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Baitball Blogger

(47,760 posts)
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 05:57 PM 21 hrs ago

I no longer believe Putin is blackmailing Trump. You know why?

Because Trump is the most openly vile, criminally minded person that has ever survived the political world, and that would mean that by now our intelligence agencies would have collected their own information to black mail him with.

Now, wouldn't that be a table turner, if we had white hats on our side that could use that information to blackmail Trump to nullify the blackmail from the other side? And i say that because, releasing the information to the public will do no good since the benchmark to be a malicious evil bastard is so skewed, that there will never be an upswell from the public to do anything about it.

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I no longer believe Putin is blackmailing Trump. You know why? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger 21 hrs ago OP
You can't blackmail someone who has no shame DBoon 21 hrs ago #1
and likewise, supporters with no shame Nimble_Idea 21 hrs ago #2
You cannot blackmail a person who is above the law and morality. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #3
I was thinking the same exact thing! If he has a pee tape then no one cares or Trump will just say it's AI. nt Quixote1818 21 hrs ago #4
He could say I did it Keepthesoulalive 20 hrs ago #5
Yep, I agree. nt Quixote1818 20 hrs ago #6
I've always found the blackmail claims to be highly unlikely. TwilightZone 20 hrs ago #7
I think we're getting fed a lot of horseshit, too. Baitball Blogger 20 hrs ago #8
Trump's been on his death bed for eight years. TwilightZone 20 hrs ago #9
I never thought Putin was blackmailing him. ShazzieB 18 hrs ago #10

Irish_Dem

(56,004 posts)
3. You cannot blackmail a person who is above the law and morality.
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 06:05 PM
21 hrs ago

There is no crime or immoral act which would embarrass Trump or make him face any consequences.

Quixote1818

(30,282 posts)
4. I was thinking the same exact thing! If he has a pee tape then no one cares or Trump will just say it's AI. nt
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 06:05 PM
21 hrs ago

TwilightZone

(28,707 posts)
7. I've always found the blackmail claims to be highly unlikely.
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 06:17 PM
20 hrs ago

For one, someone would have leaked something by now, but..

Trump does what Putin wants anyway, because Trump reveres Putin and wants to be Putin when he grows up.

Putin wouldn't need to lift a finger or have anything on Trump for Trump to do whatever he wants, just by default.

Baitball Blogger

(47,760 posts)
8. I think we're getting fed a lot of horseshit, too.
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 06:23 PM
20 hrs ago

Wasn't it three years ago that it was claimed that Putin had a degenerative disease and he wouldn't make it to three years? Well, we're here. Why is he still a threat to the free world?

TwilightZone

(28,707 posts)
9. Trump's been on his death bed for eight years.
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 06:28 PM
20 hrs ago

Can't argue with you about Putin. I think Putin has (allegedly) had cancer, too.

ShazzieB

(18,510 posts)
10. I never thought Putin was blackmailing him.
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 08:33 PM
18 hrs ago

No need. With Trump, flattery is all it takes.

The Orange Hellbeast is so stupid he doesn't even know he's being played by Putin, Kim, and his other strongman boyfriends. It would be funny if the situation wasn't so dire. 😱

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