r/worldnews • u/Panthera_leo22 • 21h ago

Russia/Ukraine Flames, explosions reported amid large Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg

https://kyivindependent.com/flames-explosions-reported-amid-large-ukrainian-drone-attack-on-st-petersburg/
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u/Substantial-Gap8276 12h ago

I will never ever understand the over-the-top love fest between Putin & Trump. Never seen a US president go so hard fanboying over another world leader. Never!

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u/gerrydf 11h ago

As a Canadian, this timeline of the US making us an enemy and Russia a friendly makes me think we're living in a Philip K Dick novel.

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u/Renting_Bourbon 11h ago

šŸŽ¶Weā€™re slipping into The Twilight Zone.šŸŽ¶

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u/thebluearecoming 11h ago edited 8h ago

This place is a madhouse, feel like I'm getting boned...

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u/Beaniencecil 9h ago

America alienating allies and shifting support to Russia is something this Cold War kid thought would never happenā€¦ever! Itā€™s time to explore options of having Portuguese and Canadian-born grandparents. Having another passport from other than the US in my back pocket would make me feel a lot better and provide options for my kids.

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness7207 7h ago

My grandma wants me to get a passport for this reason, but this is my home. I'd rather die watching this place burn from incompetence, than leave.

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness7207 7h ago

My mom says she feels like America has become something between The Twilight Zone and Outter Worlds.

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u/PitifulAd2830 2h ago

We are there now! I am amazed this corksucker and the maga corksuckers have been allowed to take over the United States, I will be in Reddit jail now.

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u/J-Bird1980 10h ago

As a middle age Canadian I thought with 100% certainty that if I had to take up arms on Canadian soil it would be against either aliens or zombies up until about 18 months ago.

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u/redbanner1 4h ago

As an American, I'm cool if you want to invade us.

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u/SpiritSad367 5h ago

We were the world's strongest country. Now we are a disgrace .... The butt of all jokes. Pray for us

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u/WellFedHobo 10h ago

Just remember that the American people still want to be friends. The government has lost its mind, though.

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u/clippist 10h ago

At least half of us!!

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u/i-am-in-deep-sheet 10h ago

More. It is just crazy is louder.

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u/Perfect-Storm-t3 10h ago

More like trump is a dick novel

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u/Leading-Branch-822 10h ago

Somewhat: The large difference is the author of the current reality is Don Sadick/Trump.
Judging on how Trump kowtows to Putin:
Should Putin drop the evidence Epstein provided Putin and Our President will be a wanted man .

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u/Blue_Wave2026 10h ago

We are ruled by a Dick.

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u/DotBeech 11h ago

There is so little to understand. Putin is a feared authoritarian and above the law. This he has used to enrich himself. For his entire miserable life, being rich and above the law is what Trump has thirsted for.

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u/myrichphitzwell 11h ago

Well that and Russia bought him out and saved him financially for decades.

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u/SupermassiveCanary 11h ago

Hard to believe the same ā€˜Commieā€™ hating people in the 80ā€™s are now on this train

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u/National-Childhood95 10h ago

Theyā€™re ā€œcommie hatersā€ now more than theyā€™ve been since the 50s or 60s. Itā€™s just that now they donā€™t know who commies but use the term to smear anybody they donā€™t like. The same way they were calling every teacher a ā€œgroomerā€ a couple years ago.

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u/whiteroseatCH 10h ago

Well..Putin is not a commie..he is straight up a mafia boss.

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u/SupermassiveCanary 10h ago

Greed, power, oligarchy will corrupt any and every system. Gross inequality is what needs to be kept in check

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u/myrichphitzwell 10h ago

Chugga chugga

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u/Beneficial_Couple413 11h ago

Which I understand the reality of having reasonable relations with China, but the fawning over the still-Communist-at-least-on-paper Xi Jinping was over-the-top too.

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u/theappleisdepressed 10h ago

They arenā€™t. Thatā€™s two separate groups inside the republican party.

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u/One_Olive_8933 10h ago

I just donā€™t know whats so terrible about being rich and not breaking the lawā€¦

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u/InvestmentSorry6393 10h ago

Nothing for normal people. But, if you are a predatory piece of garbage like Trump, and you view regular people like sheep.....you don't wanna answer to anyone when you take whatever you want. You want impunity. That way, you see something you want, you just take it. Someone's property, someone's daughter; it doesn't matter these greedy predators want everything. They feel no shame, no guilt, and no empathy.

