going to wake up dead. HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #4
I agree duforsure Mar 2020 #5

NoMoreRepugs

(9,435 posts)
2. Classifying the virus meetings and excluding the
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:14 AM
Mar 2020

health care officials from participating is a strong Putin-like first step.

BigmanPigman

(51,609 posts)
3. Then he will also stay in office for life...Putin just made it so in Russia.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 01:18 AM
Mar 2020

"A New ‘Emperor’: Russia Girds for 16 More Years of Putin
One of Russia’s most influential business magnates on Wednesday said the country has become a “quasi-monarchy” — a sign of how President Vladimir V. Putin’s move this week to clear the way to rule until 2036 has changed the landscape of Russian politics."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/world/europe/russia-putin.html

 

HarlanPepper

(2,042 posts)
4. I think one of these days Vlad is going to wake up dead.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 01:33 AM
Mar 2020

More powerful men than him have met that fate.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
5. I agree
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 02:36 AM
Mar 2020

He won't be there for long as more turn on him, and many are now. Especially as their economy collapses from having so much if it based on oil prices.

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