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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussia plays blotus like a Stradivarius
http://washingtonjournal.com/2017/07/07/top-putin-adviser-just-mocked-trumps-weakness-todays-meeting/This is just one delicious paragraph. The entire article is great!
"The choice of terminology in a context of Trumps alt-right fandom is so biting he might well have called him a cuck. Trump may like to pretend that hes a strong and powerful leader, but hes just been played for a complete fool."
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Russia plays blotus like a Stradivarius (Original Post)
demtenjeep
Jul 2017
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WhiteTara
(29,699 posts)1. Strads are synonymous with quality
Russia played him like a cheap fiddle.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)3. Or a cigar box and rubber band banjo.
WhiteTara
(29,699 posts)6. That did come to mind! As well as
one made of cardboard! lol
bhikkhu
(10,715 posts)2. I associate trump more with an old accordion than a stradivarius
...looking at the type of sounds that come out.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)4. A bagpipe with a leaky bag and a bad reed.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,013 posts)5. kazoo made from a comb and piece of paper
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)7. Tum bala tum bala tum balalaika
Tum balalaika, shpiel balalaika.