Responding to the charge that Russian president Vladimir Putin wouldn’t respect her authority as president, Hillary Clinton said that Donald Trump would be a “puppet” for the Russian strongman were he elected president.
“From everything I see has no respect for this person,” Trump said Putin thinks of Clinton, after listing the dangers of a contentious U.S.-Russia relationship in the nuclear era.
“Well, that’s because he’d rather have a puppet as president,” Clinton responded. “It’s pretty clear you won’t admit that the Russians have engaged in cyber attacks against the United States of America, that you encouraged espionage against our people, that you are willing to spout the Putin line.”
“No puppet, no puppet. You’re the puppet. No you’re the puppet,” Trump interjected over Clinton’s answer.
Critics have said Trump has an awfully soft spot for the Russian leader, most recently after he refused to accept the analysis of the intelligence community that Russian-directed hackers were behind email leaks from the Democratic National Committee, Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, and others.
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Ha, ha…the orange Russian sock puppet sure didn’t like being called out by the future president of the United States!
I couldn’t see, was he stamping his little foot behind the podium while he was saying “No, you’re the puppet! You are! And you’re just a girl! Vlad won’t like you cuz you’re a girl! He told me so! While we were in our blanket fort!”
I’m very pleased with myself that I decided to not watch this debate. Just reading the highlights here is infuriating me. Did he really say many of these women, his victims, stories have been debunked? This asshole has no connection to reality. He’s completely detached.
Aw, you missed out! My personal highlight was Dump droning on about heroin and drugs and sniffing through the whole spiel. His greatest projection yet!