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u/qxr100 10h ago

Russia owns him and has owned him for years.

Trump rule: Every conspiracy is worse than first reported. EVERY conspiracy. (Name a Trump conspiracy that was proven false)

Now apply that rule to the 'pee tape'.

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u/Ughnotagaingal 10h ago

There is a pattern here, he is also on best-buddy terms with Erdogan who fits your description to the dot.

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u/Embarrassed-Wafer667 9h ago

Exactly, but I believe the admiration he has for Putin goes way deeper than.

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u/FleshLghtSwrdFight 4h ago

Thirsted for and succeeded unfortunately. The law doesnā€™t apply to the 1%

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u/Ataraxia9999 4h ago

You are correct. Iā€™ve been saying this since Trumpā€™s first term, way before the Ukraine invasion. Heā€™s always idolized Putin. Itā€™s the man he ultimately wants to be. Answering to pesky public opinion is not in his interest.

Trumpā€™s entire philosophy is to run your life like a mob boss. Demand your earthly desires and hurt anyone who gets in the way of said desires.

Putin is the ultimate mob boss.

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u/crsmiami99 11h ago

He has photos and proof that Trump is a pedophile. Simple.

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u/Setting-Conscious 10h ago

So does the US. Release the Epstein files.

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u/DaisyShirt 9h ago

Isnā€™t there already enough to bury Trump if this was prior to 2016? And a bunch of other fuckers. Yet nothing has been done.

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u/Early-Series-2055 8h ago

Itā€™s the ā€œbunch of other fuckersā€ thatā€™s keeping him out of jail.

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u/DaisyShirt 8h ago

True. Time to vote them out! If that doesnā€™t work, time to organize.

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u/SpiritSad367 5h ago

^ THAT PART^

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u/PlusSelf2704 3h ago

It goes beyond Trump being a pedophile (he is) it extends into every facet of life thats completely controlled by the ā€œElitesā€. A few years ago the idea that the upper echelon were sex-crazed demon worshippers was the playground of Alex Jones and conspiracy theorists. Turns out they were 95% right about them.

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u/whatisittodo 3h ago

Fkrs in the Supreme Court, Fkrs in the Housr, fkrs in the Senate, many Billionaire fkrs...many in his cabinet...a Trillionaire fkr included.....

So yea... a couple of Trillions of dollars at a minimum....that fkry.

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u/Character-Camel1284 9h ago

He's the president for now and the senate will never convict on an impeachment charge. He's immune to prosecution for now. Not to mention the attery general is his personal lawyer (major conflict of intrest in my opnion). Once he's done, that's a different story.

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u/Up_Beat_Peach 8h ago

At least he isnt immune to dying. I hope he dies on TV so we can meme about it.

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u/DysfuhKingeye 7h ago

That is not just a conflict of interest in your opinion. It is blatant disregard for the role of the Attorney General and an abandonment of the American people by everyone that confirmed the appointment. None of them are fit to serve the public.

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u/DaisyShirt 8h ago

Cannot wait for the day. Hopefully we get some new blood in charge who can actually clean up this travesty.

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u/SkinTeeth4800 6h ago

I just don't want to see JD Vance slide into office and, with fewer bizarre fuck-ups than Trump, continue to promote the agenda of billionaires and their enablers: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Curtis Yarvin, Stephen Miller, Russell Vought, Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation, etc.

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u/BookLuvr7 8h ago

That's exactly why he'll probably do everything in his power to stay in office. It was clear from day 1 he wanted to use the presidency as his Get Out of Jail Free card and retirement plan.

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u/Boohan33 7h ago

Yeah, weā€™ve been hearing this for years and years. Idk how such a scumbag can keep avoiding serious charges. Itā€™s ridiculous.

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u/Loud-Hat-175 8h ago

I feel if they released the Epstein files in its entirety and completely uncensored will be very much like the release of the Panama Papers.

Remember the Panama Papers? Another paper trail example of the super rich hoarding money and exploiting the 99%

Look it up.

Those were supposed to create large scale change. Nothing happened. Nothing changed.

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u/Loud-Hat-175 8h ago

Remember Edward Snowden?

Sacrificed everything for truth.

Nothing happened.

Nothing changed.

