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An expert on Russia and an intelligence expert expressed the sad reality of how Russia and Vladimir Putin are playing Donald Trump for a fool.
Donald Trump, Russia’s fool
Vladimir Putin has been playing Donald Trump for some time and as explained by these two experts, the folks in Russia know it and are laughing at America.
The host asked Professor of International Affairs at The New School Nina Khrushcheva if Trump was playing into Putin’s hands.
“He’s been playing into Putin’s hands for over a year now,” replied Professor Khrushcheva. “So it is not more than he has done already.”
The host said that many people have the picture of Putin sitting back and just saying ‘Oh yes.’
“And you know what,” Khrushcheva continued. “This is such a correct picture. … Because I was just in Moscow and the Russians are saying, ‘Look at those fools. Look at their democracy. Absolutely, how can America lecture us on any development institutions, human rights, democracy rhetoric when they just elected Donald Trump. He is such a fool. He is such a bully. That is what America deserves. And we are going to take advantage of it.’ And that’s how Russians feel about it. And now it’s taking shape with letters from Vladimir Putin to Donald Trump with their exchange of potential nuclear armament and what not. So I think this is going to be a very interesting world to unfold in the next four years.”
The host then asked Intelligence expert Malcolm Nance if Putin’s friendly letter to Trump and Trump’s response complicate investigating Russian involvement in the 2016 Election.
“I don’t think there is going to be any accountability from the Donald Trump administration after January 20th with regards to the Russian hacking against the DNC or even violating the entirety of the U.S. electoral process,” Nance said. “He has benefitted from that. He is going to shut down any investigation unless it implicates him or his campaign. There is not much we are going to be able to do about that. However, Nina is absolutely right. We are being played as fools by a spymaster-in-chief, a former KGB officer, director of Russian Intelligence. He is laughing at us. And his letters which stroke Donald Trump nicely, brings out an effusion of yes, his excellency. We haven’t had a letter like that in the United States since George III. Donald Trump is being played and so long as he is being manipulated like that, Russia and China will take our market share from international markets out there. And the United States will be relegated to a third class country.”
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