"Speaking to Russian TV in an on-camera interview on Wednesday, Mr Putin said Mr Biden's leadership would be better for Russia because he was a "more experienced person, he is predictable, he is a politician of the old formation"."

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[–] 97 points 2 years ago (3 children)

LOL, what clever reverse psychology Mr. Putin! We will definitely all buy that you want the guy pushing to arm your victims rather than the one who wants to give you a free pass. It's frankly shocking how bad they are at their overt manipulation. Their propaganda videos for conservative westerners are incredibly poorly done, like they have no idea what sort of cultural styles appeal to which segments of the US population.

"‘I’m very conservative and traditional’: meet Teddy Boy Greg, a famous barber living in Moscow, 100% tattooed and 100% in love with Russia."

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago

    Their propaganda videos for conservative westerners are incredibly poorly done

    This is probably on purpose, for the same reason that spam emails are so poorly done and have so many misspellings. They want to get the people who are not attentive to details, because they are easier to manipulate.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Chapotraphouse seems to be buying into it...

    -______-

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I can't remember if they're actually pro-Russia, but I chose an instance that doesn't federate with Hexbear for exactly the reason that I don't have to see their trolling. Reddit was nicer once CTH got banned and Lemmy is much better without Hexbear.

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  • [+] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago

    Weakest reverse psychology attempt ever, yet unfortunately it'll still probably work on a lot of idiots.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago

    “Putin says…”

    How you know a lie is coming…

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago

    3D Uno reverse card.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Who gives a shit what he thinks? Besides Tucker Carlson, of course.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Americans are way too smart to fall for such a ruse... Right guys? Guys?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I wonder if Trump exploded before having this explained to him or if his buddy gave him a heads up to prevent that.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    No, this plays into Trump's campaign messaging. He himself is running on being the "drain the swamp" guy that will be unpredictable and do things differently from other presidents. Putin is just agreeing with that messaging in a roundabout way.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Putain probably thinks he's great at poker too.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Wow, master of indirection here...

    I mean, why would he possibly want Mr. "I'll pull out of NATO" in charge? Ain't nobody buying that.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Watch Republicans switch off their Russian loyalty once they get the news

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    Meanwhile we just find out today that a Russian informant lied about the Biden family’s financial dealings with Burisma, which was entirely what the Republicans built their impeachment case upon.

    Republicans will surely apologize and retract now, right? Right?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Even if it was true it’s the compliment you want your enemies to make because it indicates what your allies care about as well

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    yeah, Trump still be simping for Putin

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    So if MAGA supports Putin and Putin supports Biden, does that mean MAGA supports Biden now? And who knows, maybe even votes for him?

    One can dream.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    So now they can blame Russia no matter who wins.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Trump will be incredibly furious when he finds out.

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