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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Wed Mar 7, 2018, 01:10 PM Mar 2018

Putin praises Trump, says US political system eating itself

Putin praises Trump, says US political system eating itself
By Vladimir Isachenkov?|?AP March 7 at 11:50 AM

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin lavished praise on President Donald Trump on Wednesday, but added that he was sorely disappointed with the U.S. political system, saying that it has been “eating itself up.”

Speaking in an interview with the Russian state television, Putin described Trump as a great communicator.

“I have no disappointment at all,” Putin said when asked about the U.S. president. “Moreover, on a personal level he made a very good impression on me.”

The two leaders met on the sidelines of international summits last year. Putin praised Trump as a “balanced” man, who easily gets into the gist of various issues and listens to his interlocutor.

“It’s possible to negotiate with him, to search for compromises,” Putin added.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putin-praises-trump-says-us-political-system-eating-itself/2018/03/07/72f426aa-21fd-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html?utm_term=.3c8c239e2423
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Putin praises Trump, says US political system eating itself (Original Post) workinclasszero Mar 2018 OP
We are wholly owned cilla4progress Mar 2018 #1
Yep workinclasszero Mar 2018 #5
fuck off vlad...you own trump and the world knows it spanone Mar 2018 #2
The malignancy has metastasized and is working well dalton99a Mar 2018 #3
backwards...the US is the borscht in Putin's bowl! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2018 #4
Putin is masterful at playing trump eissa Mar 2018 #6
Putin is getting his money"s worth Gothmog Mar 2018 #7
Trump and the republican party workinclasszero Mar 2018 #8

eissa

(4,238 posts)
6. Putin is masterful at playing trump
Wed Mar 7, 2018, 01:20 PM
Mar 2018

Lavish him with praise, use words like "balanced" to counter the madman persona the world knows -- brilliant.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
8. Trump and the republican party
Wed Mar 7, 2018, 02:30 PM
Mar 2018

Are doing what the entire Russian military might could not do.

Great investment for Putin, no doubt about it!

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