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hamsterjill

(15,501 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 03:20 PM Jan 2017

What did Trump say about Putin NOT being afraid of Hillary?

I was driving when I heard it and I wasn't sure that I heard it correctly, but it was something to the effect that Putin wouldn't have been afraid of Hillary...blah blah blah...

What was the context? Did I hear it right?

Sure sounded like a sexist jab to me. Not that a sexist jab coming from Trump-ass would surprise anyone.

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wishstar

(5,485 posts)
1. The leaked report claimed Putin "feared" Hillary which is why Putin preferred Trump
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 04:06 PM
Jan 2017

Per the report, Putin had longstanding grudges against her and feared her as President (as she would not ease sanctions and would stand in his way of doing what he wants to do)

JI7

(90,454 posts)
3. considering how far he went to make sure she doesn't become president
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 04:52 PM
Jan 2017

We know who he is afraid of.

And hillary would have been tougher than Obama on russia .

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
7. As SOS she tried to get E Europe away from dependence on Russian oil....
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 06:14 PM
Jan 2017

Or how Manny et al used to say it "sell fracking to the world" when countries like Poland were moving away from coal.

yardwork

(64,102 posts)
9. We now see why Russian trolls made such a big deal of that.
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 08:51 PM
Jan 2017

Posters who had never given a damn about the environment suddenly cared soooooo much about fracking. Now we know why.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
10. I know well meaning Bernie fans who parroted that line and when I asked what they thought of Poland'
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 09:32 PM
Jan 2017

Current mix of energy resources and what would be better viable solutions way back when HRC was SS and solar was cost prohibitive .... he just turned red and stammered. I said - you're better than this. Stop parroting crap and promote your own candidate or shut up.
He did come around to support - and even like HRC but of course, he knew little of substance about her before she was confirmed as our candidate. He still bitches about her.... husbands policies. Jerk!

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
6. "Does anyone believe Hillary would be tougher on Putin than me?"
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 06:11 PM
Jan 2017

May have a single word wrong - might have referred to himself in the third person again- but I'm sure I'm accurate on this.

hamsterjill

(15,501 posts)
8. Thank you!!! That's what I was looking for.
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 08:48 PM
Jan 2017

Yes, that was the phrase. And it was very sexist the way he said it.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
11. It stood out because Dems accused her of such hawkishness ....
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 09:33 PM
Jan 2017

And it was yet another way where she had to straddle a razor thin line. She could NOT catch a break with those assholes.

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