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HerKing · 61-69, M
I think 'liking' isn't the word. There's a military term "Never underestimate your enemy". And when he first came to power, he was seen by the west as a young new face for the 'new' post Soviet Russia. Sure he had been a very capable KGB officer and might have killed/had killed a few people, but let bygones be bygones.
It was a gradual transformation and he took everyone in, shaking hands, smiling in photo ops...Russia was back with the rest of the world at last. It was overlooked he was a thug in a suit..But as the years have gone on and the rest of the world has changes of government and policy he's been one of the lasting figures in world politics.
He was just being patient. He loathes Bill and Hillary Clinton, knew he had little chance of dividing and conquering the EU or NATO unless he had a useful idiot to help him.. He must have thought all his birthdays came at once when Trump said he was standing for nomination. He's set to work, appealed to Trump's grotesque vanity and ego...This must be the easiest mark he ever had in the entire time he was in the KGB, and what a prize! Direct access to arguably the world's only super power and he doesn't really have to do anything other than be nice to Trump.
Like? No..Admire? No..Fear? Oh yes... Greatly.
It was a gradual transformation and he took everyone in, shaking hands, smiling in photo ops...Russia was back with the rest of the world at last. It was overlooked he was a thug in a suit..But as the years have gone on and the rest of the world has changes of government and policy he's been one of the lasting figures in world politics.
He was just being patient. He loathes Bill and Hillary Clinton, knew he had little chance of dividing and conquering the EU or NATO unless he had a useful idiot to help him.. He must have thought all his birthdays came at once when Trump said he was standing for nomination. He's set to work, appealed to Trump's grotesque vanity and ego...This must be the easiest mark he ever had in the entire time he was in the KGB, and what a prize! Direct access to arguably the world's only super power and he doesn't really have to do anything other than be nice to Trump.
Like? No..Admire? No..Fear? Oh yes... Greatly.