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I "admire" Trump for his loyalty... (Original Post)
Dem4life1970
11 hrs ago
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The russian people are still suffering under putin. Perhaps you meant the top 0.01%
erronis
10 hrs ago
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bdamomma
(68,097 posts)1. Just
Putin's puppet. Putin and the Russian people are laughing at the USA. Crap
erronis
(19,242 posts)3. The russian people are still suffering under putin. Perhaps you meant the top 0.01%
Just like in the US.
many Russians (who had the means to left Russia) got out when the Ukraine war started. Yes, that 1% are included too.
Iamscrewed
(160 posts)2. Simple for me
When do the rest of them get it?
LisaL
(47,186 posts)5. Russia didn't elect him.
Half of the US voters elected him.
Skittles
(163,655 posts)6. the STUPID half
and Russia CERTAINLY helped
niyad
(123,434 posts)7. only about 30 percent. He did not even get 50% of the votes cast.
Dem4life1970
(805 posts)8. Less than half...
...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.