Donald Trump. Reuters
Andrew Osborn, Reuters: From Russia with love: why the Kremlin backs Trump
Donald Trump is a brave pro-Putin political maverick who would end U.S. foreign wars and perhaps lift sanctions on Moscow. Hillary Clinton, however, is a warmonger beholden to the military-industrial complex.
Russian state TV, which hews closely to the Kremlin's world view, leaves little doubt about who Moscow supports in November's U.S. presidential election: "The Donald."
Vladimir Putin's spokesman took brief exception this month to a Trump attack video which showed Putin laughing at the prospect of Clinton defending America. But officials and analysts say the Kremlin still sees Trump as the best candidate by a mile.
Putin has hailed Trump as "very talented". The head of the Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee said he'd be a worthy winner of the 2015 "man of the year" title in the United States.
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WNU Editor: Among my family, friends, former colleagues, etc. in Russia .... I would say only 50% (and I am being generous) know who Donald Trump is. They know he is rich .... did the Miss Universe pageant .... and is involved in real estate and casinos. As to his foreign and domestic policies, his ideology, his motivations, his worries and concerns .... not so much. I can say the same thing about the Russian Foreign Office and the Kremlin .... they are ignorant on his policies and goals .... and as to them "supporting" Donald Trump .... their mindset is not even there. But what the Kremlin is looking for is the retirement of President Obama. Relations have collapsed in the past two years (since the Ukraine revolution), and they are looking for a fresh face. And in regards to Hillary Clinton .... they see her as a third President Obama term. If they do have a candidate that they would have preferred .... I would have said it would have been Jeb Bush. But Jeb Bush is not on the ticket .... thankfully.
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Wait for the uproar when Trump gets his Nobel Peace Prize.
A big problem for Jeb is that he supported Amnesty 1st and would give tepid, mealy mouth support for fixing the border.
When McCain and GWB could not get amnesty in 2007, Jeb should have paid attention.
Another problem for Jeb is that he dissed the base and said he would win without it. He looks awfully weak and foolish having said that and then ran so poorly.
The base was excited when Jeb was governor. But what has he done since then? Or before. Did he get that job the same way Chelsea got her NBC gig?
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