Not sure if they are weaker or stronger. They were definitely weaker when they were the bumbling idiots when the war started. Now arguably they are gaining experience in modern warfare and NATO machinery.
He waited until a weak, bumbling, incoherent, person was in office.
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Orygun
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Yeah. Maybe he should have invaded while the petulant, lying, man-child was in office. Putin would’ve even scored bonus points for cucking him.
We knew that whatever happened would be interpreted in exactly this way. Putin has Biden and NATO right where he wants them.
Samm
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You got the inside track on what Putin wants, do ya? 
You can speculate all day long, but crystal clear is not even close. There is a lot of reason to believe that Putin would not have invaded Ukraine had Trump been reelected.
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You know what else? Had Biden acted completely differently, and left Ukraine to fend for itself, you know that most¹ of our friends on the right would be complaining about Biden’s weakness, and fear of Putin.
¹-but not all. Some of them are consistent, but the rest are only interested in dunking on Biden.
Trump has zero interest in Ukraine. His base is indifferent, at best, or openly hostile to Ukraine. He valued—still values—his friendship with Putin. Why would he care, one way or the other?
WuWei
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Just remember, Taiwan is not a country.
Democrats love to give money away but not protect our own nation’s borders.
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A lot of countries recognize Taiwan as a country.
Trump. A rational leader is better to negotiate with than a mentally failing one. He probably does not want his military options reduced by a depleted armory to needing to resort to nukes. He doesn’t want his nation’s culture annexed by a Woke World Order and under a rainbow flag.
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Samm
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What friendship with Putin? Why would you think they are friends? Did Adam Schiff tell you that?
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Piper
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Browder says in the documentary: “Putin is ill, but not in the way that most people think Putin is ill. Putin is mentally ill, but he has been mentally ill as a psychopath since childhood.”
Bill Browder, Vladimir Putin’s nemesis, said the Russian president has been mentally ill.
In a new documentary on Paramount+, Browder said Putin has been ill as a “psychopath.”
There have been rumors about Putin’s health – an oligarch was recorded saying he had blood cancer.
“A person who is really ill doesn’t really care about what happens next,”
Honored guests would probably have better luck by looking to Nostradamus’ ramblings.
Piper
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The good news and the bad news.
War in Ukraine, death of the Queen, Elon Musk … why are Nostradamus’s ‘predictions’ still winning converts?
Disclaimer: I don’t have any faith in Nostradamus’ predictions.
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WuWei
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@margaretms2 is probably thinking of Hildawg, who spent a wild, passionate night of “Tiger Maps” at Vlad’s private dacha.
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Smyrna
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That’s your belief based on what you’ve seen with Brandon running the show but that’s far from making this the only way my friend.
Because even after his presidency, Trump has continued to boast about his tight relationship with Putin. His reaction to the Ukraine invasion: ”’That’s wonderful,’ I said, ‘How smart is that?’” Trump’s the same guy who literally announced that he “fell in love” with Kim Jung Un. And you’re gonna nickel and dime me on Putin?
If you disagree with that assessment re: Trump and Putin, I’m not going to convince you. But Trump respects and admires him greatly, in part because Putin flattered him. Lots of people on the American right have an affinity for the diminutive strongman.
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