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Trump, Impeached in Washington, Is Defended by Putin in Moscow
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/world/europe/putin-trump-impeachment.htmlMOSCOW Besieged in Washington, President Trump found an eager friend in Moscow on Thursday.
At his annual end-of-year news conference, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia parroted Mr. Trumps talking points, mocking Wednesdays impeachment vote as a partisan effort by Democrats to reverse their defeat in the 2016 presidential election.
He also took up Mr. Trumps argument that there was no solid evidence to justify his removal from office. Offering an analysis of American political dynamics, Mr. Putin said that Mr. Trump was unlikely to be removed for highly speculative reasons by the Republican-controlled Senate.
This is nothing but a continuation of an internal political struggle, with the party that lost the election, the Democratic Party, trying to reach its goal by different means, Mr. Putin said during the 15th edition of a news conference that has often tended to be more a carnival of flattery.
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Trump, Impeached in Washington, Is Defended by Putin in Moscow (Original Post)
steve2470
Dec 2019
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getagrip_already
(14,838 posts)1. The article is wrong....
Putin isnt taking up trumps arguments. He is stating the ones he gave to trump.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)2. +100000
Exactly
eppur_se_muova
(36,299 posts)3. Two men of one mind ...
... and apparently, one functioning brain and zero soul between them.
PJMcK
(22,052 posts)4. This should explain anything anyone needs to know
Trump is Putin's puppet, Just as Secretary Clinton pointed out in 2016.
Imagine if President Obama or even W. had the kind of "relationship" with Putin that Trump has!
Convict the motherfucker!
Vogon_Glory
(9,132 posts)5. Well, you can't entirely blame Putin for defending Donnie
Vladimir Putin sees himself as a Russian patriot who feels its his duty to protect his countrys asset(s) at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.
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Speaking for myself, I feel such assets should never have been set in place and should be removed ASAP.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)6. He's the third to be impeached but the first to need a co-defendant.
Hey Vlad! Are you free sometime in the next few months?