Why do Trump and Putin get along so well? | Michael McFaul | TEDxStanford

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  • During his tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Russia under President Obama, Stanford Political Science Professor Michael McFaul lived with death threats against him and his family. Since returning to the U.S., McFaul has been banned from returning to Russia, but at home he is one of the most sought-after observers of what he calls the Trump-Putin “Bromance.” His take on Russia today is both insightful and troubling. But as he says, “Diplomacy is not a popularity contest.”
    Michael McFaul is Professor of Political Science, Director and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Dr. McFaul served for five years in the Obama administration, first as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council at the White House (2009-2012), and then as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014). He has authored several books, including Advancing Democracy Abroad: Why We Should, How We Can and, with Kathryn Stoner, Transition.
    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • @vvmilne2663
    @vvmilne2663 Před 2 lety +41

    Well, in 2022 we now know where this is all going.

    • @courtneyearls2487
      @courtneyearls2487 Před rokem

      I am JUST seeing this video and this is what I've been saying since Russia's invasion in Ukraine. Amazing how I came to this conclusion based on education and keeping up with news and then this randomly comes up today. lol..... definitely sharing with those not listening to me still

  • @bbear753
    @bbear753 Před 2 lety +43

    This video was done 4 years ago. Still rings true in 2022. But is there anyone who is listening?

  • @jameslee5520
    @jameslee5520 Před 2 lety +93

    Now . 4 years later. And after the criminal invasion of Ukraine I still cannot remember a single instance Trump talking about democracy or human rights in a positive way. Not once.

    • @mipiace2504
      @mipiace2504 Před 2 lety

      I can. Russia knew better then to invade Ukraine under Trump. They waited for a weak DNC candidate. Hillary would have been fine, she illegally funded Russia Gate (see Durham report) or Joe Biden, the man who has dubious ties to taking bribes from Russia.

    • @patricelauverjon3177
      @patricelauverjon3177 Před 2 lety +2

      From a scientific modern point of view a functional ruling of the world can take place mainly with labs or IT perspectives. The touchy aspect is the Humanist side since the follow science concept is not working. To try to absorb Religions has been kind of successful for a quite a few decades put appear to be losing ground while the inclusion of Islam within logistics is only working in a chaotic environment. The globally Freudian orientated Psychology finds it hard to cope with an increasing Jungian approach. The promotion of manufactured philosohy is generating allergy reactions. The NW0 is facing a lot of confusion as what happens is more space orientated than sticking on the ground. The idea to use toilets as a last resort is going down the drain and extending swampy aspects of Politics. Replacing Humans by robots is a huge task. Anyway: one step at a time!

    • @wickedfisher6451
      @wickedfisher6451 Před 2 lety +1

      @@patricelauverjon3177 I would like to share a few of your words from here, giving proper credit of course.

    • @normagrimstad8869
      @normagrimstad8869 Před 2 lety +11

      And I can’t think of one time when Trump spoke negatively about Putin. Maybe a handful of comments about events, but no direct comments about Putin himself. And this is in stark contrast to his bullying, demeaning or outright threatening comments about almost everyone else.

    • @dorisaffissio1649
      @dorisaffissio1649 Před 2 lety

      @@wickedfisher6451 Which words did you share? May I share them too?

  • @dorisaffissio1649
    @dorisaffissio1649 Před 2 lety +16

    True, he doesn't speak about democracy or human rights but I never heard him talk about gun control or rights to abortion, what kind of a Republican is that? All he really talks about is himself and a a a little about the wall.

    • @jhayashi177
      @jhayashi177 Před 2 lety +1

      "He" meaning Trump?

    • @dorisaffissio1649
      @dorisaffissio1649 Před 2 lety

      @@jhayashi177 Yes

    • @marka6132
      @marka6132 Před 2 lety

      rightb he was about doing it and not blabing about it. the dems are exactly the opposite unless it involves them getting more power or abortion

    • @dorisaffissio1649
      @dorisaffissio1649 Před 2 lety +2

      @@marka6132 He Cares about democracy, human rights? Is that what January 6th was about, democracy? By the way, did he file his taxes by April 15th? Is he still being audited since 2015. Dems WANT more abortion? That is sick!

