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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#174301: Feb 14th 2017 at 6:53:03 PM

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

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#174302: Feb 14th 2017 at 6:53:45 PM

[up][up] Money and respect I imagine.

[nja]

edited 14th Feb '17 6:53:55 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer
#174303: Feb 14th 2017 at 6:54:51 PM

Power I get, but where does money come from?

Continue writing our story of peace.
CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#174304: Feb 14th 2017 at 6:55:12 PM

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 lives
ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#174305: Feb 14th 2017 at 6:55:16 PM

[up][up]The only thing that matters to Trump is ego: people, including his family are just possessions to flaunt, and money and power are just the measuring stick he uses on himself.

edited 14th Feb '17 6:55:24 PM by ViperMagnum357

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#174306: Feb 14th 2017 at 6:57:29 PM

[up][up][up]Well he's already encouraging world leaders to stay at his hotels. That's going to provide him with money. He also jacked up the entry fees for Mar-A-Lago because people would want to be around him.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#174307: Feb 14th 2017 at 6:59:05 PM

@Kostya: I would be. Exploiting the (well known in tech circles) weaknesses of electronic voting machines would require a level of technical awareness that I'm not convinced they have.

edited 14th Feb '17 7:00:43 PM by Elle

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#174308: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:00:44 PM

I think you underestimate them. The actual candidates might not know how but the RNC could just hire people to do it.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#174309: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:02:11 PM

I 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

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#174310: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:03:56 PM

If the weakness is known then I don't see how they wouldn't be aware of it. They might not know the specifics but it wouldn't be hard to find others to help.

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#174311: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:04:03 PM

Did someone say money?

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 idiot
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#174312: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:04:12 PM

[up][up][up]Oh, I think they have that. Ignorance of technology typically goes hand in hand with a mistrust of it, and mistrusting technology means you're convinced it's full of weaknesses one could hypothetically hire someone to exploit.

edited 14th Feb '17 7:04:33 PM by Gilphon

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#174313: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:15:43 PM

Fuck the GOP.

How many connections to Russia must there be in order for them to get off their ass and impeach?

Does Trump have to take off the mask and reveal that he was Putin the entire time?

RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer
#174314: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:16:58 PM

Even after that they would pull something out of their asses.

Continue writing our story of peace.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#174315: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:23:13 PM

The GOP claim that, since the Putin clone was gestated here in the United States, it is thus an American Citizen and still eligible to retain the Presidency.

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#174316: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:26:26 PM

Does Trump have to take off the mask and reveal that he was Putin the entire time?

I still say, when Trump's mask comes off, he will be revealed to be Andy Kaufman playing a gigantic practical joke on the entire world.

This Space Intentionally Left Blank.
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#174317: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:26:45 PM

[up]x6

edited 14th Feb '17 7:27:07 PM by kkhohoho

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#174318: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:27:57 PM

Man, if only this had come out instead of "EMAILS!" last October.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
TropesForever God forbid women do anything from wait where is she Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
God forbid women do anything
#174319: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:29:16 PM

[up][up][up]Note that if Trump does have a second term (shudder), it'll end in 2024. Maybe he decided to double his time?

edited 14th Feb '17 7:29:45 PM by TropesForever

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#174321: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:43:17 PM

Is the entire GOP leadership going to be cleared out? At this rate Orrin Hatch is going to be the only guy left.

JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#174322: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:45:06 PM

Ryan wants to kill Social Security and Medicare. Trump's willing to sign off on anything without reading it.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#174323: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:45:18 PM

Ryan doesn't need Russian influence to display a depressing lack of spine.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#174324: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:55:15 PM

Why is Ryan so horrible? I've been wondering about this for a while. I don't actually know anything about this asshole with legs.

Do not obey in advance.
RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer
#174325: Feb 14th 2017 at 7:56:23 PM

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

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