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Why does Putin want Trump to win instead Clinton?

Asked by flo (13313points) July 25th, 2016

Or does he want Clinton to win? Does the fact that the scandal is about the Clinton’s camp not about Trump’s camp mean anything? Is it possible there is no scandalous thing to find about the Trump camp by Wikileaks?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-emails.html?_r=0

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kritiper's avatar

As I see it, Trump would be the best choice for President for any of our enemies, especially Russia. Trump would ultimately would give Putin the perfect excuse to push the nuclear button and blow all of us all to hell.

stanleybmanly's avatar

Now let’s think about it. Why would Putin want a clown in the White House? What possible use might he have for someone who’s openly declared that he’s prepared to throw our Nato obligations in the toilet? Who benefits from the United States as the world’s bad joke?

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

It sounds like a bromance in the works. They are both eccentric billionaires.

NerdyKeith's avatar

Well he’s basically an American equivalent of Putin. So its not surprising at all really.

Jaxk's avatar

This is an obvious distraction. Let’s not talk about the conspiracy to sabotage Bernie but instead talk about the conspiracy to uncover the conspiracy to sabotage Bernie. You’ve got to be a real conspiracy theorist to go for that on.

There is no proof this came from the Russians, that is a line from the DNC. Even if it did, it has nothing to do with Trump. Putin would take any opportunity to embarrass the US, regardless who it was. Obama, Hillary, Trump, doesn’t matter. If Putin had some embarrassing data on any of them he would release it and do so at the most critical time possible.

The DNC wants everyone to talk about what Putin did instead of what the DNC did. That should come as no surprise.

Call_Me_Jay's avatar

There is no proof this came from the Russians, that is a line from the DNC.

Here’s the proof.

It’s been confirmed by two separate security companies.

ibstubro's avatar

Putin is the consummate strategist, and he thinks long term.
An inexperienced opponent with no attention span is a dream for Putin.

Seek's avatar

We don’t need an email hacker to find scandal on Trump. He wears scandal like a badge of honor.

MrGrimm888's avatar

Trump wouldn’t be an advantage to any country. He would most likely pluck the last thread world war was hanging by…

RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

Jesus the whole thing is so fucking scary.

msh's avatar

7/26/16
Extra info that might help.
DNC Hack Prompts Questions About Trump’s Ties to Russia – ABC News http://abcn.ws/2aaza1q

gorillapaws's avatar

I completely agree with @Jaxk (which is unusual in a political thread). From my understanding there is 0 evidence that the State of Russia is involved, and many think it’s an insider that aided in the hack.

stanleybmanly's avatar

@Jaxk is correct. For that matter, it is much more likely that Trump forces engineered the “discovery” or at least paid for information provided by some dedicated hacker.

Espiritus_Corvus's avatar

Because Trump is basically a rich kid with no real street smarts who started out life on a million dollars in front money from his old man. And Putin is a mafioso bulldog who knows he can take this loud mouth poser to the mat.

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