    • @meganmcdonald5229
      @meganmcdonald5229 Před 2 lety

      And bleach

  • @roccofranzino4069
    @roccofranzino4069 Před 2 lety +3

    Trump & Putin are still coordinating.

  • @JosefSamuel
    @JosefSamuel Před 2 lety +12

    Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer

    • @fob1xxl
      @fob1xxl Před 2 lety

      .......and "Leave the gun and take the Cannoli" !

    • @cosmosofinfinity
      @cosmosofinfinity Před 10 měsíci

      Trump was the absolute king of personally appointing people who he would soon after declare as his enemies, the stable genius has a rock solid track record on that

  • @Darqice
    @Darqice Před 2 lety +81

    This speech is still on point in March 2022 during Russian invasion of Ukraine!

    • @rwed13
      @rwed13 Před 2 lety

      more hits than misses. that "we don't attack civilians" was said w smugness not suited for 2022

    • @ralphthestrider4329
      @ralphthestrider4329 Před 2 lety +5

      Yep, pretty epic lies! I think he even believes them himself. Personally I'd see him fired from his professoriate due to his extreme bias. Science researchers and teachers should be apolitical. Especially those who seek neutral knowledge within the social sciences. He obviously isn't, though. Which means you can't trust a word he says, and much less his "science."

    • @douglasreagan4979
      @douglasreagan4979 Před 2 lety +4

      Putin did not invade anyone while Trump was president, thats just a fact. He does it now because he can.

    • @scottgarriott3884
      @scottgarriott3884 Před 2 lety +6

      @@ralphthestrider4329 Uh, since when is this guy a science researcher? maybe you commented on the wrong video? Or maybe you confuse "political science" with natural science... And you think a highly educated and experienced expert mustn't have opinions or they are biased? Very strange. If searching out truth and harnessing experience doesn't lead us to any conclusions then what is the point of education - to merely memorize dates and place names? Everything that has come about since Trump was finally dumped, both in the US and Europe plainly shows us how disastrous Trump was and how flirting with Putin was a scandalous shame.

    • @rrmin36
      @rrmin36 Před 2 lety +1

      LOL... Ridiculous. You all need to start judging actions and not words... Now that we know the Russia dossier was concocted by the DNC, and judging Trumps actions against Russia compared to Bidens... Anyone still on the Trump hate train have question why they are fooled into NPC-dom...

  • @leftofleftdebi8123
    @leftofleftdebi8123 Před 2 lety +50

    If I didn't know this TED talk was from 2017, I would easily think it was from today's news. We have had plenty of notice.

    • @frederickhartray9701
      @frederickhartray9701 Před 2 lety +1

      Were it from today's news we would see that Obama, Hillary and Biden are the modern equivalent of L B Johnson. Warmongers, with no real plan. Johnson was so terrible that Nixon got elected. Obama for whom I voted ended up being worse than Bush, Chomsky even said so, and Trump got elected.

    • @deanwalker6262
      @deanwalker6262 Před 2 lety +3

      @@frederickhartray9701 Thank you for your skewed interpretation of reality. I salute you, it takes guts 😃

    • @potpu
      @potpu Před 2 lety +1

      @@frederickhartray9701 wow dude, yes, teach us how to ignore reality because it's f'd up.

    • @frederickhartray9701
      @frederickhartray9701 Před 2 lety

      @@deanwalker6262 It is a view shared by most people outside the US.Look up the talk by Mearshimer on why leaders lie.

    • @frederickhartray9701
      @frederickhartray9701 Před 2 lety

      @@elizasmith1229 Obama and Bush killed over a million people between them and are not going to prison. While I am not a fan of Trump, and did vote for Obama, Trump certainly has harmed fewer people than the war criminal with the peace prize, who restarted the cold war.

