Who is Putin's sock puppet?

Follow the money.

..."POSTED ON FEBRUARY 22, 2020 BY JOHN HINDERAKER IN RUSSIA
YOU DON’T NEED A SPY TO KNOW WHICH WAY THE RUSSIAN WIND BLOWS
Over the last few days we have seen news reports alleging that members of the “intelligence community” have delivered briefings to the effect that the Russians are 1) trying to help President Trump in the 2020 election, and 2) trying to help Bernie Sanders in the same election. I don’t take seriously anything that is leaked from the “intelligence community,” but in any event, we don’t need the CIA to tell us where Vladimir Putin stands on American politics.

Donald Trump is anathema to the rulers of Russia. Not only has he armed the Ukrainians, he has re-invigorated NATO by insisting that members take an interest in their own defense; stood up to and badly wounded Russia’s key ally, Iran; overseen an expansion and strengthening of American armed forces; and, most important, encouraged fracking and other development of U.S. oil and gas resources, which has kept down the global price of oil.

This hits Russia where it hurts the most: as one pundit has noted, Russia is essentially a “heavily armed gas station.” Petroleum represents more than 50% of Russia’s total exports, and natural gas is its main geopolitical weapon against Western Europe.

It is blindingly obvious that the Russians would prefer any Democrat to President Trump. All of the Democrats have promised to limit U.S. production of oil and gas, which no doubt sounds like pure insanity to Putin but is music to his ears. Equally important, they all vow to shrink America’s armed forces and never to use them under any foreseeable circumstances. And they all would pursue a soft line toward Iran."...

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This was Trump's plan from the beginning. Drop the oil price and destroy the Russian ability to pay for military. That's the only reason he picked Tillerson. I paid $1.85 yesterday for gas....its working. It makes no sense at all that Putin would want Trump re-elected. On the other had, it would make a lot of sense to put the story out that he is trying to "help" Trump. Bernie says he would ban fracking on day one. That would put Russia on an immediate path to massive wealth. For "critical thinkers", it seems that the left is being willfully ignorant of basic logic.

Pony Soldier wrote: This was Trump's plan from the beginning. Drop the oil price and destroy the Russian ability to pay for military. That's the only reason he picked Tillerson. I paid $1.85 yesterday for gas....its working. It makes no sense at all that Putin would want Trump re-elected. On the other had, it would make a lot of sense to put the story out that he is trying to "help" Trump. Bernie says he would ban fracking on day one. That would put Russia on an immediate path to massive wealth. For "critical thinkers", it seems that the left is being willfully ignorant of basic logic.

This is the common sense the left must understand but refuse to admit for obvious reasons. Nobody left of center on this board will touch that reality because it's a losing argument to deny it.

Evil leader of Russia and interferer of elections, Vladamir Putin, agreed. “In our wildest ambitions, we never would have tried to get a straight out Communist to win the nomination in a major U.S. party,” Putin said. “I don’t know how we’re supposed to interfere and add to that.” Putin hung his head sadly. “It’s like people don’t even need a Russia anymore.”

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