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Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts) Sun Oct 22, 2017, 05:19 PM Oct 2017

Reason why Putin wanted Trump to win [View all]

It wasn’t because Trump is Pro Russian or has policies that would be friendlier to Russia. It’s because Putin knew that he was a divider and would cause Americans to hate and distrust one another.

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Reason why Putin wanted Trump to win [View all] Proud liberal 80 Oct 2017 OP

Putin has done a great job in the chaosification of America. democratisphere Oct 2017 #1

And the world (n/t) PJMcK Oct 2017 #8

putin is an arse Soph0571 Oct 2017 #2

Because Trump owes a lot of money to Russians and he has some other things JI7 Oct 2017 #3

I use th think that Proud liberal 80 Oct 2017 #5

That also. But being able to blackmail trump means trump won't do anything to help stop JI7 Oct 2017 #6

Kneecapping America benefits Russia on the world stage. Beartracks Oct 2017 #4

I agree. The Russian leadership knew how badly Trump would hurt us internally. Tobin S. Oct 2017 #7

I think it's money. Cracklin Charlie Oct 2017 #9

He knew that Trump They_Live Oct 2017 #10

There is more than one reason. nocalflea Oct 2017 #11