  • @thomasburgi7862
    @thomasburgi7862 Před 2 lety +52

    would be nice to hear his thoughts now after what happens in ukrain

    • @jennifermoffitt7294
      @jennifermoffitt7294 Před 2 lety

      Just go on twitter. He puts his foot in his mouth all the time. Do you still believe Trump colluded w Russia or realize it was a hoax as were all of the hoaxes during the Trump years?

    • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869
      @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 Před 2 lety

      After Resident Biden allowed Ukraine and President Trump made it an impossibility while he was in office

    • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869
      @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 Před 2 lety

      @@jimbell3242 Putin was waiting for Trump to get out the Oval Office.
      Russia needed higher petroleum prices to resume the invasion.

    • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869
      @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jimbell3242
      1. Trump would have put a skylight in the Kremlin if Pootski tried this on his watch
      2. A rising tide raises all ships. President Trump had America, mostly off the international petroleum market. This was why petroleum prices skyrocketed over the last year. We are running 600 wells short in domestic petroleum production. This is why the prices are so high. Russian belligerence can be gauged by petroleum prices.

    • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869
      @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jimbell3242 Trump was a big fan of drone strikes. He wouldn’t wait for NATO. Patience wasn’t his strongest suit.

  • @chrissnape9537
    @chrissnape9537 Před 2 lety +33

    Anytime I see your face on TV, I listen. I am Canadian, and I believe you speak the truth

    • @bobhedley8380
      @bobhedley8380 Před 2 lety

      This guy is a kook. Putin didn’t invade Ukraine when Trump was President. He waited until a Putz like Biden was President. He watched Biden screw up Afghanistan leaving billions

    • @bobhedley8380
      @bobhedley8380 Před 2 lety

      Of dollars in military equipment and abandoning thousands of Allie’s and even causing American deaths. Biden gave away much in treaties to Russia.
      Quite obviously Putin sees Biden as a weakling bordering on senile.

    • @mipiace2504
      @mipiace2504 Před 2 lety

      Extensive investigations have debunked the fundamentals of his talk. He is spreading disinformation. The bipartisan investigations have been conducted. The investigations have resulted in fines and criminal indictments against the Hillary campaign and the DNC

    • @rinkichamkar
      @rinkichamkar Před 2 lety

      Yep, Canadians do love Truth for sure. That is why Canadians boast about the superiority of their healthcare system while their entire population is less than California even though Canada is about 2.5 times the size of the United States. And yeah, wwhat's up with 90% of Canada''s population living with 100 miles of the United States border. Could the United States be - gasp - funding Canada's socialist programs so that they can keep electing Boy Prime Ministers like Trudeau ??

    • @victoriameyers5870
      @victoriameyers5870 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes, McFaul does speak the truth.

  • @MarkGast
    @MarkGast Před 4 lety +117

    Why do Trump and Putin get along so well? Because they are both autocrats. One knows what he is doing and the other doesn't.

    • @mannydib
      @mannydib Před 4 lety +13

      he admires and wants to be an autocrat

    • @Sbannmarie
      @Sbannmarie Před 2 lety +3

      Yep!

    • @jamesamelia2812
      @jamesamelia2812 Před 2 lety +6

      Trump doesn"t murder innocent people.

    • @glhmedic
      @glhmedic Před 2 lety

      @@sailorouranus6656 lol

    • @bolandwoodworking8467
      @bolandwoodworking8467 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jamesamelia2812 I seem to recall 400k died from a virus that could have been contained. They were innocent.

  • @anythinginteresting101

    "They act like two legends cannot co-exist" - J. Cole

  • @williammillar8244
    @williammillar8244 Před 2 lety +18

    they can use each other to get what they can not get on their own

  • @jamesof07
    @jamesof07 Před 2 lety +6

    Birds of a feather flock together.

  • @Twannes
    @Twannes Před 2 lety +2

    4:40…😂😂😂😂 we all know how that went😂😂😂

  • @martymcfly5423
    @martymcfly5423 Před 4 lety +29

    Who paid this guy for this ridiculous propaganda??

