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Our community is also divided. Some say: ‘Don’t believe it, nothing will come of this. It’s all a circus — Trump doesn’t make the real decisions, the deep state does’,
said a current Russian diplomat The thaw is good. Tensions with Europe and Ukraine are bad. We need to negotiate with everyone,
said a former Kremlin official Trump is a talented performer and a master strategist. He’s luring us into a long-planned script designed to daze, then weaken and subdue Russia. The intrigues of the U.S., NATO and the EU are part of a coordinated policy. We mustn’t trust them — we must continue pursuing our own interests,
warned another Russian diplomat In my circle, people have mostly swallowed this [believed in real reconciliation]. Everyone is tired of war. They think Putin has won. Trump benefits too — he’s a businessman, he makes deals. Europe hasn’t adapted. Blah blah blah,
said a senior executive at a major state-linked corporation Some of my acquaintances are already quietly dusting off their Visas and Mastercards, hoping that sanctions will be lifted and new opportunities will arise,
said a former high-ranking Russian official in the banking sector [Rapprochement with the U.S.] is an illusion! The only thing worse than an Anglo-Saxon enemy is an Anglo-Saxon friend,
said a former senior government official now working at a state corporation The USA is a friend and ally
Former foreign secretary James Cleverly said Here I am. I know it’s early in the morning to say something like that, but think about that. And if the American people don’t care about that, that Putin might have something on Trump, that he’s an asset, that he’s a plant, that he’s doing the bidding of Vladimir Putin,
he added, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin Straight up, he’s siding with Putin, ... The President of the United States is siding with Vladimir Putin, period. We know, I know, privately, this is just pissing off Senate Republicans especially. But, Jim, Trump’s hold on this party is a thousand times stronger than it was before November."
The former congressman responded ... adding, I just wonder, for your party, what it means for the U.S. president to not just overlap with some Russian talking points on the war, but straight up repeat them, repeat the Russian rationale for the invasion, repeat the Russian framing, repeat the Russian description of the elected Ukrainian president. Straight up, repeat them. What does it mean?"
In a previous segment, CNN host Jim Scuitto asked Walsh Everything he’s done, everything he’s said for 8 or 9 years is exactly what Vladimir Putin would say and want him to do,
The American president right now could be a plant, could be a Russian asset. I mean, think about that."
During a discussion on "CNN This Morning" about Trump criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Walsh argued Indeed, as a share of GDP it looks to be harsher than what the victorious allies imposed on Germany in the Peace of Versailles after World War I, ... To squeeze the war-crippled country for all we can, simply because we can, would be despicable."
The outlet wrote of Trump's proposed deal ... and added The better strategy than beating up Ukraine is making clear to Mr. Putin the arms and pressure he’ll face if the Russian doesn’t wind down the war to accept a durable peace,
We realize that the ruthless men who rule much of the world can’t be ignored. But usually those men aren’t rewarded with a visit to the U.S., as Mr. Trump hinted last week, before they’ve made any compromises,
Any peace Mr. Putin strikes has to be made with all of his legacy of destruction in mind,
Last week Mr. Trump said Ukraine can’t join NATO and must give up much of its territory to Russia—concessions to Mr. Putin with nothing in return,
Putin will be thrilled to have Trump as a negotiating partner
As Unger wrote in his book Buddy, our boy can become president of the USA and we can engineer it
In an email to Trump's lawyer later that year, Sater boasted Russia, Russia, Russia.
When the controversy over his Russian links reached fever pitch in 2019, Trump sought to lampoon what he saw as his critics' obsessiveness by sarcastically parroting
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