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RE: Putin's Puppet
It's probably accurate to say that Trump's presence in office deterred Putin from militarily moving on Ukraine. But not because Trump was an Alpha Male tuff guy that Putin feared.

It's because Trump was so Moscow-friendly in acquiescing to everything on Putin's wish list, including weakening NATO and potentially pulling out of it during a second term, that Putin didn't want to mess with a good thing.

Though I think Putin miscalculated... He could've went through with his plan earlier. I don't think invading Ukraine would've upset that relationship at all.

Yes, this column is from MSNBC, but it outlines this in more detail:

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show...-rcna19045
10-19-2022 01:13 PM
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Putin's Puppet - AllBronco - 03-03-2022, 12:43 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - RunningGame - 03-04-2022, 09:45 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - ColinApocalypse - 03-04-2022, 12:26 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - ColinApocalypse - 03-04-2022, 12:34 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - RunningGame - 03-04-2022, 05:12 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - GRBRONCO - 03-04-2022, 12:54 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - ColinApocalypse - 03-04-2022, 01:15 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - AllBronco - 03-04-2022, 02:17 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - AllBronco - 03-04-2022, 02:31 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - BroncoMinor - 03-04-2022, 02:38 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - AllBronco - 03-04-2022, 03:00 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - AllBronco - 10-19-2022, 11:48 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - GRBRONCO - 10-19-2022, 12:38 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - AllBronco - 10-19-2022, 03:43 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - RunningGame - 03-04-2022, 05:32 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - sketownguy - 03-04-2022, 06:43 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - bostonbronco - 03-04-2022, 08:15 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - ColinApocalypse - 03-04-2022, 09:25 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - sketownguy - 03-05-2022, 12:27 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - Charm City Bronco - 03-06-2022, 12:26 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - okgc - 03-04-2022, 08:23 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - ColinApocalypse - 03-04-2022, 10:11 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - ColinApocalypse - 03-04-2022, 09:20 PM
Putin's Puppet - Flashboski - 03-04-2022, 09:47 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - RunningGame - 03-05-2022, 12:19 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - GRBRONCO - 03-05-2022, 12:29 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - GRBRONCO - 03-05-2022, 07:16 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - BroncoMinor - 03-05-2022, 10:24 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - GRBRONCO - 03-05-2022, 10:38 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - BroncoMinor - 03-05-2022, 10:51 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - sketownguy - 03-05-2022, 11:53 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - BroncoMinor - 03-05-2022, 12:52 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - bostonbronco - 03-05-2022, 11:38 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - RunningGame - 03-05-2022, 12:29 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - RunningGame - 03-05-2022, 12:45 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - sketownguy - 03-05-2022, 04:30 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - Charm City Bronco - 03-06-2022, 12:26 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - MajorHoople - 03-05-2022, 05:50 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - MajorHoople - 03-06-2022, 07:08 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - RunningGame - 03-06-2022, 10:38 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - BroncoMD - 03-06-2022, 10:38 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - BroncoMinor - 03-30-2022, 12:03 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - GRBRONCO - 03-30-2022, 01:26 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - BroncoMinor - 03-30-2022, 03:33 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - RunningGame - 03-31-2022, 07:21 AM
RE: Putin's Puppet - BroncoMinor - 03-31-2022, 12:40 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - AllBronco - 04-02-2022, 04:41 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - AllBronco - 04-02-2022, 05:07 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - RunningGame - 04-02-2022, 06:25 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - Motown Bronco - 10-19-2022 01:13 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - MajorHoople - 10-19-2022, 01:54 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - ktotten - 10-19-2022, 02:38 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - ktotten - 10-19-2022, 05:51 PM
RE: Putin's Puppet - NIU007 - 10-24-2022, 10:51 AM



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