  • @tontastoner6115
    @tontastoner6115 Před 2 lety +4

    Two of a kind!!

  • @greyareaRK1
    @greyareaRK1 Před 4 lety +17

    Russian trolls very active on this page.

  • @johnwoelfel7326
    @johnwoelfel7326 Před 2 lety +2

    Two birds of the same feather...

  • @kenkroehler2426
    @kenkroehler2426 Před 2 lety +3

    That's a very good question.

  • @autumnhomer9786
    @autumnhomer9786 Před 4 lety +46

    2019:-Can you please do a Part 2?

    • @perdendosi123
      @perdendosi123 Před 4 lety +7

      There will be no part 2 because the allegations evaporated for good!
      Greetings from a Russian troll and a member of the Russian intelligence service elite!
      😂

    • @autumnhomer9786
      @autumnhomer9786 Před 4 lety +1

      Inkognitoleg Lol funny joke. I doubt a member of the Russian intelligence service would respond to such a comment.

    • @perdendosi123
      @perdendosi123 Před 4 lety +2

      Autumn clarke I confess I meddled into the elections!
      All elections!😂

  • @samuelfitzpatrick2003
    @samuelfitzpatrick2003 Před 4 lety +32

    This hasn't aged well.

  • @reginanoeth4520
    @reginanoeth4520 Před 2 lety +1

    We shoudda listened!

  • @craigmak
    @craigmak Před 2 lety +62

    Wow, this man is Nostradamus now. All 100% obvious facts now days.

    • @ralphthestrider4329
      @ralphthestrider4329 Před 2 lety +3

      True facts, even. I mean, nothing that actually corresponds to, you know, _reality,_ but close enough amirite? I mean, he's a professor, so everything he says is, like, _science,_ right?

    • @spain1998
      @spain1998 Před 2 lety +3

      After 4 years of investigations,Trump was exonerated completely.

    • @DennisHicks78749
      @DennisHicks78749 Před 2 lety +2

      He was exonerated politically by his political supporters. I mean, c’mon, the Dems are flawed too, but do you really think tfg’s poop smells good? You will be a good little consumer of propaganda, right up until “they” come for you.

    • @ralphthestrider4329
      @ralphthestrider4329 Před 2 lety +1

      @@DennisHicks78749 By the Dems. Or did they somehow magically become able to prosecute him? Oh, I guess not! So what does that mean, do you think? It's not the smell of a guys poop that indicates guilt, dude. I bet your poop smells too.

    • @nightmare-lw9sp
      @nightmare-lw9sp Před rokem

      HAHHAHAHHAAHA

  • @winkieblink7625
    @winkieblink7625 Před 2 lety +21

    Trump doesn’t think grand strategy. HE THINKS GRAND TRUMP. America has hopes to indict Trump in 2022. 3-3-22

    • @JimBob-wy7tl
      @JimBob-wy7tl Před 2 lety

      LOL...no America doesnt. Only those that suffer from cognitive dissonance hope to, just as they have been hoping to for the past 5 years...yet always coming up really short and belly up.

    • @jamesamelia2812
      @jamesamelia2812 Před 2 lety

      Good luck with that! Trump 2024

  • @null5245
    @null5245 Před 4 lety +19

    So many bot-hurt Russians

    • @lucasgrey9794
      @lucasgrey9794 Před 4 lety

      Considering the horrifying stuff the U.S. has done to countries in Latin America, they are in no position to lecture anyone else. Crimea is 99% RUSSIAN. It was NOT "annexed", it was re-unified the same way East Germany was re-unified with West Germany.

    • @null5245
      @null5245 Před 4 lety +2

      @@lucasgrey9794 No it was not the same and I found that argument frankly very laughable if it wasn't ill willed. If you wanna pull out a list of horrifying stuff done by Russia I bet my monitor won't fit even if I rotate it 90 degrees. And just because Crimea has a high racial composition of Russian ethnic people doesn't give it an excuse for Putin to invade. By that logic of yours, China can invade many countries in the world today because there is Chinese people everywhere. Basically what you said is equivalent of saying that China can invade Singapore because it is mostly Chinese. Thanks for the Koolaid but I ain't buying it. And last time I checked, I don't remember Western Germany rolled in tanks into East Germany for unification.

