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They're killing people, breh
How stupid would Trump have to be to listen to Putin claim the "deep state" is against him when he's been ruling the state with an iron fist for 20 years."The president thinks he can be friends with Putin," former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said, according to US officials cited by the Post. "I don't know why, or why he would want to be."
Putin, meanwhile, appears to be playing to Trump's likes and dislikes, often showering the US president with praise and flattery. The Post reported that the Russian leader also often strikes a chord with Trump by focusing on some of his key grievances.
For instance, he and Trump commiserated about how the "fake news" and the "deep state" are working against them, a senior US official told The Post.
"It's not us," Putin reportedly told Trump. "It's the subordinates fighting against our friendship."
Former US intelligence chiefs have suggested the overtures from Putin, who is a former KGB intelligence officer, are part of his effort to recruit Trump as an unwitting Russian asset.
This week's report is the latest indication of Trump's disregard for his staff's advice for him not to publicly express his affinity for Putin through invitations to meet and congratulatory phone calls.
Nevertheless, the two leaders are slated to meet in Helsinki, Finland on July 16 for a highly anticipated summit. This is the second meeting arranged against Trump aides' wishes. and the third time Trump and Putin will meet since Trump took office last year.
Yet he hired him?
That’s pretty fukking bizarre right?
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