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NJSpradlin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

This is partly why they didn’t remove him entirely (or kill him outright) from gov’t work. They want a close eye on their cronies who have or could have receipts for blackmail purposes (both directions here).

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jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
What good are receipts when there are no consequences? Putin could put the underaged pee tapes on YouTube and it wouldn’t matter.

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- NJSpradlin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Then why hasn’t he?
  
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  - jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Nah I just don’t buy the kompromat stories anymore. There is nothing Putin can release that would be a problem for Trump. He never sees any legal consequences and his followers never turn on him regardless of all of his crimes.
    
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  - grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Trump dances to Putin’s tune because he’s a fanboi who loves Russia and authoritarianism. He doesn’t need kompromat to betray the US; he’s happy to do it.
    
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    gabbath@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I subscribe to this belief too. There’s no way in hell that an experienced spy like Putin would have any trouble manipulating the easiest to manipulate person on the planet (literally just flatter him). Plus, Putin is exactly the kind of guy who Trump wants to emulate, so he naturally looks up to him.
    
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rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Strong deja vu with Russia. I thought the expansion strategy of Putin’s relatives\friends won’t prove successful in other places.

OK, nothing new, these things were in every second movie from 1960s-now touching upon power and governments and mafia. Just something went wrong, either in the balance or we see more.

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