  • @anythinginteresting101
    @anythinginteresting101 Před rokem +1

    He avoided Mentioning Libya like a plaque... Yes, foreign policy indeed.

  • @dawnburns880
    @dawnburns880 Před rokem

    like Michael McFaul. only heard this old talk and now, and would like to hear him again in2022. he's good

  • @shepherdsknoll
    @shepherdsknoll Před 2 lety +24

    I’m not a conspiracist but there seems to be more than a bromance going on. There is a direct connection and I’m surprised it hasn’t come to light yet.

    • @dorrenes.missdthetruthtell5342
      @dorrenes.missdthetruthtell5342 Před 2 lety

      TRump's first wife's father was living within USSR's boundaries: he was working within KGB equivalent satellite. Ivanka's father began 'grooming' tRump for spy to Russia.

    • @georgec7899
      @georgec7899 Před 2 lety +2

      Trump and the Ladies of the STREET

    • @carrolbrooks2143
      @carrolbrooks2143 Před 2 lety

      @@georgec7899 Kamala did what ...oh.. Never Mind!?!? LOL

    • @jamieooh
      @jamieooh Před 2 lety

      lol

  • @danielmelby4100
    @danielmelby4100 Před 4 lety +11

    Michael McFaul on Ted Talks about Russia? LMAO. What, Adam Schiff wasn't available? Rachel Maddow too busy? What a joke.

    • @boogysattva
      @boogysattva Před 4 lety

      Whoah, what a coward and traitor you are. It's not partisan, you are.

  • @sds6303
    @sds6303 Před 2 lety +20

    Because they're both malignant narcissists. That's why they get along so well. Both deeply insecure, fragile egos, no empathy, no regard for human life, etc.

  • @Philjj61
    @Philjj61 Před 2 lety +5

    A psychopath will look very very good until you go against them, then they will continue interactions until they drain your well dry. The plan will be well in place before you met, in fact that's usually why you get together. They have a personal plan and they cannot deal with emotions outside of that so they change the outside. The perks of power.

    • @victoriameyers5870
      @victoriameyers5870 Před 2 lety +3

      You're so right. Having Trump as President of the US is like having John Wayne Gary as our Commander in Chief. Not a very good thing.

  • @Salvino110
    @Salvino110 Před 2 lety +23

    How interesting that Donald Trump feels most comfortable with autocrats, liars and bullies.

  • @cynthiaracicot6502
    @cynthiaracicot6502 Před 2 lety +8

    I See him in orange and sometimes orange and red. Threat to democracy.

    • @1life857
      @1life857 Před 2 lety +5

      YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRUMP, RIGHT?

    • @ralphthestrider4329
      @ralphthestrider4329 Před 2 lety +2

      Are you a Manchurian candidate or something? Does the colours trigger something in you that we should know about?

  • @darrickmalloy6909
    @darrickmalloy6909 Před rokem

    Here here!

  • @joedyer1785
    @joedyer1785 Před 2 lety

    Thanks

  • @jerryhendricks3074
    @jerryhendricks3074 Před rokem +3

    This guy has been in the swamp so long he believes himself get with the times.

    • @paulschneeman1476
      @paulschneeman1476 Před rokem

      Now lets talk about how career politician(s) shamelessly took advantage of POTUS and his administration. Including director of FBI, Speaker, former President(s) or first lady's, Warren, Cheney, and other revengeful witches with a capital 'B'.

  • @niapaulino3310
    @niapaulino3310 Před 2 lety +23

    And this was from 4yrs ago and still accurate!

  • @micknamens8659
    @micknamens8659 Před 4 lety +23

    A common way to make a person susceptible for blackmail is to send him a bunch of hot bunnies without any taboos for free after some champagne in a luxury hotel.