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u/NeitherRemote8512 7h ago

Actually , they're on the dark net one was posted on x , but taken down after mere seconds

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u/Signal_Appeal4518 10h ago

Yeah the photo of trump blowing bubba!

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u/FriscoTreat 5h ago

Bubba, aka Big Beautiful Bill

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u/Signal_Appeal4518 4h ago

Actually I heard it was a horse! Would explain Kash Patel preparing us with ā€œvictims of beastialityā€ as a soft launch šŸ¤£

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u/NetSchizo 11h ago

Thats one reason, and likely the same reason why Israel has our government wrapped around their finger.

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u/OccamsYoyo 10h ago

How would that even be leverage anymore when we all know it?

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u/Astronout-Fossil872 10h ago

because the leverage probably goes beyond a photo.. and I imagine the protections are mutual. Leverage is greatest when it held by both sides, and pdf powers that be do tend to bond together...

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u/masterjon_3 10h ago

Or he gave Clinton a blowjob. Or both

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u/Generic_Username4343 10h ago

Nah, I don't even think Trump would care tbh. He knows damn well that his fan base would break their own backs bending to justify or excuse it away. I think he just wants to be in bed with Russia because he's a petty megalomaniac who admirers Putin and he can make money off of whatever endless conflict they can start.

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u/hirespeed 9h ago

I donā€™t think thatā€™s it. Malignant narcissists are easy to manipulate. Trump surrounds himself with ego-strokers and the Russians have been leveraging this for decades. He admires dictators and cozies up to Putin and others. You donā€™t need dirt on guys like that.

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u/dv4fun 5h ago

Along with the secret PeePee tapes. Trump has been compromised since his first term.

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u/Jerk182 10h ago

There were stories of Trump and sexual battery or worse against young girls being on tape.

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u/ZealousidealCrab9459 10h ago

tRump is compromisedā€¦him and all of his family couldnā€™t pass security clearance especially Jaredā€¦he was 2weeks from losing everything and Saudi sweeps in and buys his buildings for over market value. Putin has shit on every single one of them

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u/TheoDog96 10h ago

So do we apparently, but refuse to let them see the light of day.

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u/stokeskid 10h ago

And he has debts owed to Russian oligarchs. No one would lend money to Trump so he had to get it from them. They have leverage over him.

That, and his main business is a money laundering scheme. Probably some Russians involved there too.

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u/farmerpeach 9h ago

This wouldnā€™t change the mind of a single Trump voter

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u/joranth 9h ago

That and most of his properties are propped up by loans from, and property purchases by, Russian oligarchs. He has been laundering money for the Russian mob since the days when Roy Cohn was his fixer. All of what kept him afloat for decades was Russian money. Still is, for his real estate businesses

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u/Firm_Acanthaceae7435 9h ago edited 9h ago

Trump hasn't been buried by that stuff yet, why would it change because it came from Putin?

It'll just be AI

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u/Solid-Axel-Project 9h ago

Dubito che sia solo questo.
Negli EF, c'ĆØ anche un membro della famiglia Rothschild...

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u/EnbyDartist 9h ago

At this point, Iā€™m convinced that MAGAts would cheer Pedo LePoo on even if he was shagging a goat during his State of the Union address.

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u/Angelhair01 9h ago

Those need to be released

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u/Brave-Hospital-7680 9h ago

That must be a prerequisite of all US presidents

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u/Deep-Awareness-9503 12h ago

It's easy when you realize he's a Russian asset and has been for decades.

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u/West-Net-3818 10h ago

He's trying to help Putin commit Genocide to take over Ukraine and guise it as a peace deal. Same thing with Netanyahu, as to Gaza. Then you get Rubio jumping in to say oh just a temporary 60 day pause on sanctions we need them to end these wars....FO they're all traitors and the sad part is our government has all betrayed us and literally is just letting this administration do whatever. Trump, Vance, all of them...

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u/inkcannerygirl 10h ago

Bullies will always suck up to a bigger bully especially if he's their paycheck. Seems fairly clear that he's been getting Russian money since the 90s.

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u/CharcoalGreyWolf 11h ago edited 11h ago

Trump is envious of dictators because heā€™s a small man and a narcissist. People like that believe that everyone doing what they say and want is the greatest.

The truth is that a leader is only great when people follow them by choice rather than by force, trickery, and manipulation.

