"Look at what she was wearing, she was asking for it..."
Exactly. And not only Trump. His entire administration is filled with men who blame women for accidentally falling on their dicks. Not sure why anyone is surprised he’s doing the same to Ukraine.
I think Trump is grasping at any straw that he can to cause a national emergency and then size power. The old "only the arsonist can put out the fire" play.
No he is scared of Putin.
When you view Trump as a Russian asset his actions make perfect sense.
I remember in Trump's first term, he hounded everyone around him everyday about when he could meet Putin. Perhaps he's scared of Putin, but I tend to think he see's Putin as someone that can help him size power or help him in his corrupt dealings.
Putin is everything Trump wants to be when he grows up.
If he grows up. Pretty sure he's moving directly from his first childhood to his second.
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I don't think he is a Russian asset nor do I think he is afraid of Putin. I think ultimately he hates dissent at his core and thus he hates democracy unless it serves his own purposes. He envies the world's autocrats but mostly he envies Putin because Putin functions under the veil of "democracy" all while being able to control all levers of power in a large and semi powerful nation.
Have you ever seen Trump when he is in the same room as Putin? He is obviously scared of him.
Putin's got something, probably multiple things on Trump. $$ still owed to Russia, compromising dirt.
I mean it could be, but Russia doesn’t need that. Putin knows how to manipulate Trump and Trump is deeply impressed by political strongmen and mafia types. Trump wants to be a strongman who dominates his sphere of influence.
I think this is all correct. Trump thinks Putin has what he wants (power, money, control, admiration) and envisions himself as Putin 2.0.