'No Disappointment" With Trump But, US Political System Is ‘Eating Itself’
Always nice to start the day knowing everything is going so well for Vlad.
And BTW, we aren’t done yet.
“What is such a world for, if there were no Russia?”
Gulp. Hurry up, Mueller.
This speech of his feels more “James Bond Villain” than usual.
I’m wondering if his position is actually getting more precarious.
“Putin praised Trump as a “balanced” man, who easily gets into the gist of various issues and listens to his interlocutor.”
Indicates Putin pegs the Evil / Insanity Meter as well.
So the nuke rattling. Was that a demo for dictator wannabes ?
Quoting from King George III, circa 1795:
“It’s quite difficult to interact with such a system, because it’s unpredictable,” Putin said.
Sir Winston Churchill, circa 1947:
‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’
Then his interlocutor must be Vlad.
Thanks to Puty for helping the Don serve up such a poisonous dish…
He’s not lying
The two leaders met on the sidelines of international summits last year. Putin praised Trump as a “balanced” man, who easily gets into the gist of various issues and listens to his interlocutor.
“It’s possible to negotiate with him, to search for compromises,” Putin added.
Venting his frustration with the U.S. political system, Putin said “it has demonstrated its inefficiency and has been eating itself up.”
“It’s quite difficult to interact with such a system, because it’s unpredictable,” Putin said.
Though its for different reasons, I (somewhat) agree with his assessment.
Ex: Trump’s comedic incompetency and the mechanisms that are checking his behavior (not just Mueller and definitely not McConnell and Ryan) should be seen as reasons why this era is more so a TGIF show and not something more sinister.
You have to hand it to Ole Vlad. He picked the pieces up of a crumbling, divided, humiliated Soviet Union, and use them to build a fairly strong New Russia. He recognized that reactionary white conservatives were willing to do anything to cling to power, and without firing a single shot and with minimal expense help them elect president a divisive, totally ignorant, aggravating imbecile.
The US is a country that allies cannot longer trust because the president is so erratic and insulting, military alliances, trade deals, diplomacy the word of the US is worth crap. Internally the economy is going to overheat and crash with huge deficits that will make recovery very difficult because the tools useful for the recovery were already used to give plutocrats a tax cut. Politically the country is more divided than ever, I even avoid talking to my Trump supporting neighbors.
Not bad results for a few million rubles here and there and all the cheetos and pizza that the hackers could eat…
And, he’s not disappointed by that either.
Translation: mission accomplished
yup.
“It’s possible to negotiate with him, to search for compromat, er compromises,” Putin added.
FIFY
Trump signed Stormy’s NDA, but then sent it to Putin. No wonder Putin is happy! He got the pictures, too.
Viewed with a certain sense of detachment, it is even funny. Over the years, our nation has spent how many trillions of dollars “defending” against the Russian threat. And now the Russian leader simply plays the US political system and gets his extremely disruptive candidate elected.
Dear GOP:
How does this feel for you? You have supported our enemy’s bought agent against the better interests of the nation you swore an oath to protect. Do you want to talk about it? Do you have ‘funny feelings’ about siding with an KGB executioner? Maybe you’re not sure that deregulating the environmental laws was all together a good thing, because even in gated communities, you can’t keep out that toxic air. Remember, you’re not alone, you share this earth with over 7 billion people. Though there might be a few million less after your covert friend Vladdy gets through with it all. Reach out, I’m here for you.
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Scamp T. Corvidae
Unlicensed Practitioner
As long as they have their feet on our necks, they are thrilled. The rest be damned - government, country, whatever.