I wasn’t fully convinced before that Putin has Trump in his pocket, but after that stunt, I am convinced that he is under Putin’s thumb. Trump and co. could have had marching orders from Putin to do exactly that. Also, this is something that Putin have done and would do, publicly humiliating someone on live TV.

  • ZeroOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    2 days ago

    If you genuinely think Putin is some master manipulator, then I feel really sorry for you.

    It’s just Trump being Trump

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      Someone mentioned letting in pro-Kremlin outlet TASS film the event. Trump just ordered to stop cyber operations against Russia and lift the sanctions.

      If that doesn’t scream Putin influence, I don’t know what is.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      6·
      2 days ago

      I mean Putin worked for 16 years in the KGB before going on to dismantle a democracy. He better be a master manipulator.

      • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Eh, I don’t think anyone would’ve called Russia a democracy after the end of the USSR. It was a complete shitshow during the whole 90s

        • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
          4·
          2 days ago

          Putin was elected in free and fair elections in 2000 and 2004, so Russia was enough of a democracy to just… elect someone else.

          • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            4·
            1 day ago

            and america is following in their wonderful footsteps. democrats too spineless to challenge oligarchs in defense of workers and republicans too rapid to bother.