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The Trump Is Putin's Puppet Theory Fails

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Your ten points have already been blown to simtherens in a different thread and the $200m is nonlethal weaponry.

Its secure communications, military mobility, night vision, and military medical treatment.

Ukraines in conflict should the Russians cross the border:
Secure communications: "We are being overrun...just thought we would let you know"
military mobility: "We are getting the f--k outta' here"
night vision: "We are getting the f--k outta' here at night because we can see what is crossing the border and we can't handle that"
Military medical treatment: "The Ukrainians will surely need that"
 
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LowDown said:
The test of any theory is in how well it predicts what will happen. By that standard the idea that Trump is Putin's puppet falls apart.

Trump administration sends $200 million in military aid to the Ukraine.

Ten ways Trump is getting tough with Russia.

Trump has been quite a bit harsher with Russia than previous Presidents were or Hillary would have been.

Also, the White House shot down Putin's proposal for a referendum in the eastern Ukraine yesterday.
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Putin owns TrumPutin like a little girl; get over it ..........
 
LowDown said:
The test of any theory is in how well it predicts what will happen. By that standard the idea that Trump is Putin's puppet falls apart.

Trump administration sends $200 million in military aid to the Ukraine.

Ten ways Trump is getting tough with Russia.

Trump has been quite a bit harsher with Russia than previous Presidents were or Hillary would have been.

Also, the White House shot down Putin's proposal for a referendum in the eastern Ukraine yesterday.
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Nonsense. Trump was required by law to place sanctions on the Kremlin. He didn't veto said bill because it passed near unaminously. He still pissed away months in doing so in order to let his communist friends to move their funds around first.

Sorry to burst your bubble.
 
LowDown said:
The test of any theory is in how well it predicts what will happen. By that standard the idea that Trump is Putin's puppet falls apart.

Trump administration sends $200 million in military aid to the Ukraine.

Ten ways Trump is getting tough with Russia.

Trump has been quite a bit harsher with Russia than previous Presidents were or Hillary would have been.

Also, the White House shot down Putin's proposal for a referendum in the eastern Ukraine yesterday.
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That is ironic. The more that Trump tries to do things for Russia/Putin to be buddy buddy, the more that Congress intervenes and doubles down on sanctions on Russia, and that in turn apparently causes Trump supporters to credit this harsh treatment of Russia to Trump and argue it is evidence that Trump is not Putin's bitch. And then there is Helsinki where Russia is literally celebrating Trump's performance of grovelling to their leader and chastising his own government, and what is the response?

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Yup...Trump supporters live in Bizzaro world.
 
We all saw the Surrender Summit. The damage control isn’t going to work.
 
LowDown said:
The test of any theory is in how well it predicts what will happen. By that standard the idea that Trump is Putin's puppet falls apart.

Trump administration sends $200 million in military aid to the Ukraine.

Ten ways Trump is getting tough with Russia.

Trump has been quite a bit harsher with Russia than previous Presidents were or Hillary would have been.

Also, the White House shot down Putin's proposal for a referendum in the eastern Ukraine yesterday.
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Do you honestly think these people give a crap?
They don't.

They are just raging to rage.
It is just empty hand waving at this point.

The best bet is to just ignore it.
 
ludin said:
Do you honestly think these people give a crap?
They don't.

They are just raging to rage.
It is just empty hand waving at this point.

The best bet is to just ignore it.
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I scroll through some of the comments and I am truly embarrassed to have my name attached to DP. I refuse to link to my friends.
 
Greenbeard said:
We all saw the Surrender Summit. The damage control isn’t going to work.
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Except that there's no damage. Trump's poll numbers remain unchanged.
 
ludin said:
Do you honestly think these people give a crap?
They don't.

They are just raging to rage.
It is just empty hand waving at this point.

The best bet is to just ignore it.
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True, but then my comments are not directed at them.
 
Howard the Duck said:
Nonsense. Trump was required by law to place sanctions on the Kremlin. He didn't veto said bill because it passed near unaminously. He still pissed away months in doing so in order to let his communist friends to move their funds around first.

Sorry to burst your bubble.
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Ok, that leaves the 9 other points.
 
LowDown said:
Ok, that leaves the 9 other points.
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8 of the 10 were addressed in one post, another poster addressed all 10 of the 10, differently than I would have done it but he got all 10 of the 10. You are ignoring posts in your own threat! Nice...real nice.
 
chuckiechan said:
I scroll through some of the comments and I am truly embarrassed to have my name attached to DP. I refuse to link to my friends.
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It has gotten so far out of hand it is simply just laughable at his point.
 
"There's never been a president as tough on Russia as I have been," Trump told reporters on Wednesday.

That might sound like hyperbole, but in this case, there's actually some basis for the president's boast.

"When you actually look at the substance of what this administration has done, not the rhetoric but the substance, this administration has been much tougher on Russia than any in the post-Cold War era," said Daniel Vajdich, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council."

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/20/630659379/is-trump-the-toughest-ever-on-russia

Russia is the democrats Baba Yaga. They used Russia against Romney in 2012 in a concerted attack of politicians and Media mocking Romneys comments that Obama was weak because he was compromising our defense systems and he called Russia our #1 geopolitical foe. Then they used Russia as a scapegoat when the content of their emails got revealed. RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA...and they KNOW their empty headed partisan followers will swallow anything they are fed.
 
VanceMack said:
"There's never been a president as tough on Russia as I have been," Trump told reporters on Wednesday.

That might sound like hyperbole, but in this case, there's actually some basis for the president's boast.

"When you actually look at the substance of what this administration has done, not the rhetoric but the substance, this administration has been much tougher on Russia than any in the post-Cold War era," said Daniel Vajdich, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council."

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/20/630659379/is-trump-the-toughest-ever-on-russia

Russia is the democrats Baba Yaga. They used Russia against Romney in 2012 in a concerted attack of politicians and Media mocking Romneys comments that Obama was weak because he was compromising our defense systems and he called Russia our #1 geopolitical foe. Then they used Russia as a scapegoat when the content of their emails got revealed. RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA...and they KNOW their empty headed partisan followers will swallow anything they are fed.
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Indeed.

But then it's no secret that its easier to maintain a narrative when you ignore the facts that refute the narrative.

In this case the narrative is the Trump isn't tough on Russia, and the points that have been raised to support this have been largely ignored and discarded out of hand.

I think its reasonable to say that the two administrations are taking different methods of being tough on Russia.

Of course, with TDS running rampant, nothing that Trump does would be considered as tough enough or good enough. :roll:
 
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eohrnberger said:
Indeed.

But then it's no secret that its easier to maintain a narrative when you ignore the facts that refute the narrative.

In this case the narrative is the Trump isn't tough on Russia, and the points that have been raised to support this have been largely ignored and discarded out of hand.

I think its reasonable to say that the two administrations are taking different methods of being tough on Russia.

Of course, with TDS running rampant, nothing that Trump does would be considered as tough enough or good enough. :roll:
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Theres rhetoric on both sides. But as the article says...there are words...and then there are actions.
 
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