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   From: ron.dean303@gmail.com   
      
   Putin Leads The Right wrote:   
   > Trump Refuses to Condemn Putin Despite   
   > Sean Hannity Practically Begging Him To   
   > Mar 11   
   >   
   > Donald Trump’s affection for Vladimir   
   > Putin never seemed to bother   
   > Republicans in Congress. It’s made   
   > them a little uncomfortable, however,   
   > as the Russian president continues to   
   > unleash hell on Ukraine in an invasion   
   > that has killed thousands and laid   
   > waste to one of America’s allies.   
   > Trump initially praised the invasion   
   > as “genius” before reversing course   
   > and calling it a “Holocaust,” although   
   > he couldn’t bring himself to criticize   
   > Putin.   
   >   
   > Sean Hannity gave Trump another   
   > opportunity to do so on Thursday night —   
   > several, in fact — but he still couldn’t   
   > do it.   
   >   
   > “You came under some fire when you said   
   > Vladimir Putin is very smart,” Hannity   
   > said. “I think I know you a little bit   
   > better than most people in the media,   
   > and I think you also recognize he’s evil,   
   > do you not?”   
   >   
   > Trump ignored the question and said   
   > that when he called Putin smart he was   
   > talking about how he sent tanks into   
   > separatist-backed regions of eastern   
   > Ukraine. “This doesn’t seem to be the   
   > same Putin I was dealing with,” Trump   
   > managed. “But I will tell you he   
   > wouldn’t have changed if I were dealing   
   > with him. You know, I supplied … the   
   > anti-tank busters. They’re called   
   > javelins. Without them, you wouldn’t   
   > have anything like what’s happening.   
   > They’re knocking out the tanks one   
   > after another after another.”   
   >   
   > Hannity kept pressing Trump to   
   > condemn Putin, positing that Trump’s   
   > repeated praise of Putin was not   
   > genuine, and only came out of the   
   > maxim that it’s best to keep friends   
   > close and enemies closer. “Is that   
   > how you viewed Vladimir?” Hannity   
   > asked. “Did you view Vladimir Putin   
   > and people like President Xi and   
   > Kim Jong-un and the Iranian mullahs   
   > as enemies that you needed to keep   
   > close?”   
   >   
   > “I got along with these people,”   
   > Trump replied. “I got along with   
   > them well. That doesn’t mean they’re   
   >   good people. It doesn’t mean   
   > anything other than the fact that   
   > I understood them and perhaps they   
   > understood me. Maybe they understood   
   > me even better. That’s OK.”   
   >   
   > Trump went on like this for a while   
   > before Hannity again asked if Trump   
   > “understood if they were capable of   
   > evil things.”   
   >   
   > Trump responded by blaming Biden for   
   > the invasion. “Putin is for Russia,   
   > and you see what happens,” he said.   
   > “This is all because they didn’t   
   > respect our leader.”   
   >   
   > Trump has been trashing Biden as   
   > weak since the invasion began, but   
   > he’s yet to articulate how he would   
   > handle the situation.   
   >   
   > https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-sean-ha   
   > nnity-refuses-condemn-putin-1319948/   
   >   
   Trump actually, won. But Democrats were able to cheat - Thank God trump   
   would   
   have even more disasterous than Biden   
      
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