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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago (2 children)

“Please don’t tell anybody you sent these to me,” Putin said to Trump, according to Woodward.

“I don’t care,” Trump replied. “Fine.”

“No, no,” Putin said. “I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me. They don’t care about me.”

That was about some COVID Test Kits Trump sent to his friend, during the pandemic.

They are so considerate one of another. What a wholesome friendship.

This is fucking nuts.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Send him a metric fuck ton of ivermectin

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Putin knows the only way to get Trump to keep his mouth shut is to convince him it will personally affect him.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Tucker and the gang are shocked at this unikely turn of events /s

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

They had multiple meetings when he was in office, some with only the Russian translator present (highly unorthodox to deprive the US state of their translator).

In one meeting outside of those, a US translator was present and took notes as is custom. President Trump ordered the US translator to destroy their notes.

During Trump's time in office it is believed Putin acquired a list of the identities and positions of multiple undercover agents, resulting in some of them being killed, and many having to be recalled.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Get fucked Woodward, you're only in this to sell books. If you had a modicum of integrity you would have been reporting this shit instead of saving it for your book to generate sales.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Scandal fatigue is real. I don't imagine this new revelation will tip the scales much in either direction. This isn't the times of Watergate. Trump and his supporters have neither the shame nor the intelligence to make good use of this info. If Woodward could squeeze a couple more bucks out of his book by timing a release, I'm not going to judge him.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Surely this would have been the line in the sand that would have tipped the scales of public favor. Surely the felonies weren't enough.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

7 feels awfully low.

I have a touch base with my boss at least once every other week.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Bet Trump has a mouse shaker so he doesn't get the yellow thingy on Kremlin Teams.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Donnie is such a needy little bitch.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Logan Act. Treason.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It sounds bad but they were actually just trading recommendations on adult diapers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of an old joke that’s been recycled for like every president.

“So, boxers or briefs,”

“Depends.”

Kinda makes you wonder if that’s why Obama never answered it..,

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Well, yeah. How else are they supposed to have phone sex?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

“So, what are you thinkin’ bout?”