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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I doubt its pragmatic. Trump's admiration of Putin's leadership is probably genuine. In the past, he must know they helped his campaign. Putin flattered him a little. Add in his advisors with peculiar ties to Russia, and he might think they have a sort of working relationship.
I.e., he's the guy who gets used and dumped in the beginning of a Rom Com.
edited 14th Feb '17 6:55:59 PM by CenturyEye
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our livesI mean "awareness to understand the weaknesses to know that it's something they could hire people to exploit".
We are talking the group who coined the meme about the internet being a series of tubes here. (Though much of that is likely them repeating what the telecom lobbies tell them.)
edited 14th Feb '17 7:04:15 PM by Elle
Sure, it's an oil company in the middle of an oil slump, but it's still a full 19 percent of Rosneft.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiotHe's another Compromised Republican, as far as I can tell.
As with Republicans, he wants to live in a world where he can look down on people.
edited 14th Feb '17 7:56:56 PM by RAlexa21th
Continue writing our story of peace.

I think he just wants power and money. Russia gave him the means to acquire that by rigging the election.