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Ilikepurple

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33. I'm not so sure he doesn't have more power. He's just not as clever

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 09:51 PM

Jul 8

I think it’s been less of a mentorship and more of a puppet show. Trump seems to like alliances, but there’s no reason to maintain them if they no longer bear fruit. He doesn’t really have a reputation for maintaining loyalties. I’m not sure he needs Putin for money or help centralizing his control of the US any more. I’m not even sure if he needs to fear any kompromat. This puppet is ready to lose his strings. I fear all the directions he might go.

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Gotta agree with George Conway on this one [View all] senseandsensibility Jul 8 OP

Trump will be back to kissing Putin's ass dflprincess Jul 8 #1

Of course senseandsensibility Jul 8 #4

Exactly princess.... democratsruletheday Jul 8 #37

Vladimir will just take him back in Russell's old room . . .. hatrack Jul 9 #47

Like the parrot in "Bell, Book and Candle" said..."Who's a fool"... wcmagumba Jul 8 #2

I think a part of Trump knew Putin was using him, PatSeg Jul 8 #3

They are using each other. choie Jul 8 #5

Bingo senseandsensibility Jul 8 #6

Yes and Trump is too dumb to see that PatSeg Jul 8 #8

I agree PatSeg Jul 8 #7

Oh 100% Hornedfrog2000 Jul 8 #13

Yep, uses people and tosses them aside PatSeg Jul 8 #32

Mr. Trump "believes" a lot of BS, but as always, that doesn't make any bit of it true. the nelm Jul 8 #19

More like... GiqueCee Jul 8 #20

But it is true in his own little brain PatSeg Jul 8 #34

If a person believes he rules the world, slightlv Jul 8 #29

That is how he conducted business PatSeg Jul 8 #35

Wow... slightlv Jul 8 #38

I'm not so sure he doesn't have more power. He's just not as clever Ilikepurple Jul 8 #33

Well, perhaps a mentorship from PatSeg Jul 8 #36

Putting money into Trump was the best investment Putin ever made. Norrrm Jul 8 #9

That bottom picture! senseandsensibility Jul 8 #10

that last pic mnmoderatedem Jul 8 #11

Perhaps it's this photo from 2018? FakeNoose Jul 8 #16

yep that's the one mnmoderatedem Jul 8 #23

Wow, rare pushback? Hornedfrog2000 Jul 8 #12

Watch out for open windows Krasnov mahina Jul 8 #14

No... please! Pay no attention to any open windows around you! slightlv Jul 8 #30

This is a rare moment of honesty from Cheeto the Horrible, and I don't expect it to last long. He will soon realize... Ol Janx Spirit Jul 8 #15

It's all an act. hadEnuf Jul 8 #17

Exactly.. I was reading to see if anyone Cha Jul 8 #21

I don't think that's the way it was in the beginning, slightlv Jul 8 #31

Everything tsf does makes perfect sense if you assume he's doing it at putin's direction. rubbersole Jul 9 #39

Yes it does... makes perfect sense.. Cha Jul 9 #40

Yup and I think trump is more likely to mucifer Jul 9 #43

This is definitely a possibility. rubbersole Jul 9 #44

Surprise, surprise, surprise! pat_k Jul 8 #18

He actually thinks he's telling us something we don't already know MadameButterfly Jul 8 #22

That's kind of how I read it too senseandsensibility Jul 8 #24

Like when he says, "Most people don't know this..." MadameButterfly Jul 8 #27

Trump aka the puppet simpleton purple_haze Jul 8 #25

Performative bullshit JoseBalow Jul 8 #26

By "us", he means him and his fellow traitors relayerbob Jul 8 #28

Maybe Putin is having his LBJ/Cronkite moment DFW Jul 9 #41

Pooty Poot has the Epstein Files and PuraVidaDreamin Jul 9 #42

The FBI and Department of Justice says there are no such files. Gimpyknee Jul 9 #48

Who is this "WE"? Beowulf42 Jul 9 #45

If only the conservatives would realize the same thing about Rupert Murdoch we could get the country back on track LT Barclay Jul 9 #46

Duh Ohioboy Jul 9 #49

"a lot of bullshit" that "turns out to be meaningless" -- You think Trump would have recognized his own M.O. n/t Beartracks Jul 9 #50

Putin is Trump's The Wizard Jul 9 #51