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Putin: Russian meddling "fiction" invented by democrats

He argued that trying to influence the U.S. vote would make no sense for Moscow as a U.S. president can't unilaterally shape policies.

No, Putin, but the U.S. president can more or less unilaterally determine foreign policy and is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, which is the area you're really concerned with as a foreign adversary. Not to mention that, even without stipulating collusion, it is definitely within Russian interests for their foremost geopolitical enemy to be led by an incompetent, easily manipulated buffoon.
 

paskowitz

Member
Putin said:
"Russia has never engaged in that, we don't need it and it makes no sense to do it," he said. "Presidents come and go, but policies don't change. You know why? Because the power of bureaucracy is very strong."

Aaaaand there it is. This is exactly what Putin wants and exactly what he set out to achieve by meddling in the election to increase the chance of getting Trump elected. Sowing division, deconstructing and destabilizing American and democratic institutions/norms. That is precisely the effect Trump has had.
 

slit

Member
Donald J. Trump‏Verified account
@realDonaldTrump

Russian officials must be laughing at the U.S. & how a lame excuse for why the Dems lost the election has taken over the Fake News.

No they're not laughing, they're pissed! This blew up in their face. They wanted that backdoor. Unfortunately for them they relied on a buffoon.
 
How funny that Putin's statement dismissing Russian interference in US elections is basically exactly on message with Donald's agenda before, during, and after the campaign.
 

jelly

Member
I wouldn't put it past him he said this for a reason like keep your traps shut, you know who you are. He doesn't tend to speak up about things that often.
 

commedieu

Banned
This isn't even funny. We have evidence they hacked us. We have evidence their news bots work as propaganda spreading lies.

Most people around the president have Russian ties. He begged them to hack clinton.

Yet,because bigots want the clock turned back to the 50s, before minorities and women had rights. All Republicans are fine with this.
 
I think this is an actual photograph of Putin's face when he said that:

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The French and German once almost conquered Russia. With their powers combined as the leader of the free world.. hmm..

Yeah well you might as well let your fantasy die a quick death. France/Germany conquer Russia in this day and age, good grief did all the republican nut-jobs pass on their tinfoil hats for the next four years?
 
I honestly don't even get the point of lying about it at this juncture. I mean, you can see from the positive upswing in Republican opinions with regard to Vladimir Putin that they also think he did it, even if they're pretending like they don't for the sake of political expedience. No one's actually buying the lie, it's just plausible deniability at this point.
 

Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
Apparently, all of these foreign spy agencies and governments are mere puppets of the U.S. Democratic party. It's all a big conspiracy against those innocent Russians and poor little Donny.

So powerful they deliberately lost the election just so they could attack "real" America.
 
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