No, Trump Was Not Tougher On Putin Than Anyone Else

[L. Coyote]

Joe Scarborough weighs in on recent remarks from former President Donald Trump that 'nobody was ever tougher on Russia than me.'

[sop]

1. "37 times Trump was soft on Russia"

Trump has repeatedly praised Putin
Trump hired Manafort to run his campaign
Trump suggested Russia can keep Crimea
Trump aides softened GOP platform on Ukraine
Trump made light of Russian hacking
Trump capitalized on Russian meddling to win
Trump denied that Russia interfered in 2016
Trump transition undermined Russian sanctions
Trump was open to lifting Russian sanctions
Trump refused to say Putin is a killer
Trump mulled returning spy bases to Russia
Trump gave Russia classified intelligence
Trump criticized and alienated NATO allies
Trump was reluctant to sign Russian sanctions
Trump proposed a cyber unit with Russia
Trump thanked Putin for expelling US diplomats
Trump eased sanctions on Deripaska
Trump congratulated Putin on his sham election
Trump balked at sanctions for Skripal poisoning
Trump nixed US statement about Russian war
Trump praised pro-Russian leaders in Europe
Trump didn’t publicly condemn Russian attack
Trump defended Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Trump asked allies to let Russia back in the G7
Trump’s Syria withdrawal gave Putin a boost
Trump repeated Kremlin talking points on ISIS
Trump spread Russian myths about Ukraine
Trump temporarily froze US aid for Ukraine
Trump smeared US ambassador to Ukraine
Trump considered visiting Putin on Russian soil
Trump gave Putin a PR victory on Covid-19
Trump invited Russia to 2020 G7 summit
Trump directed CIA to share intel with Russia
Trump ignored warnings of Russian bounties
Trump called Russian bounty story a ‘hoax’
Trump never raised Russian bounties with Putin
Trump ordered US troops out of Germany

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/17/politics/trump-soft-on-russia/index.html

[L. Coyote]

2. That needs to be an OP.

[Ray Bruns]

3. I wasn't aware that fluffing someone's balls was being "tougher"

on someone.

[samsingh]

4. the only tough part would have been having trump's tongue up putin's ass

[magicguido]

5. Need we say more

[lark]

6. He was prevented from stopping the sanctions, against his wishes, so he fired the staff in charge.

For at least 2 years there was no staff to implement sanctions because drumpf fired every single one of them and refused to restaff. Wonder if any of the sanctions were actually implemented and used during his administration?