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Vladimir Putin

Thursday 25th of April 2024

2016 Presidential election I had NOTHING to do with making Trump president. That was Putin. – God God@thegoodgodabove, 2:53 PM · Feb 13, 2019  © 2020 Kwiple.com
2016 Presidential election The president's intense resistance to the assessment of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia systematically interfered in the 2016 campaign – and the blame he cast instead on a rival country – led many of his advisers to think that Putin himself helped spur the idea of Ukraine's culp- ability, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal discussions. One former senior White House official said Trump even stated so explicitly at one point, saying he knew Ukraine was the real culprit because “Putin told me.” Washington Post, December 19, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
2016 Presidential election Putin and Assange win big, aided by FBI, white insurgents, minority disenfranchisement — — — — — Canadian immigration website crashes after tallying begins — Trump will be told bit-by-bit what winners know and want © 2016 Kwiple.com
2016 Presidential election Trump supporters, from most to least important: Vladimir Putin and his Russian hackers digging/creating dirt on Democrats ↓↓↓ Julian Assange and his Wikileakers distributing Russian-dug/made dirt ↓↓ Stephen Bannon, of Breitbart News, & Sean Hannity, Fox News dumbass, spreading conspiracy theories ↓ Uneducated blue-collar whites mistaking Trump for someone who cares for anyone other than himself © 2016 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election I think that we have to take Donald Trump very seriously. We have to take seriously the extent to which you have now got a Putin wing of the Republican Party. I believe the issue this election cycle is making sure the Putin wing of the Republican Party does not take over the West Wing of the White House. Liz Cheney © 2024 Kwiple.com
The Bible Have we forgotten that all of us live in a world based on biblical values? Vladimir Putin © 2019 Kwiple.com
Budgets I want to thank him because we're trying to cut down our payroll and as far as I am concerned I'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll. Donald Trump, thanking Vladimir Putin for expelling 755 members of America's diplomatic mission in Russia © 2017 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say From day one I wanted a strong military. He doesn't want to see that. … He would like Hillary where she wants to have windmills. He would much rather have that, because energy prices will go up. And Russia as you know, relies very much on energy. Donald Trump, explaining why Vladimir Putin wanted Hillary Clinton and not him to be elected president © 2017 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say There was no 'second meeting' between President Trump and President Putin, just a brief conversation at the end of a dinner. The insinuation that the White House has tried to 'hide' a second meeting is false, malicious and absurd. A “senior administration official” quoted by The Guardian, July 18, 2017, commenting on the hour-long conversation that they and Putin's translator engaged in out of earshot of other G20 dinner guests, that the White House failed to disclose, and for which there is no official government record © 2017 Kwiple.com
Cocks of the walk say Putin says, “Trump is brilliant.” I love it when he says I'm brilliant. I don't know if he means it or he doesn't mean it. I don't care. I like it, okay?  Donald Trump, at a 2016 rally © 2018 Kwiple.com
COVID-19 coronavirus Everything passes and this will pass. Our country  has gone through many serious challenges.  When tormented by the Pechenegs and the Polovtsians Russia has handled them all. We will defeat this coronavirus contagion. Vladimir Putin, exhorting fellow Russians to overcome the latest scourge to afflict their lands [Because most Russians know as much about Pechenegs and Polovtsians as most Americans know about the Great Disappointment of 1844, a meme depicting two Pechenegs went viral. One asks, “So, are we trending on Google yet?” The other responds, “No. It's the Polovtsians.”] © 2023 Kwiple.com
Election meddling My people came to me, Dan Coats [Director of National Intelligence] came to me and some others, they said they think it's Russia. I have President Putin; he just said it's not Russia. I will say this: I don't see any reason why it would be. Donald Trump, standing beside Vladimir Putin at the Helsinki summit press conference, siding with Putin over America's intelligence agencies © 2018 Kwiple.com
Election meddling Yes I did. Yes I did. Because he talked about bringing the U.S.-Russia relationship back to normal. Vladimir Putin, responding to a reporter who asked him at the Helsinki summit press conference, “Did you want President Trump to win the election? And did you direct  any of your officials to help him do that?” © 2018 Kwiple.com
