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Trump discussed the conflict during an appearance on Fox News host Jeanine Pirro's radio show Sunday. He said he believes Putin's ultimate goal is to eventually rebuild the Soviet Union, and he went on to explain what he believes to be Putin's mindset.
"You say, what's the purpose of this? They had a country. You could see it was a country where there was a lot of love and we're doing it because, you know, somebody wants to make his country larger or he wants to put it back the way it was when actually it didn't work very well," Trump said.
Some critics, however, took issue with Trump's use of "a lot of love," pointing to the widespread destruction and thousands of casualties the invasion has caused in Ukraine.
"Does his love extend to the maternity hospitals and cancer hospitals he's bombing?" wrote Twitter user @dkxkee.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-says-lot-of-love-behind-putin-wanting-to-make-his-country-larger/ar-AAV0OtK
Link to tweet
North Shore Chicago
(3,315 posts)in a large rubber room complete with a binky.
Mad meet hatter.
agingdem
(7,849 posts)criminally insane...no phone, no tv...images of Biden and Harris projected on the walls of his cell...
Rebl2
(13,498 posts)where he should be
blue-wave
(4,352 posts)dig a mole hole and throw him in. Never let him out.
agingdem
(7,849 posts)remember his bizarre comment..he could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot someone and not lose a voter...so how about Donnie in a 4x4 cage, set down in the middle of 5th Avenue, with nothing more than space blanket to keep his fat ass warm...that sonofabitch had no problem with babies in cages...let's return the favor...
electric_blue68
(14,891 posts)monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)apparently.
Kingofalldems
(38,454 posts)Traitor.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)malaise
(268,976 posts)IGNORANCE
Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)eating lead with mercury sauce.
BeerBarrelPolka
(1,202 posts)He graduated from potato chips to paint chips.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)DBoon
(22,363 posts)monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)2naSalit
(86,586 posts)Since he sees the concept of love as being engaged in the act of fucking people over.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,311 posts)NQAS
(10,749 posts)IMHO, it is time for the US intelligence community to show the evidence that trump, Carlson and the Moscow 8 are, in fact, bought and paid for Russian assets.
Yes. It is crucial to protect sources and methods. But we continue to sail into uncharted territory.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)To be hot enough that you want to ____ her.
littlemissmartypants
(22,655 posts)I'm not even sure that psychopaths understand each other. It's a twisted evil world where to love is to hurt.
It's an upside down world where regular rules of morality, not only don't apply, but are twisted and degraded beyond all recognition.
Many citizens of America don't even realize that we're all suffering from a sort of collective PTSD after having such an evil man as our president.
Thanks for sharing this, BeyondGeography. ❤
Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)and needs to be shared and discussed far and wide. Unbelievable isn't the correct word. In trump world it's normal. 🤬
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)another country, let alone an ex-president and "front runner for republican nomination in 2024". But the problem is, no one on his side is condemning what he said. No one on his side is stopping their support for him for his crazy remarks. I don't understand how we got here. If Obama, Clinton, or Biden says that they support Russia's invasion, I would drop my support immediately. You can't explain this without simply that they are a cult.
MOMFUDSKI
(5,524 posts)He is a disgrace and in a LOT of money trouble.
spanone
(135,830 posts)FUCK HIM
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Mexico and Central America were damn lucky Cheeto was voted of office if this is his mindset. Another four years, and he'd be trying to "expand" U.S. territory and calling it tRumpLand. And we all know how he feels about Justin Trudeau and the Canadian Provinces...just sayin'.
gulliver
(13,180 posts)Listen closely to ads. They use the word "love" a lot. They want you to buy a razor you'll "love," a pair of socks you'll "love." Trump says that word a lot. Trump told the January 6th rioters he loved them on January 6th.
A whole lot of Republican behavior is explained by love, that great feeling so many crave. It's probably behind most of their low and resentful/hateful behavior. They "hate CRT," because they're told (by liars) that it's being forced on their children, whom they love. Now we have Trump saying Putin's acting out of love. Love as sales; love as con; love as a way to create hate. Trump's rotten to the core.
By the way, our side should probably say the word love more often.
Mysterian
(4,587 posts)I still can't quite believe it.
BeyondGeography
(39,370 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)PTSD - tRump Edition
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,956 posts)And it makes me cringe and want to be sick.
How did America get to this point? I know it has been a process that has taken years but I still can't believe someone so ignorant, evil, callous and narcissistic made it to the most powerful position in our country.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,585 posts)I knew he would be a bad president; I just couldn't in my wildest dreams (or nightmares) imagine how bad he would be. I thought that Dubya would be holding the title of "Worst President" forever, but Trump beat him ten times over.
