trump and putin are not friends. trump knows putin is a murderous tyrant who can be trusted only about as far as he can be thrown, but also that he's a rational actor who can be persuaded into going along with us/western interests if those interests align with russia's/putin's interests. trump's beef with putin is not ideological - he doesn't care what putin does to russians or turdies as long as it doesn't hamper american success. the fact that trump can engage in dialogue with putin instead of resorting to histrionic sabre-rattling is why the left (which has acted as an arm of the russian nkvd/kgb/fsb for over 100 years by now) has to pillory him.
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