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I "admire" Trump for his loyalty... (Original Post) Dem4life1970 11 hrs ago OP
Just bdamomma 11 hrs ago #1
The russian people are still suffering under putin. Perhaps you meant the top 0.01% erronis 10 hrs ago #3
Yes, bdamomma 9 hrs ago #4
Simple for me Iamscrewed 10 hrs ago #2
Russia didn't elect him. LisaL 9 hrs ago #5
the STUPID half Skittles 9 hrs ago #6
only about 30 percent. He did not even get 50% of the votes cast. niyad 9 hrs ago #7
Less than half... Dem4life1970 7 hrs ago #8

erronis

(19,242 posts)
3. The russian people are still suffering under putin. Perhaps you meant the top 0.01%
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:35 PM
10 hrs ago

Just like in the US.

bdamomma

(68,097 posts)
4. Yes,
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 07:03 PM
9 hrs ago

many Russians (who had the means to left Russia) got out when the Ukraine war started. Yes, that 1% are included too.

Dem4life1970

(805 posts)
8. Less than half...
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:14 PM
7 hrs ago

...and you can make the argument in 2016 Russia did help elect him, which made him competitive in 2020 and 2024. Had he lost (as Trump and company intended btw-I think
his whole run was a branding exercise gone wrong), he would've faded into insignficance
or taken the place of Rupert Murdoch.

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