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More evidence of Trump's subservience to Putin -- and we still don't know why
Opinion by Max BootFormer prime minister Theresa Mays chief of staff just described to a British newspaper how President Trump exploded in anger when he heard, during a 2017 meeting with May, that Russian President Vladimir Putin had requested a call with him that had not been completed. The president reportedly shouted at his national security adviser: If Putin wants a call with me you just put him through!
What is it with Trump and Russia? Why is the America first president so eager to cater to the anti-American dictator of Russia? That is the central mystery of the Trump administration. Almost every day, there are fresh signs of Trumps subservience to Putin.
Trump still hasnt upbraided Putin over reports that a Russian intelligence unit placed bounties on the heads of U.S. troops in Afghanistan even though the White House had known about the purported payments for many months before the New York Times broke the news on June 26. Trump admitted to Jonathan Swan of Axios that he didnt even mention the issue in one of his regular phone calls with Putin. (A source told CNN that the congenial Putin-Trump conversations sound like two guys in a steam bath.)
Nor has Trump had anything to say about reports that last week a Russian armored vehicle in Syria rammed a U.S. armored vehicle, injuring seven U.S. soldiers. You would think a president who lauds himself as a champion of our incredible Military would at least rhetorically defend U.S. troops. But, while Trump focused on the supposed menace of China in his convention speech, he was entirely silent about Russia.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/01/more-evidence-trumps-subservience-putin-we-still-dont-know-why/
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More evidence of Trump's subservience to Putin -- and we still don't know why (Original Post)
Zorro
Sep 2020
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SheltieLover
(60,142 posts)1. Kompromat
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)2. KKK-ash
Mike 03
(17,308 posts)3. One factor is probably that Putin remains willing to underwrite loans to Trump
Trump Deutsche Bank Loans Underwritten By Russian State-Owned Bank, Whistleblower Told FBI
https://forensicnews.net/2020/01/03/trump-deutsche-bank-loans-underwritten-by-russian-state-owned-bank-whistleblower-told-fbi/
Alleged Whistleblower Tells FBI Russian State-Owned Bank Underwrote Trump Loans
https://citizentruth.org/alleged-whistleblower-tells-fbi-russian-state-owned-bank-underwrote-trump-loans/
And launder money through his real-estate projects.
https://forensicnews.net/2020/01/03/trump-deutsche-bank-loans-underwritten-by-russian-state-owned-bank-whistleblower-told-fbi/
Alleged Whistleblower Tells FBI Russian State-Owned Bank Underwrote Trump Loans
https://citizentruth.org/alleged-whistleblower-tells-fbi-russian-state-owned-bank-underwrote-trump-loans/
And launder money through his real-estate projects.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)4. The domination is so prominent - astonishing even.
putin does specialize is psych ops.
Perhaps in case studies there is a concept that someone, like a father figure, who is so fearful, that even someone like trump will be totally craven?
SharonAnn
(13,906 posts)6. Well, he was afraid of his daddy. Guess Putin's his new daddy.
dlk
(12,466 posts)5. It's likely Trump owes Putin $ billions
Money, sex, and/or drugs are the usual culprits.