Energy Thanks to an unseasonably warm winter in  Europe, Putin's moment of maximum leverage has passed uneventfully, and … the biggest  victim of Putin's gas gambit was Russia itself.  Putin's natural gas leverage is now noneistent, as the world — and, most importantly, Europe — no longer needs Russian gas. Far from freezing to death, Europe quickly secured alternative gas supplies by pivoting to global liquefied natural gas (LNG). …  Putin … has zero remaining leverage and no way to replace his erstwhile primary customer; he is finding out the hard way that it is much easier for consumers to replace unreliable commodity suppliers than it is for suppliers to find new markets.  Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Foreign Policy, Jan. 19, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Fascism The engine of fascism does not have a reverse gear. Mr Putin cannot turn back to a reality-based brand of authoritarianism. Expansion is in its nature. It will seek to expand both geographically and into people's private lives. The Economist, July 28, 2022 © 2022 Kwiple.com
Foreign relations In Helsinki, @POTUS agreed to ongoing working level dialogue between the two security council staffs. President Trump asked @Ambjohnbolton to invite President Putin to Washington in the fall and those discussions are already underway. Sarah Sanders, 12:51 PM - 19 Jul 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Freedom There are two options. The first is Anglo-Saxon. I give you the menu, you can choose what you want. The second option is Russian. There is no choice. The chef chooses for you, because he knows better what you want. I suggest the Russian option. Vladislav Surkov, founding father of Putinism, architect of Russia's “sovereign democracy” © 2021 Kwiple.com
Kwiple dictionary basket of deplorables (bas'kit ov di plôr'ə bəls), n. Collective name for Trump's major supporters and allies, including: Julian Assange, fugitive hacker and Russian courier; David Duke, white nationalist and anti-Semite; Newt Gingrich, serial adulterer; Jared Kushner, son-in-law admitted to Harvard after father's $2.5 million gift, to NYU Law School after his $3 million gift; Vladimir Putin, Trump's hardest working volunteer; Jeff Sessions, racist and xenophobe; Paul Singer, vulture capitalist who's made billions off asbestos, cholera and the poor © 2017 Kwiple.com
Ethics There are a lot of killers. You think our country's so innocent? Donald Trump's so-what-so-do-we reply to Bill O'Reilly's statement that Vladimir Putin is a killer © 2017 Kwiple.com
Influencers There are three ways of influencing a person:  blackmail, vodka, or the threat of murder. Vladimir Putin © 2022 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Donald Trump is America's Vladimir Putin © 2016 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Enquiring minds want to know: Is Trump Putin's poodle or Bannon's bitch? © 2017 Kwiple.com
Liars say I'm very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for Democrats. They definitely don't want Trump! Donald Trump, 8:50 AM - 24 Jul 2018, after standing beside Putin in Helsinki as Putin admitted that he ordered Russian interference in the 2016 election to help Trump win, which puts this statement beyond mere lying and deep into the depths of scumbaggery © 2018 Kwiple.com
Liberalism The liberal idea has become obsolete. It has come into conflict with the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population. Vladimir Putin © 2019 Kwiple.com
Lies Lying is the message.   It's not just that both Putin and Trump lie, it is that they lie in the same way and for the same purpose: blatantly, to assert power over truth itself. Mascha Gessen, New York Review of Books, December 13, 2016 © 2020 Kwiple.com
Money in politics There's … there's two people, I think, Putin pays. Putin pays: [California Representative Dana] Rohrabacher and Trump … [laughter]… swear to God. Kevin McCarthy, 2017, now a devout Trumpist  © 2019 Kwiple.com
Nukes Putin has built up their military again and again and again. Their military is much stronger. He's doing nuclear. We're not doing anything. Our nuclear's old and tired and his nuclear is tippy-top from what I hear. Donald Trump © 2017 Kwiple.com
Power Although they have amassed immense power and wealth, Putin and his immediate circle remain intensely resentful of the way in which the Soviet Union, Russia and their own service [the KGB] collapsed in the 1990s — and  great power mixed with great resentment is one of the most dangerous mixtures in both domestic and international politics. Anatol Lieven, Financial Times, March 11, 2022 © 2022 Kwiple.com
Punt returners say May I point out that only one of you is sitting on Putin's lap with his hand up your butt. Stephen Colbert responding to Donald Trump, who said: “Joe Biden is a dummy” © 2019 Kwiple.com
Punt returners say We understand one another. Vladimir Putin,  responding to Joe Biden, who had said, “Mr President, I'm looking in your eyes and you have no soul.” © 2017 Kwiple.com
Republicans say Patriotism is when we release classified intelligence data, methods and sources to the public Treason is when others do it  The Putin Posse — — — — —  Donald Trump, founder and motivator Devin Nunes (CA), memo writer Mike Conaway (TX) Tom Rooney (FL) Rick Crawford (AR) I. Ros-Lehtinen (FL) Trey Gowdy (SC) Elise Stefanik (NY) Will Hurd (TX) Chris Stewart (UT) Peter King (NY) Mike Turner (OH) Frank LoBiondo (NJ) Brad Wenstrup (OH) © 2018 Kwiple.com
