• TomMasz
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    281 day ago

    I swear Putin’s got something on him, but I can’t imagine what. It doesn’t seem like there’s any horrible thing that Trump could have done that his cult couldn’t spin into a positive.

    Or it could be there’s a profit angle to this like there is to almost everything he does.

    • Skua
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      251 day ago

      I honestly don’t think Putin needs to have anything on Trump to explain this behaviour. The man just likes strongman rulers, pure and simple

      • @Today
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        91 day ago

        He and his cult don’t know the difference between a strongman and a strong man.

    • @dhork
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      1 day ago

      I really don’t think Putin has anything on him, in the conventional sense. Putin simply has Trump figured out. Trump is insecure, petty, and attention-seeking. Simply give him the attention his father never gave him (and some cash), and he will do anything you say. But it’s not about the money, it’s about the attention.

      In particular, I think the pee tape doesn’t exist, and both Trump and Putin know it. But Putin keeps the rumor alive, because he knows how much it plays into Trump’s paranoia. If Trump knows this one thing that some in the media keeps pumping is false, it makes it easier for him to dismiss it all.

    • @[email protected]
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      91 day ago

      The thing that amazes me is that Trump could have called Putin’s bluff on Inauguration Day 2016.

      Whatever kompromat Putin had, the CIA would have “proved” fake in 24 hours.

      Team Rocket could have figured that out.