For chrissake, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs was so concerned that Trump would nuke someone (probably Iran) after he lost the election that he added himself as a buffer between the president's red button and the missile launch crews.
electric_blue68
(14,891 posts)for 3+ secs I couldn't remember who he ran against! Omg! 😮
When there I think I put my head in arms on a railing and cried, after some point being announced.
.
* I'd previously been there for both of Prs Obama's Victories which were glorious!
wnylib
(21,447 posts)A constant spiral downward in intellect, character, and patriotism.
electric_blue68
(14,891 posts)patphil
(6,172 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,423 posts)To writers, the word Quisling is a gift from the gods. If they had been ordered to invent a new word for traitor... they could hardly have hit upon a more brilliant combination of letters.
Here's hoping writers start using that word again.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)comment.
Assuming this is a genuine belief, why isn't every last "elder statesman/woman" of the party condemning those "outliers" from the rooftops??
Whiskeytide
(4,461 posts)much any time soon. Quit browning your nose. Idiot.
RockCreek
(739 posts)I bet he would call rape as showing "a lot of love" too.
Especially when he, or one of his friends or family, is the rapist.
bucolic_frolic
(43,148 posts)Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,956 posts)bdamomma
(63,846 posts)arrest this orange russian lap dog, STFU orange thug.
flying_wahini
(6,591 posts)You would think they would be running away from this clown.
paleotn
(17,912 posts)Wonder if the dementia is getting worse.
Ohioboy
(3,240 posts)I think Trump is scared.
Hekate
(90,674 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)I think love qualifies as comfort. And I think the bar set for treason is way too high.
Treason is like obscenity. You know it when you see it.
This is antithetical to our established policies and this man is undermining our government with these hot takes.
Ohioboy
(3,240 posts)There is something Putin has on this former guy, period. Trump wouldn't say anything bad about Putin if Putin was kicking him in the face.
YoshidaYui
(41,831 posts)RIGHT?
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)calimary
(81,238 posts)But then again, maybe we now understand what he means by love.
Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)You useless piece of shit.
yardwork
(61,599 posts)orangecrush
(19,547 posts)To find out how much he gave the russians while in office.
halfulglas
(1,654 posts)Was that a leader or leaders of a country would not change the boundaries to make their country larger FOR WHATEVER REASON. Just because you love your country does not mean you can take over other countries whole or even a piece to make yours larger. That's just plain nuts.
Hassler
(3,377 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)eom
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,956 posts)Nutty and nuttier
Trump with his typical nonsensical word salad....Putin's doing this because he's got "a lot of love"?
Actually though, I have to agree that Putin wants to bring back the old Soviet Union...and all of its totalitarianism.
keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)Walleye
(31,017 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I really cannot wait until he takes his last breath. And I hope it's soon.
andym
(5,443 posts)just superimpose with the atrocities in Ukraine. The Lincoln Project will probably create such an ad much sooner.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)That Putin loving piece of shit.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)I just don't get.
evemac
(132 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,256 posts)Aussie105
(5,393 posts)Bats in the belfry, brain cells misfiring, word salad generator, using words he doesn't know the meaning of.
But . . . why do some news media still see mileage in this quisling, this distorted pile of rotting flesh?
Two feet in the grave, but still twitching.
And why do some on DU still try to understand his words?
Or react to them?
They are without reason and meaning, and any thought given to them to look for intelligence is futile.
eppur_se_muova
(36,261 posts)Emile
(22,714 posts)Amazing how stupid people can be.
GaYellowDawg
(4,446 posts)So he's at least being consistent with his use of the word "love."
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)Who ever thought treason and rimming would be the same thing.
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,748 posts)Retrograde
(10,136 posts)Mexico to its original boundaries: by Donnie's reasoning Mexico should occupy Texas, Oklahoma, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada,Colorado, and Utah. They'd just be reclaiming their historic territory.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)Its insulting that half the country continues to make him relevant so that we must continue to indulge the ramblings of a 6 year old on international affairs.
Stuart G
(38,421 posts)Donald Trump is much too selfish, ignorant, and basically ..."STUPID" to say something like this NOW
LudwigPastorius
(9,139 posts)Fuck you, you fat, orange, traitorous, bag of putrid rhino shit.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)that because Trump loves Russia so much, hed have no problem with his whole family being sent there permanently. And dont worry Don, stukach, blyad, khuj, ublyudok, kozel and mudok mean youre a really good friend to Russia.
maxsolomon
(33,327 posts)He doesn't have a goddamn clue what he's talking about. He just moves his mouth and the squeaky hamster wheel throws out words.
Amphetamine-addled ignoramus. Please Jesus call him home.