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Yavin4

(35,453 posts) Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:45 PM Dec 2016

What does Putin want in return for helping Trump win the presidency?

Putin is a gangster. Probably the most successful gangster in history. When a gangster does you a favor, he/she wants something in return. So, what does Putin want in return?

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What does Putin want in return for helping Trump win the presidency? (Original Post) Yavin4 Dec 2016 OP

Dismantlement of NATO, probably. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #1

Just for starters.. pangaia Dec 2016 #6

Anything he ask for. In_The_Wind Dec 2016 #2

Putin wants USA hands off at the UN when he Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #3

Lifting sanctions, a piece of the Exxon arctic drilling pie, Ukraine, Baltics, Alaska, deminks Dec 2016 #4

Eastern Europe back..... safeinOhio Dec 2016 #5

Trump is going to be Putin's bitch for the rest of his life. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #7

As long as Trump is president, we're Putin's bitch as well. n/t Yavin4 Dec 2016 #11

Yeah, unfortunately, you have a point there. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #15

There is a 500+ billion dollar oil deal just waiting to make pbmus Dec 2016 #8

higher oil prices Johonny Dec 2016 #9

I presume first priority is to get sanctions lifted. LisaL Dec 2016 #10

That's just for starters. Yavin4 Dec 2016 #12

Yea, for starters. LisaL Dec 2016 #14

Damn, that's depressing to watch -- especially now. NT Girard442 Dec 2016 #17

Trump owes billions to Putin. He wants to help the orange slime in office so he can rape our Auntie Bush Dec 2016 #13

Some ass uponit7771 Dec 2016 #16

Restoration of Imperial Russia Retrograde Dec 2016 #18

He wants sanctions lifted, higher energy prices, dissolve NATO and retake the doc03 Dec 2016 #19

I think that he wants more than that. Yavin4 Dec 2016 #20

What a lot of people here have expressed a desire for the US to RB TexLa Dec 2016 #21

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,858 posts)

1. Dismantlement of NATO, probably.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:47 PM

Dec 2016

Probably some other stuff that I haven't considered yet.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

6. Just for starters..

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:49 PM

Dec 2016

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. Anything he ask for.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:47 PM

Dec 2016

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Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

3. Putin wants USA hands off at the UN when he

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:48 PM

Dec 2016

annexes many of the Balkan States. Item two is the Claiming of Arctic land for Oil and Natural Resources.

deminks

(11,022 posts)

4. Lifting sanctions, a piece of the Exxon arctic drilling pie, Ukraine, Baltics, Alaska,

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:48 PM

Dec 2016

and don't forget Poland.

I am sure there is more.

safeinOhio

(32,744 posts)

5. Eastern Europe back.....

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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:49 PM

Dec 2016

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

7. Trump is going to be Putin's bitch for the rest of his life.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:49 PM

Dec 2016

I cannot wait to see him humiliated.

Yavin4

(35,453 posts)

11. As long as Trump is president, we're Putin's bitch as well. n/t

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:54 PM

Dec 2016

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

15. Yeah, unfortunately, you have a point there.

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #11)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 06:01 PM

Dec 2016

However most of us won't be as publicly humiliated as Trump will be. I really think Putin is going to make a monumental ass out of him, however we will pay the price as well.