Russia The borders of Russia never end. Vladimir Putin, in his role as chairman of the Russian Geographic Society, telling young geographers being honored at a ceremony in 2016, two years before invading Ukraine, the correct answer to the question, Where do Russia's borders end? © 2022 Kwiple.com
The  scandal In 2016, Vladimir Putin's regime mounted information warfare against the United States, in part to help Trump become pres- ident. While this attack was underway, the Trump crew tried to collude covertly with Moscow, sought to set up a secret communications channel with Putin's office, and repeatedly denied in public that this assault was happening, providing cover to the Russian operation. Trump and his lieutenants aligned themselves with and assisted a foreign adversary, as it was attacking the United States. The evidence is rock-solid: They committed a profound act of betrayal. That is the scandal. David Corn, Mother Jones, June 5, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Selfie When he calls me “brilliant,” I'll take the compliment. … If he says great things about me, I'm going to say great things about him. Donald Trump, referring to Vladimir Putin, who described him as “YARKII” (ЯРКИЙ), initially incorrectly translated as “brilliant” but shortly afterwards correctly translated as “shiny” or “bright” or “flamboyant” © 2016 Kwiple.com
Sex He arrived here and immediately ran off to meet with Moscow prostitutes? This is an adult and, moreover, a man who for many years has organised beauty contests. He socialised with the most beautiful women in the world. I can hardly imagine he rushed to the hotel to meet our girls of lower social responsibility – even though they are the best in the world, of course. Vladimir Putin, on allegations concerning Trump's behavior with prostitutes at a hotel in Moscow during a visit for the 2013 Miss Universe pageant © 2017 Kwiple.com
Snapshot You have set an example of moral leadership that has shamed the governments of Western Europe and North America and inspired the peoples of the world. Vladimir Putin portrayed by Scott Lively, leader of Abiding Truth Ministries, evangelcial anti-homosexual activists who promote “kill the gays” laws worldwide, after Russia passed anti-LGBT legislation he and his group advocated for during their fifty-city tour of the country © 2023 Kwiple.com
Snapshot I understand why he has to do this, to prove he's a man. He's afraid of his own weakness. Russia has nothing, no successful politics or economy. All they have is this. Vladimir Putin portrayed by Angela Merkel, who he forced to wait for hours before starting their scheduled meeting, took a long call during it and then unleashed a huge dog next to her, knowing she was afraid of dogs © 2022 Kwiple.com
Snapshot But he's a killer. Vladimir Putin portrayed by Bill O'Reilly responding to Donald Trump's declaration of respect for Putin © 2017 Kwiple.com
Snapshot A wolf circling sheep. Vladimir Putin portrayed by Christopher Steele © 2020 Kwiple.com
Snapshot Well, he does have an 82 perecent approval rating, according to the different pollsters, who, by the way, some of them are based right here. Vladimir Putin portrayed by Donald Trump © 2016 Kwiple.com
Snapshot  I think we see a pretty consistent pattern of him wishing he was a dictator, wishing he could be Putin in America. That’s what's dark to me about it. That's what he really wants. He wants to be a dictator. Donald Trump portrayed by Chris Christie © 2023 Kwiple.com
Snapshot The president has first and foremost his interests at the top of his mind, as opposed to the government's. That's very clear over the past week and a half, between shitting on our NATO allies and kissing Putin's ass. He cares more about himself than the nation and any of us who serve it. Either he's compromised by Putin or he's a pussy, in which case he should grab himself. Donald Trump portrayed by a former CIA analyst quoted by DailyBeast, July 18, 2018, after reports Trump was considering Putin's request to send anti- Putin Americans to Russia for interrogation © 2018 Kwiple.com
Snapshot Trump is basically the propagandist of Putin's dreams, and who knows why  he's  acting  this  way. Maybe he's compromised. Maybe he's an idiot. Donald Trump portrayed by John Oliver © 2017 Kwiple.com
Snapshot Полезная идиома Donald Trump portrayed by Vladimir Putin © 2018 Kwiple.com
Spies There is no such thing as a former KGB man. Vladimir Putin © 2016 Kwiple.com