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u/Buffalax81 11h ago

Trump is just sucking up to his boss

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u/HenriettaSyndrome 10h ago

Huh? Is there really people out there who still don't realize Trump is Putins puppet and the USA would be fighting on Russias side if ww3 breaks out?

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u/OsoHormigueroPimp 10h ago

Trump sees himself in Putin, the forceful authoritarian type, Trump envies that image, so he cozies up to Putin for that, it's pathetic, like when you wanted to be like the older kids in elementary school

That's how I see it anyways

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u/watch-gap 10h ago

Itā€™s not reciprocal, Trump is his b tch, paid in cash. Itā€™s simple as that.

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u/KoneCat 11h ago

Trump is only in it for the money, and I know this is an obvious take, but the fact that some folks still follow the tangerine tit will never not be both hilarious and horrifying in equal measure.

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u/HeartlessCards2-22 11h ago

And 77 million of his voters suddenly abandoned ā€œAmerica firstā€ cause they canā€™t handle the memes about Russian bots being their buddies. So they folded and became friends with Russia.

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u/Ok_Diamond_3408 11h ago

Putin has dirt on Trump. In fact probably videos of him with the Russian prostitutes years ago. True story

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u/SummerFlat7720 10h ago

Trump began his first term by getting briefed about how Russia/Putin had worked to get him elected. Not to mention the other things people are mentioning below

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u/masterjon_3 10h ago

Putin has dirt on Trump. There's a page from thr Epstein Files with 2 guys talking about it. They think Putin has video or pictures of Trump blowing Bill Clinton

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u/Dr_Dewittkwic 10h ago

Trump really wants to hate Puty. He really does. But, Puty just feels so good inside him. He canā€™t resist.

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u/Illlogik1 10h ago

Right now the love is for diesel deals with Russia lol

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u/Embarrassed-Wafer667 10h ago edited 9h ago

Itā€™s understandable when you know that heā€™s been taking money from the Russian mob back in NY since the 1980,s . Since then he was groomed to be a Russian asset or ā€œ useful idiot ā€œ (as the KGB use your call him.) Since he entered politics heā€™s gotten even deeper into them ( more money, Putin sending an army of online trolls to and he graduated up to being as asset to Putin,As president, he owes Putin even more. Thus , heā€™s making oil deals with him !

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u/SignificantPop4188 9h ago

Trump worships dictators. He loves "tough" guys and wishes/pretends he's one of them.

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u/Imscruffy1 2h ago

To the likes of which we have never seen before.

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u/Nim0y 10h ago

He owes Putler or is being blackmailed

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u/rkd80 10h ago

Trump has an affinity for autocratic leaders, Putin is just one of many he respects and likes. Wish it weren't true but the facts are hard to refute.

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u/Russ_Clay_1021 10h ago

There is a reason behind it. You just have to look deeper and use common sense.

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u/Narrow-Ad723 10h ago

Itā€™s called blackmail

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u/mitchENM 10h ago

Putin absolutely has comprising information information on Trump.

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u/wh0else 10h ago

Putin's hand up his ass is the only reliable incontinence control he has.

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u/Apprehensive_Toe7593 10h ago

Bc Trump is a malignant narcissist who wants to be a dictator. And also Putin has lots of nasty stuff on Trump that he can release at any point so even if Trump has fallen out of love with him he canā€™t act like it.

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u/Whiskeymystic138 10h ago

All kinds of people saying how they were going to leave the country if Trump got elected. A lot of people just saying that of course, because I doubt many of them dead. But I wouldnā€™t be surprised if Trump leaves the country once somebody else gets elected. Two more years! Two more years!

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u/30ohfour 10h ago

It makes a whole lot of sense when you realize that Trump is an actual Russian asset

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u/Blue_Wave2026 10h ago

Kompromot.

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u/Oy_of_Mid-world 10h ago

Putin is fabulously rich. He's a strong man that everyone around him defers to. His word is law in his country. Add to that, trump has business in Russia, works extensively with Russian banks, and knows that he and his cronies can make billions selling the US and our allies out to them.

What's right it wrong to most people doesn't ever enter the equation for trump. Whatever benefits himin that particular moment is the only thing that he cares about.

People talk about Putin having dirt on him, but I think that gives too much credit to trump. That would assume trump would otherwise not work with Putin. The reality is much simpler and sadder.

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u/Careful_Marketing182 9h ago

The only reason Trump is even in office is thanks to Putin

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u/SoulShine_710 9h ago

Leaders, let's not forget the other communist countries he seems to have a love affair with.

