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This unbroken pattern alone spells ‘he’s been compromised’ to me.
Donald Trump, the Insult Bully, has never met a ‘political obstacle’ he would not personally attack,
— except one, Vladimir Putin.
Never a discouraging word has Trump said or heard, and his Vladimir skies are uncloudy all day.
Trump calls Putin “a strong leader” at a rally.
—May 27, 2016
Talking about Putin at a campaign rally in Scranton, Trump says, “wouldn't it be a great thing if we could get along with Russia.”
—July 27, 2016
“He's not going into Ukraine, OK, just so you understand,” Trump said. “He's not going to go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down. [...]”
—July 31, 2016
“[...] But certainly, in that system, he's been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader.”
—Sept. 7, 2016
Trump said of Putin at a rally, “I don’t love, I don’t hate.”
—Oct. 5, 2016
He further denied having met Putin and said that Putin had “outsmarted” Clinton and Obama.
—Oct. 19, 2016
Trump says at a rally in Ohio that it was not smart of Clinton to speak “very badly of Putin.”
—Oct. 27, 2016
Trump tweets out Putin’s criticism of Hillary Clinton and the Democrats:
—Dec. 23, 2016
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Trump defends Putin when O’Reilly calls him a killer.
“There are a lot of killers,” Trump says. “Do you think our country is so innocent? Do you think our country is so innocent?
— Feb. 6, 2016
"I addressed directly with President Putin the issue of Russian interference in our elections. I felt this was a message best delivered in person. Spent a great deal of time talking about it. And President Putin may very well want to address it, and very strongly, because he feels very strongly about it, and he has an interesting idea."
[...] The "interesting idea"? Some sort of joint operation aimed at snuffing out cyber warfare between nations.
[...]
"But just to say it one time again -- and I say it all the time -- there was no collusion. I didn't know the president. There was nobody to collude with. There was no collusion with the campaign."
[...]
"My people came to me, Dan Coats came to me and some others, they said they think it's Russia. I have President Putin; he just said it's not Russia. I will say this: I don't see any reason why it would be."
[In other words: "He's got Putin." ]
[...]
"So I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today."
[...]
"It would have been out long ago."Trump's explanation for why Russia doesn't have any "Kompromat" on him is that it hasn't come out yet. Which is, um, an interesting way to dispute whether any such compromising information exists.— Helsinki Summit — July 16, 2018
Mr Putin described the Helsinki meeting as “candid and useful" while Mr Trump said there had been “deeply productive dialogue".
— Helsinki Summit — July 16, 2018
Asked if he’s ever spoken to Vladimir Putin, Trump gives a “no comment” to Fox News’ Bret Baier.
“Yeah, I have no comment on that,” he said. “No comment.”
When Baier pressed him, “Yeah, but I don’t want to comment because, let’s assume I did. Perhaps it was personal. You know, I don’t want to hurt his confidence. But I know Russia well. [...]
— May 5, 2016
Clik here to view.
(Vladimir Putin is not known to have any formal pilots' training.)
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Sources:
80 times Trump talked about Putin
by Andrew Kaczynski, Chris Massie, and Nathan McDermott, CNN — March 2017
The 21 most disturbing lines from Donald Trump's press conference with Vladimir Putin
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large — July 17, 2018
Trump sides with Russia against FBI at Helsinki summit
BBC News — July 16, 2018
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…And the Vladimir Skies were uncloudy all day.
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