I wasn’t fully convinced before that Putin has Trump in his pocket, but after that stunt, I am convinced that he is under Putin’s thumb. Trump and co. could have had marching orders from Putin to do exactly that. Also, this is something that Putin have done and would do, publicly humiliating someone on live TV.
You weren’t convinced yet? Are you blind?
It is too simplistic to say someone is on another’s pocket when it could be attributed to simple ideological kinship (no one had said Mussolini is in Hitler’s pocket, until of course Italy surrendered to the Allies and Mussolini was rescued by Hitler). But with the ridiculous stunt and Trump wanting to normalise relations with Russia, it is becoming obvious.
He’s been sabotaging Ukraine since day one and parroting Russian propaganda lines since day one and Russia has worked hard to get trump and the republicans in office. The writing has been on every single wall for the past 10 years.