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   From: bax02_spamblock@baxcode.com   
      
   Mittens Romney  wrote in   
   news:vcsd6t$2qor3$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > Baxter wrote:   
   >> When tRump was pResident, Putin didn't have to invade Ukraine because   
   >> tRump was doing the job on Ukraine for Putin.   
   >   
   > Nope, another lie.   
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   Putin didn’t have to push the Kremlin’s narrative. Trump did it for him.   
      
   https://www.brookings.edu/articles/putin-didnt-have-to-push-the-kremlins-   
   narrative-trump-did-it-for-him/   
      
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   But beyond personality, there’s a far more likely and logical explanation   
   if you look at policy alignment between Russia and America during the two   
   administrations: With Trump in office, Putin was already getting what he   
   wanted. The election changed all that.   
      
   https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/03/02/putin-invade-ukraine-   
   trump-00012897   
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   Bolton sheds light on why Putin didn’t invade Ukraine under Trump   
   As Bolton sees it, Putin saw an American president moving in a direction   
   Moscow liked, and the Russian leader was waiting for Trump to finish the   
   job.   
      
   https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/bolton-sheds-light-   
   putin-didnt-invade-ukraine-trump-rcna19045   
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   > https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-suspect-shooting-assassination-at   
   > tempt-west-palm-beach-1954191   
   >   
   You know I say truth, and your's is the lie so you try to distract.   
      
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