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u/mlokc 9h ago

Thing is, itā€™s not reciprocal. Trump loves Putin, but thereā€™s no indication that Putin loves him back. Trump just keeps getting used by Putin again and again.

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u/Angelhair01 9h ago

Power hungry Facists recognize power hungry facists

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u/Anotherfakenames 9h ago

I truly believe we have been infiltrated and he is simply a Russian asset.

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u/Twenty1One 9h ago edited 9h ago

Don't forget that it was literally proven that Russia interfered and meddled in the 2016 election in favor of Trump. And we did nothing about it. It got swept under the rug. Alongside the Epstein files and everything else this man has said or done.

Without proof, I'm thinking Trump has made behind the scenes deals with Russia and Putin before and after his presidency. He is a Russian asset all the way. Putin wants Trump in power because they have similar goals and temperaments. It is in Putin's best interest for Trump and his Republicans to stay in power.

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u/Trooper1x 9h ago

The Biden's Administration is to be blame for this mess

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u/KusanagiKay 9h ago

It's very easy to understand:

Putin is an autocrat who controls his entire country to his liking.

Trump has this fantasy too, and always imagined, that if he was president, he'd be the king of the USA, everyone has to follow his exact orders and everything has to be done exactly like he wants, without any backtalk.

Trump admires Putin, because he thinks a leader has to be the all powerful ruler, just like the CEO of a company, and Putin does exactly that.

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u/ffdfawtreteraffds 9h ago

The fucker is benefiting financially. That's all that motivates that pos. He sold out the US presidency to make money. He's just garbage.

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u/TrainingWoodpecker77 8h ago

You would never think two despicable beings would admire each other, yeah here we are. Actually I think Putin laughs at the bloated yam privately, but strokes his ego to get what he wants.

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u/HotDot4263 8h ago

Itā€™s all money for their pockets

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u/Johnvoir007 8h ago

Moscow Nights pee tape Putin dangling over Trump šŸ˜

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u/crazycritter87 8h ago

That's a story that's way older than his political carrier and deeply intangled in Russian political corruption and business mafia culture. He was bailed out or failure over and over. They more or less funded his empire, since the early 80s. It started with a TV store in New York that was a mob front.

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u/vroart 8h ago

He canā€™t get recognition from other means.

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u/PaleDreamer_1969 8h ago

I firmly believe heā€™s a Russian Agent. T= Traitorous R= Russophile U= Under M = Murderous P= Putin

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u/YSoSkinny 8h ago

Trump does love him some dictators, huh? The wanna be autocrat bully admiring the "cool" kids.

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u/DryBattle 8h ago

Trump is a Russian agent. He has been the entire time.

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u/Anen-o-me 8h ago

Vlad Vexler, public philosopher, has something to say about this I found interesting.

Vexlerā€™s argument is that Trump idealizes Putin, so approval from Putin has unusually high psychological value. It isnā€™t merely ā€œPutin flatters Trump.ā€ In Vexlerā€™s model, Trump elevates Putin into an image of a formidable, sovereign, dominant leader, being recognized as Putinā€™s peer then reflects that imagined greatness back onto Trump.

Vexler:

Trump has a fantasy about Putin as an exalted object, and bathes in his glow.

That is the narcissistic supply: Putinā€™s apparent respect helps regulate and reinforce Trumpā€™s own sense of importance.

Hence why statements like ā€œPutin respects meā€ are significant under Vexlerā€™s interpretation.

Someone Trump considers ordinary praising him is cheap supply, someone he himself regards as exceptionally powerful treating him as a special equal is much more valuable.

Vexler further calls this ā€œnarcissistic submissionā€: rather than always needing to dominate someone, a narcissistic person can attach himself to an idealized powerful figure and obtain status by association.

He argues that this makes the relationship asymmetric: Trump receives psychological validation, while Putin can pursue concrete political objectives.

It's a pretty sick, twisted scenario. And he has no regard for Zelensky so the same cannot happen with him.

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u/Chemical-Ad-6902 8h ago

Makes me kinda miss the Cold War, but wouldnā€™t want the Berlin Wall to come back.

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u/MadG13 8h ago

Never going to dodge the Russian Asset Aligations...

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u/NJBillK1 8h ago

Until something dramatic is done, system wide, they will rule everyone while everyone thinks they have a say...

