Putin World's Lovefest With 'Beaut' Trump Gets Cringier Than Ever

[Celerity]

Just when you thought Russia’s love affair with the former U.S. president could not get any more nauseating.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-state-medias-lovefest-with-donald-trump-gets-cringier-than-ever



Russia is starting to feel the sting of Western sanctions, with state media shows featuring multiple experts who talk of “rebuilding” or “re-starting” the country’s economy. They urge everyday Russians not to delude themselves into thinking that the pre-war life would return to normal for years or decades to come. The only bright spot on the Kremlin propagandists’ horizon is the potential return of Donald J. Trump.

Following years of doubt and fears that Trump would face criminal repercussions for his unwillingness to accept defeat in presidential elections, Russian experts are now firmly convinced that their favourite candidate will come through unscathed—despite being “lynched,” as they put it, by the January 6 Committee. Appearing on Tuesday’s broadcast of The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, Americanist Dmitry Drobnitsky noted: “Despite [Trump’s] looks and various criticisms of him, he is the most acceptable politician in today’s world—as well as a couple of Republicans.”

During Wednesday’s live broadcast The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, host Vladimir Solovyov—who recently spent time in meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin—detailed the only semi-plausible scenario of Moscow eventually escaping consequences for invading Ukraine. Solovyov said, “I liked it a lot when the White House said, “We have no opportunity to talk. Throw us a pass so that we’ll want to talk to you.” And we say, “We don’t want to. Maybe you want to talk, but we don’t. We don’t want to take any steps towards you. We’ll wait for Trump.”

Russia’s preference for the twice-impeached former president is firmly founded on his words and actions: praising the annexation of Crimea as “very smart,” demanding political dirt in exchange for supplying weapons for Ukraine’s self-defence from its aggressive neighbor and expressing admiration for Putin’s “genius” plan to re-create some version of the Soviet Union. Solovyov gushed: “Trump is a beaut. I’m deeply convinced that if there was Trump, there wouldn’t be a February 24 [the day Russian Armed Forces invaded Ukraine].”

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[Walleye]

1. So Putin is on the ballot this fall

[NJCher]

2. Cheebus

Can you imagine this is your only hope for a normal life?

The only bright spot on the Kremlin propagandists’ horizon is the potential return of Donald J. Trump.

[empedocles]

3. 'Russian experts', . . . say

[2naSalit]

4. Two narcissists...

Fluffing each other for world domination. Great.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. Are these the same "experts" that predicted that Russia would take Ukraine in no time?

[Maeve]

6. 10 rows of lols would not cover my reaction to this nonsense! Eom