Reuters - Putin ally tells Americans: vote Trump or face nuclear war

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Americans should vote for Donald Trump as president next month or risk being dragged into a nuclear war, according to a Russian ultra-nationalist ally of President Vladimir Putin who likes to compare himself to the U.S. Republican candidate.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a flamboyant veteran lawmaker known for his fiery rhetoric, told Reuters in an interview that Trump was the only person able to de-escalate dangerous tensions between Moscow and Washington.

By contrast, Trump's Democratic rival Hillary Clinton could spark World War Three, said Zhirinovsky, who received a top state award from Putin after his pro-Kremlin Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) came third in Russia's parliamentary election last month.

"Americans voting for a president on Nov. 8 must realize that they are voting for peace on Planet Earth if they vote for Trump. But if they vote for Hillary it's war. It will be a short movie. There will be Hiroshimas and Nagasakis everywhere."

Zhirinovsky once proposed blocking off mostly Muslim southern Russia with a barbed wire fence, echoing Trump's call for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Zhirinovsky, who said he met Trump in New York in 2002, revels in his similarities with the American businessman - they are the same age, favor coarse, sometimes misogynistic language and boast about putting their own country first. Zhirinovsky has even said he wants a DNA test to see if he is related to Trump.

Though Putin and Trump have never met, Zhirinovsky said he believed they could establish a close working relationship, adding: "Victory for Trump would be a gift to humanity. But if Hillary Clinton wins it will be the last U.S. president ever."

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Keep in mind this isn't Putin saying this, it's some guy in government known for saying ridiculous things. He even compares himself to Trump. Still scary as hell but he doesn't speak for Putin.
 
"He (Trump) won't care about Syria, Libya and Iraq and why an earth should America interfere in these countries? And Ukraine. Who needs Ukraine?," said Zhirinovsky, who once counted himself a friend of Iraq's Saddam Hussein and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and whose deaths he still laments.

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Zhirinovsky isn't Putin, he's a dude who's built a reputation for attention grabbing with outlandish statements. I wouldn't read too much into it.
 
Can't believe someone made a topic on gaf about something that Zhirinovsky has said. That guy is a clown that is worse than Trump.
 
I don't think Russia has the network of support they once enjoyed. They'd probably just get wiped off the map for trying shit over an election result like that.

I do imagine those in real positions of power will be more restrained though.
 
In terms of the perspective of the American populace, why would you vote FOR someone because they have the support of Vladimir fucking Putin? The guy that every politician is fear-masturbating over? Why?????????
 
I don't think Russia has the network of support they once enjoyed. They'd probably just get wiped off the map for trying shit over an election result like that.

I do imagine those in real positions of power will be more restrained though.

I guess the problem is whether they want to bring everyone else down with them.
 
So, does US negotiate with terrorists? What would Trump do facing this threat? Someone should ask him? What if ISIS would make the same threat?
 
Can't believe someone made a topic on gaf about something that Zhirinovsky has said. That guy is a clown that is worse than Trump.

To be fair we have a 4 page thread dedicated to Alex Jones calling Hillary and Obama literal demons.

So it's kinda par for the course.
 
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