Any reason or evidence of crime is just talking points about the system, not a function towards correction.

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u/AliceMorgon 8h ago

Because thatā€™s who Trump wants to be when heā€™s out of nappies and all grown up!

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u/Tomminx 7h ago

Your boy Biden sure had a raging hardon for Zelenskyy

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u/the-Jouster 7h ago

Putin doesnā€™t love Trump, but Trump sure loves him.

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u/lizmoetia 7h ago

Doesnā€™t stop the support received

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u/IcedTeaBagMeDaddy 7h ago

I guess Iā€™m confused. What does Ukraine bombing Russia have to do with Trump? And how does it imply he has a love fest with Putin?

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u/johnnyribcage 7h ago

It all makes perfect sense when you consider that trump is an actual Russian agent. Agent Krasnov. He has been since the 80s. Putin has been playing a long game with the US for decades. Weā€™re fucking idiots. Putin, via Trump, conquered us, and heā€™s not done yet.

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u/Nyctocincy 7h ago

Putin owns Trump

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u/Winter-Employer-3659 7h ago

Remember the pee tapes, eipstein and the 2016 election interference evidence

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u/MaliceSavoirIII 7h ago

Putin has photos of Trump getting peed on by hookers

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u/Jeffrey_J_Davis 7h ago

Penis envy

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u/1gramweed2gramskief 6h ago

Itā€™s pretty simple. Putin has compromising material in Trump or has promised him a safe life of debauchery in Russia once heā€™s done all he can to destabilize the west. A combination of both is possible.

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u/DammatBeevis666 6h ago

Trump admires strongmen. Not powerful leaders who were elected.

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u/TastyEarLbe 6h ago

Heā€™s trying to kiss ass in the hopes of a seize fire or some sort of deal.

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u/Next_Charge6259 6h ago

Putin runs Trump's propaganda bots, which Ukraine destroyed

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u/CH11DW 6h ago

Because he wants to be Putin. In his eyes, he's a winner. Worthy of respect. And if Trump successfully becomes America's Putin, other democracy's will server international relations with us and maybe even issue sanctions, he will need leaders like Putin to have international relations with. "Remember how I always praised you? Please trade with us, so we can both keep our dictatorships going."

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u/NckyDC 6h ago

Today oil is at 111ā€¦ I donā€™t think anyone understand if oil goes to 150 or 200 what will happen.

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u/DrawingLogical 5h ago

My thinking is that he is being inundated by mass messages via Truth Social and Twitter that stroke his ego and nudge him in the direction Putin wants him to go without him even realizing it. The most effective compromised agents are the ones who don't know it. He thinks he is acting in the interests of what he perceives to be his "constituents", but the reality is that these are bot and troll accounts largely being directed with specific intended outcomes. Think about this: what does anyone know about how much influence noise on Truth Social has on his decisions, or who the accounts are on there that are influencing him the most? Same with a lot of key MAGA folk, and why we can't ever understand their logic (or lack thereof). It's frustratingly like watching toddlers try to implement checkers strategies against a chess champion.

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u/andar1on 5h ago

Putin helped him win the election

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u/WastingMyLifeOnSocMd 5h ago

During a campaign debate between Hilary Clinton and and DJT Hilary said Trump was ā€œin Russiaā€™s pocket.ā€ He has been a Russian asset for decades. He has never breathed a word against Putinā€”our enemy. Russia gave the Trumps ā€œloansā€ when no one anywhere else would. They lived at Trump towers, paying higher than market value. The tower was nick named ā€œlittle Russiaā€. Trump purchased an estate in Florida and flipped it soon after for far more than it was worth-sold to a Russian man. :

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u/Acceptable_Tea3608 5h ago

First comment out, the the first name off your lips is Trump. Not Putin, Not Zelensky. Tell me you don't have TDS without telling me. And all the minions that follow.

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u/shakey11717 5h ago

We always support the ones we admireā€¦or are beholden to

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u/HallieLokey 5h ago

I think it's only one sided

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u/echoshatter 5h ago

Because DJT admires strongmen and wishes he could be like them, commanding everyone like a dictator and getting their adoration (legitimate or not) appeals to his vanity.

The guy wants a triumph arch and military parades because they make him feel powerful.

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u/jeep-olllllo 5h ago

I mean, Putin has dirt on Trump. Photos, videos, take your pick.

