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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Jan 16, 2019, 10:36 AM Jan 2019

Vladimir Putin Must Be Smiling Now


January 16, 2019 at 8:50 am EST By Taegan Goddard 30 Comments

First Read: “In the United States, President Trump’s push for a border wall has now partially shut down the federal government for 26 days and counting.”

“And in Britain, Prime Minister Theresa May ‘suffered the biggest parliamentary defeat of any British prime minister in history Tuesday as lawmakers of all stripes crushed her plan to leave the European Union,’ per NBC News.”

“These developments — plus the instability in France and Germany — show just how politically crippled the West is right now. And, oh by the way, guess which country meddled in the 2016 elections in Britain and the United States?”

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Vladimir Putin Must Be Smiling Now (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP
Haven't heard much about discord in Germany, what with all the turmoil here... brush Jan 2019 #1
Brexit, US Govt Shutdown, US out of Syria, US maybe out of NATO.... NightWatcher Jan 2019 #2
Putin bdamomma Jan 2019 #3

brush

(53,776 posts)
1. Haven't heard much about discord in Germany, what with all the turmoil here...
Wed Jan 16, 2019, 10:40 AM
Jan 2019

in the UK and France dominating news cycles. What's up there?

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
2. Brexit, US Govt Shutdown, US out of Syria, US maybe out of NATO....
Wed Jan 16, 2019, 10:51 AM
Jan 2019

Russia never stopped fighting the Cold War and they're winning it now.

In all of their time trying, Russia never was able to close the government. But their asset has shut it and today we are heading towards a correction or maybe a recession if it goes long enough. trump will never reopen the government unless he gets 100% of what he wants from the Dems ( and thankfully they're holding firm).

I view the shutdown and refusal to sign anything that passes Congress as an act of continued treason and aggression by trump. Why hasn't this been lumped together by more people yet?

bdamomma

(63,845 posts)
3. Putin
Wed Jan 16, 2019, 10:54 AM
Jan 2019

will go down like any other dictator, he's another POS too.

He is spreading his tentacles all over.

But China is in the background they are sneaky bunch too.

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