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Anyone else remember when Putin threatened to nuke Ukraine or anyone that helped them?
This is just trump imitating his bestie, engaging in saber rattling to cow his enemies. It’s not going to work like he thinks it will
Except unlike Putin, Trump is certifiably insane.
Yeah there's a big difference between savvy / unhinged and sundowning / irrationally incompetent
He's also much much stupider, I don't like Putin one bit but he's not a complete buffoon
Meh. I think we just don't know enough about Putin to certify him.
Most people familiar with Russia and its politics say he's not the evil genius some people make him out to be - just evil, paranoid, delusional...
His regime's biggest "achievement" was to repackage Soviet hybrid war strategies for the internet age.
edit: being more intelligent than Trump isn't something to be proud of
You underestimate V. Putin.
And probably has working nukes.