Putin has said that Trump scolded him for "sympathizing" with the current U.S. president and asked him: "do you want Sleepy Joe to win?"
  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    91·
    4 months ago

    Most likely. Getting Trump back into White House would be a big and comparably cheap win for Putler with so many problems.

    • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 months ago

      I’m fully convinced he was betting on Trump getting reelected and Europe turning a blind eye towards Ukraine like in 2013 when starting his genocidal war.

      • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 months ago

        I read some news articles a bit ago that Putin had planned the invasion for 2020 while Trump was still in the white House but it got delayed because of COVID.