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Putin is acting out because he is a pissed off Trump supporter. (Original Post) fightforfreedom Feb 2022 OP
He cannot get what he wants by just asking like with Trump. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #1
I would go as far as to say that the Pig was once incompetent. Thomas Hurt Feb 2022 #2
Not really. Tommy Carcetti Feb 2022 #3
When Putin seized the Crimean region of Ukraine in 2014 Trump was not even around. former9thward Feb 2022 #4
Nah. He really wants Ukraine. tman Feb 2022 #5
A nightmarish thought occurred to me... allegorical oracle Feb 2022 #6
TFG won't ask it. roamer65 Feb 2022 #7

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
2. I would go as far as to say that the Pig was once incompetent.
Wed Feb 16, 2022, 01:35 PM
Feb 2022

I am thinking he was going to lame NATO as best he could and he was supposed to win a second term and hand Ukraine over with minimal fuss. Donnie screwed it all up and Donnie's BFF had to try it this way.

Tommy Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
3. Not really.
Wed Feb 16, 2022, 02:09 PM
Feb 2022

Putin is acting out because Putin has for years desired lands like Ukraine which he views as having been lost from Russia.

Putin's use of Trump is ancillary to that.

allegorical oracle

(2,357 posts)
6. A nightmarish thought occurred to me...
Wed Feb 16, 2022, 03:57 PM
Feb 2022

What if, after everybody who's anybody fails to persuade Putin to quit buggering Ukraine, TFG comes out and publicly asks him to pull back and Putin does it -- and gives djt a public shout-out.

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