Spying Hee hee hee hee Vladimir Putin, snickering before verbally responding to a reporter at the Helsinski summit press conference who asked him, “Does the Russian government have any compromising material on president Trump or his family?” © 2018 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say Every leader kills people, including my leader. Every leader kills people, some kill more than others. Leadership requires killing people, sorry, that's why I wouldn't want to be a leader. Leaderdship requires killing people. Tucker Carlson, February 12, 2024, when asked why, during his interview of Putin in Moscow, he didn't ask him hard questions about freedom of speech in Russia or Russia's treatment of Alexei Navalny, who died four days later in the “Polar Wolf” penal colony forty miles north of the Arctic Circle, where he was serving a decades-long sentence for criticizing Putin © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say I haven't seen any evidence that the attempts to interfere in our election infrastructure was to favor a particular political party. Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of Homeland Security, days after Putin said “Yes I did” when asked if he ordered interference in the 2016 presidential election to help Trump win © 2018 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say Now, they’re going and saying, “Vladimir Putin is Adolf Hitler,” as if that isn’t a good thing. Nick Fuentes, February 25, 2022  © 2022 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say People are looking at Putin as one who wrestles bears and drills for oil. They look at our president as one who equivocates and bloviates. Sarah Palin, 2014 [In 2014, Obama wss "our president"] © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say The policies that I represent are the policies that are represented by Mr. Trump. They're represented by Mr. Putin. Marie Le Pen © 2022 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say Putin: big, strong, muscular on a horse. There’s Obama riding a little bicycle with a helmet on. Sean Hannity, 2014 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say Putin won’t lose. He will not lose. He’s not gonna lose. Ron Johnson justifying voting against military aid to Ukraine © 2024 Kwiple.com
< Trumpists say Putin's FANTASTIC counter-offer: He'll turn over the alleged Russian spies, if U.S. turns over: thieving oligarchs, Mueller & Strzok. ("law enforcement officials") Ann Coulter, 8:45 AM - 16 Jul 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say Thank God no one is accusing us any more of interfering in elections in the United States. Now they are blaming Ukraine. Vladimir Putin © 2019 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say You can tell Putin’s on top of his game. One thing he said that, it really rung a bell,  is the propaganda media machiney over here, they sell anything they possibly can to go after Russia, We kept forcing NATO all the way to Eastern Europe, and Putin just got tired of it. He said, “Listen, I do not want missiles on my border from the United States. It’d be like Russia coming to Mexico and putting missiles in Mexico.” I can understand what he’s talking about. Tommy Tuberville, justifying voting against aid for Ukraine by echoing Putin's talking points © 2024 Kwiple.com
Ukraine Biden has been overestimating Putin’s nuclear red lines from the start. As a result, Ukraine is still having to defend itself with one hand behind its back. Edward Luce, Financial Times, December 13, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Ukraine I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, “This is genius.” Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine. Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that's wonderful.  So, Putin is now saying,  “It’s independent,” a large section of Ukraine. I said, “How smart is that?” And he's gonna go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s strongest peace force … We could use that on our southern border. That’s the strongest peace force I've ever seen. There were more army tanks than I've ever seen. They're gonna keep peace all right. No, but think of it. Here’s a guy who's very savvy … I know him very well. Very, very well. Donald Trump, February 22, 2022 © 2022 Kwiple.com
Ukraine Ivan the Terrible. Peter the Great. And Catherine the Great. Sergei Lavrov's response, when asked on the eve of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, who was advising Putin [Russia's great expansionists/imperialists] © 2023 Kwiple.com
Ukraine Putin did not thrust into Ukraine to reconquer this fabled “breadbasket.” The quest was for a certified sphere of predominance from the Caspian to the Baltic Sea. Unopposed for years, he did it because he could, and he could because the West had cashed in its peace dividends after the suicide of the Soviet Union in 1991. The American military in Europe, once at 300,000, had dwindled into 65,000 before Putin pounced.  Germany's 3,000 panzers had shrunk into 360. Opportunity, not acreage, beckoned. Josef Joffe, New York Times Book Review, April 4, 2022, review of Blood and Ruins  by Richard Overy  © 2022 Kwiple.com
 
War The future use of military forces, driven by autonomous systems, weaponized algor-  ithms, and hypersonic weapons, highlights the potential for a more destructive form of warfare in the twenty-first century. However, as the Russians and Chinese have demonstrated over the past decade, if objectives can be achieved without violence, most actors will do so. New ways of using information operations, lawfare, and deniable military and para- military activities offer different pathways to achieve strategic outcomes for state and nonstate actors. Mick Ryan, War Transformed  [2022] © 2022 Kwiple.com