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The purpose was to receive his orders from his master.
Of course. Expect a lot of pro-Russia talk and policy in the near future. Also, Putin gave him orders to complain when he bombs Ukrainian hospitals and orphanages, but do nothing about it, so people won't think he's holding Trump's leash. Because we're all stupid, and can't see what's right in front of our faces.
Nothing new here, he's a useless piece of shit, I'm quite shocked at how pathetic America's response has been to this Nazi takeover.
What response?
This is it exactly.
"Look at all our guns. Look at our battle ships. Ooh, look at our planes. Our movies are actually documentaries and we are all bad ass mother fuckers. No one dares take us on!!"
In strolls an old racist reality TV 'star' that is such a failed 'business' man that he bankrupted many casinos with ties to Russia, who is a proven rapist AND 'alleged' child rapist that is the best friend of a paedo child sex trafficker ...and he just takes over without much of a whimper.
Christ, his boss putin was flown over and given the red carpet treatment and nothing of merit was done about it.
"But but...What about the protests?"
What about them? They've done fuck all. The obese imbecile is still strolling around ordering people to be kidnapped off the streets by his own brand version of the Gestapo.
He doesn't give one iota of a shit from his soiled and ruined underpants about your protest(s).
No tyrants or dictators ever do.
It seems the average american is so complacent and molly coddled that they don't care as long as they aren't the ones being targeted.
such a failed 'business' man that he bankrupted many casinos with ties to Russia
People misunderstand what this was really about, and why he kept doing it. Those casinos allowed him to launder billions of dollars of Russian Mob money, and exploit the casinos into insolvency, and then just walk away, and stick everyone else with the bills.
It's not so much that he's a bad businessman (although he is), he's a CRIMINAL businessman, otherwise known as a Mobster.
One thing I know about Trump is he's weirdly obsessed with handshakes as symbols of power. Having your hand on top means you're the dominant person, supposedly. Trump is very aggressive at making sure that's him, because the belief is so strong for him. In this picture, Putin is absolutely the dominant person in Trump's handshake belief.
This doesn't really matter, but I do think it's interesting to notice.
Perhaps we can nominate Trump for the Bellend NoPeace Prize.
Well, at least he didn't give him Alaska. The bar is that low.
Agent Krasnov got 2.5 hours of new instructions and was again reminded of who’s boss. Call that empty-handed!
It was clear from the start that only 1 person would benefit from this: Putin. At long last the Kremlin is not only on one level with the USA, it can even be perceived as being on top.
Putin seemed to make clear that his demands regarding Ukraine haven’t changed. In his usual coded way, he said an agreement could be reached only once the “primary roots” of the conflict were “eliminated”—which means, basically, that Ukraine should be part of Russia. “We expect that Kyiv and European capitals will perceive that constructively and that they won’t throw a wrench in the works,” Putin said, in what sounded like a warning. “They will not make any backroom dealings to conduct provocations to torpedo the nascent progress.”
The Monster And The Dumbass
“Nascent” is a weird way to say “non-existent”
It's a playbook. See Israel---Palestine
I don't know how it can be considered on the level. It is clearly on top.
I was refering to a long-standing dream of Putin's: for Russia to be perceived as a superpower just like the USA. Trump clearly overdelivered.
I always thought Trump was a bottom
They totally didn't talk about Ukraine. He insisted on privacy. The talks were "productive." I feel like he just got more instructions.
“You’re pretty close to causing the civil war I want but you need to double down as it hasn’t kicked off yet”
He insisted on privacy.
Are offical records still being kept?
New here?
Too bad he didn't leave in a coffin.
Which one?
Or both?
Yes
Putin gives Trump a special tea from Russia, but Trump spits it out in Putin's face because it doesn't have sugar in it. That would be nice.
I’m sure Putin put a few more bugs in the limo and he probably gave Donny a good back shot so trump didn’t leave totally empty handed.
The news in Europe are that he was submissive of Putin in an unusual manner.
That said, it could be a diplomatic move just like NATO secretary general called Trump 'daddy' to stroke his ego
Trump is left with a long nose'
This is the analysis from Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard, a senior researcher in American foreign policy at the Danish Institute for International Studies, on the back of the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
- All things being equal, this is a pretty big victory for Putin. That he got the meeting, but also that he was allowed to leave the meeting without having made any concessions - at least publicly.
- On the other hand, you can just say that Donald Trump is left with a long nose. He didn't get the deal he said he wanted, says Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard, referring to Trump's hope for a temporary ceasefire.
Nytimes says basically the same: “In fact, it would be hard to imagine an event that could have gone better from the point of view of the Russian leader, who made no public commitment to stop his assault on Ukraine and yet was treated as a valued friend. Mr. Trump did not fault Mr. Putin for starting the brutal war and left without mentioning the sanctions that just hours earlier he had threatened to impose if there were no deal.”
I mean, unless he's in a union, Trump is Putin's direct report and wouldn't be professional to dictate terms to his superior.
Fascist followers will do anything except form a union.
Got a handful of Putin's D I bet
Where did we wipe it off? Lol
Putin probably made him swallow
Big. Shocker.
Lol