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Russian President Vladimir Putin needs former U.S. President Donald Trump to win the 2024 presidential election in order to salvage Russia's war in Ukraine, according to former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan.
Russia's bloody invasion of Ukraine has dragged on for more than 18 months, defying the predictions of many experts who had initially suggested that Moscow's military would easily steamroll Kyiv shortly after the invasion began.
The extended conflict has damaged Putin's reputation and standing abroad and led to conflict at home, where the Russian leader's authority was in June rattled by a short-lived armed uprising by now-deceased Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin needs former U.S. President Donald Trump to win the 2024 presidential election in order to salvage Russia's war in Ukraine, according to former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan.
Brennan, who headed the CIA during the second term of former President Barack Obama, said during an MSNBC interview on Tuesday that it was "absolutely essential" to Putin that Trump win back the White House.
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-needs-trump-help-salvage-ukraine-debacle-former-cia-director-1826548

Kid Berwyn
(21,514 posts)
When making an illegal, immoral and unnecessary war, demented deviant warmongers chose Trump. Ask Kim Jong Un.
orangecrush
(25,878 posts)The powers are lining up.
We can't let him win.
keep_left
(2,985 posts)Saluting a North Korean general. What a dunce.
Aristus
(70,489 posts)Don't kick yourself.
moondust
(20,961 posts)And there's no telling how far he will go to make it happen. Among other things, I would bet he already has a gang of lackeys exploring the potential of AI in deciding the outcome of elections. They may even be working with some crooked state governments.
triron
(22,240 posts)GenXer47
(1,204 posts)He only needs to "break" the elections in a few states to throw the electoral college into contingency mode, the House votes one vote, one state, and say goodbye to democracy for good.
Trump needs to be neutralized before then. That's all there is to it.
triron
(22,240 posts)That.
republianmushroom
(20,785 posts)Recycle_Guru
(2,973 posts)wnylib
(25,316 posts)But we will need our security agencies to monitor the voting process to secure it from outside intervention as well as from internal threats.
Putin would not necessarily use identifiable Russian means of intervention, but could go through other nations to do it.
He is desperate, so he'll make interference in our elections a top priority.
orangecrush
(25,878 posts)Their strength is in misinformation and manipulation.
wnylib
(25,316 posts)get Biden out of office because Biden supports aid to Ukraine. Putin needs his Trump puppet back in the WH to help him in Ukraine.
Bayard
(26,166 posts)How far will Pootie go? I'd say he's already on the way to pulling out all the stops, and has the help of knowledgeable rethuglicans.
I'm sure the Biden admin knows this.