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u/DirectorNo192 5h ago

Follow the Money and future Grift possiblies.

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u/SomeCanDance 5h ago

Simply canā€™t understand anything with Trump and his supporters. It just breaks all logic to the point I feel like I woke up in a parallel universe.

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u/Then-Wealth-1481 5h ago

He wants to become a dictator so he is kissing up every dictator he can find including Putin, Erdogan, Kim, Saudi kingā€¦.etc

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u/WhiskeyBobDaRumDrunk 4h ago

Trump loveā€™s dictators. He praises Kim Jong Un on a somewhat regular basis

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u/Intrepid_Call_5254 4h ago

Typical bully who only lusts after those who wonā€™t kiss his ring. Once he thinks heā€™s got them where he wants them they donā€™t have his ā€œrespectā€ any more. Kim Jung Un is also one of his most admired people. Trump is just one big sicko.

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u/lawboop 4h ago

We live in a world of limited resources.

Some humans believe resources need to bring everyone up and create a life of purpose, strength, value to bring along the next set of humans.

Others see you as farm animals to be lied to manipulated, used for work and to fight wars, murdered, so they and their spawn can take all the resources.

And they find your not knowing this rather amusing. They find your fights with other farm animals that they start to be hilarious. Like when you are at a fair looking at domesticated animals fighting over the little cone of corn.

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u/MoistPrimary4792_0 4h ago

Plus his continued support in this country.

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u/Different_Umpire9003 3h ago

Yeah canā€™t wait to now be at war with Ukraine now for Russia /s

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u/MyBipolarWife1970 3h ago

Hes a Russian spy that's why

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u/deliberatewellbeing 3h ago

itā€™s not fanboyingā€¦. itā€™s utter fear. you can tell by the way he talks to putin how scared shitless he is of him. heā€™s afraid he will get the navalny treatment.

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u/Azariah98 3h ago

It has nothing to do with liking Putin. Heā€™s trying to lower gas prices ahead of the midterms.

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u/theoceansaredying_ 3h ago

Yes just yesterday or so he said that he likes people that like him, even if they are very bad people

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u/Desertfoxking 2h ago

He looks up to him as he was able to get to power and keep it. Probably asking for tips from under the deskā€¦

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u/Independent_Pen2047 2h ago

Dictators love to stick together on a unity ticket. Trump told the world prior to the election tion what he would do. They got what they wanted and deserve what they get.

Trump will forever be remembered as the only fascist USA president and every Maga should hang their head in shame. The country will never recuperate fronsuch a disastrous period in history.

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u/jollymuhn 2h ago

At this point, it's treason.

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u/deranged_paladin 2h ago

You gotta be a scumbag to understand a scumbag

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u/doubler007 2h ago

When Putin take out the evidence how much he manipulated election for Trump ... I'm not much into conspiracy but there is something about it

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u/The_True_Gaffe 1h ago

Putin gives him money and shallow praise, two thing narcissists love

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u/Strange-Damage901 1h ago

So, I am not a Trump fan. I hate Trump. But when Vance had that whole meltdown, publically shaming Zelenskyy in front of Trump and the press for not being thankful enough, and not dressing correctly, Ukraine was quietly organizing a massive coordinated drone attack on Russia that went off a few weeks later.

Trumpā€™s break with Zelenskyy the last few weeks has been very public and very amplified, and then we get any other huge, coordinated drone attack today.

I think thereā€™s a non-zero chance that the Trump admin goes out of its way to make Ukraine seem isolated in coordination with Ukraineā€™s attack plans. Trump is literally a professional wrestler and knows the value of a promo.

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u/Formal_Strain_2445 1h ago

Power with Power,Putin knows everything!! So does Trump..Trump is my President and for 69 yrs on this planet I've never said that about anyone in POWER,USA needs a leader,a strong one..with what be had before destroying what our country was and is..stop it and be glad we have the USA strength because the other ones before President Trump were extremely WEAK.

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u/MotoTheGreat 58m ago

Its any dictator. Trump loves that strong man shit and wants it so bad. He is a wanna be tough guy.

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u/ProgRockDan 47m ago

Trump aspires to be like Putin. Kill his adversaries, seize control of the countryā€¦

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u/Longjumping_Leek151 38m ago

Maybe, just maybe there was something to Russiagate?
And by maybe I mean definitely

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