I don’t think Putin is an idiot. If he does like what Trump is doing, why would he say it and potentially make things harder for him?
Putin must know that quite a few Republicans (whether they have the spine to say it or not) are at least uneasy about “aligning” with Russia. So why?
Is it a “whatcha gonna do about it” sort of power move? Is he trying to delay these “peace talks” because he actually wants to end things with Ukraine while Trump is effectively holding Zelensky’s arms behind his back?
Putin must know that quite a few Republicans (whether they have the spine to say it or not) are
Quite a few? Doubtful. Maybe 2? 3? If we’re talking behind closed doors: maybe a handful more, but it doesn’t really matter since they’re all terrified of him, and would just resign instead of stand up to him about literally anything.
For Christ sake, Marco Rubio is looking like Trump just subtly showed him a photo of his secret love child that was under the cheesesteak he was eating from the restaurant in the photo, and made heavy implications.
But that’s probably giving him too much credit to be honest.
I don’t think Putin is an idiot. If he does like what Trump is doing, why would he say it and potentially make things harder for him? Putin must know that quite a few Republicans (whether they have the spine to say it or not) are at least uneasy about “aligning” with Russia. So why?
Is it a “whatcha gonna do about it” sort of power move? Is he trying to delay these “peace talks” because he actually wants to end things with Ukraine while Trump is effectively holding Zelensky’s arms behind his back?
Quite a few? Doubtful. Maybe 2? 3? If we’re talking behind closed doors: maybe a handful more, but it doesn’t really matter since they’re all terrified of him, and would just resign instead of stand up to him about literally anything.
For Christ sake, Marco Rubio is looking like Trump just subtly showed him a photo of his secret love child that was under the cheesesteak he was eating from the restaurant in the photo, and made heavy implications.
But that’s probably giving him too much credit to be honest.
No… like with Trump, his statements are for an internal audience.