    • @1life857
      @1life857 Před 2 lety +4

      EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED!

    • @doroparker1702
      @doroparker1702 Před 2 lety +1

      This is the reason why male politicians do not want women in politic positions.
      Not possible to blackmail them so easy.
      This is why Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell got away with their child abuse for 25 years.
      All the other rich guys, politicians and powerful people were doing the same and they all were on tape.

    • @henrimatisse7481
      @henrimatisse7481 Před 2 lety +1

      Or have said person on the hook for a lot debt

    • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869
      @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 Před 2 lety

      @@1life857 THATS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE INDOCTRINATED TO BELIEVE HAPPENED…

    • @dorisaffissio1649
      @dorisaffissio1649 Před 2 lety

      @@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 Personally I don't believe the Donald would care, he would be proud to have several prostitutes in the room. That was a welcome distraction from his financial dealings

  • @1Madbuyer
    @1Madbuyer Před 2 lety +4

    No bias here? Lol

  • @Drew-eo2oj
    @Drew-eo2oj Před 2 lety +27

    All that talk of Putin playing Trump like a fiddle was spot on. Trump did more to divide Americans, weaken NATO, and condone Putin's action , than Vlad could have ever imagined. THANK GOODNESS Trump was ditched.

    • @RobBCactive
      @RobBCactive Před 2 lety +2

      You meant Vladolf Putin!

    • @vvmilne2663
      @vvmilne2663 Před 2 lety +3

      But will he stay ditched? I don't understand how we could allow a criminal to run for office as he may plan to do in 2024.

    • @jennifermoffitt7294
      @jennifermoffitt7294 Před 2 lety +1

      It's amazing people can think like this being in 2022.

    • @jennifermoffitt7294
      @jennifermoffitt7294 Před 2 lety +1

      @@vvmilne2663 Biden not a criminal though? Lol

    • @lytch458
      @lytch458 Před 2 lety +4

      Correct. Biden is not a criminal.

  • @denispercell1288
    @denispercell1288 Před 2 lety +3

    This didn’t age well.

  • @Johnconno
    @Johnconno Před rokem

    A mutual worship of shiny things. 🔥

  • @Mr.Firebrand
    @Mr.Firebrand Před 2 lety +1

    Well....this aged like Wine

  • @tkonzl6059
    @tkonzl6059 Před 2 lety +20

    It's no longer a mystery - they're cut from the same cloth and have the same goals and aspirations.

    • @pfwww12
      @pfwww12 Před 2 lety +1

      Totally right!! Any sane. Practical. Sensible. Frankly speaking person gets this. Its so sad how the majority can easily be persuaded by smoke and mirrors. SAme goals and aspirations!!!!

  • @lindazak2301
    @lindazak2301 Před 2 lety +36

    His conclusion sounds almost naive, today. This was from 4 years ago, when we still thought that, just maybe, trump could be reined in by his advisers.

    • @alungriffiths8611
      @alungriffiths8611 Před 2 lety +1

      Don’t forget he was part of the old system! There are big changes happening for the benefit of humanity. Things are happening just as they should.

    • @hmmcinerney
      @hmmcinerney Před 2 lety +8

      @@alungriffiths8611 Something tells your vision of the future is horrifying. Putin is bombing maternity hospitals

    • @nicknewtonwilliams4777
      @nicknewtonwilliams4777 Před 2 lety

      Utter rubbish Comrade

    • @ralphthestrider4329
      @ralphthestrider4329 Před 2 lety

      @@alungriffiths8611 So Biden setting up white-washing of billions in Ukraine energy company Burisma with his son as proxy, and the deep state setting up secret American bio-labs there at the same time, it was all for the "benefit of humanity"? How is the death of thousands of regular Ukrainians and Russians to the benefit of humanity exactly?

    • @jennifermoffitt7294
      @jennifermoffitt7294 Před 2 lety +1

      right b/c his advisers knew best...

  • @JustABill02
    @JustABill02 Před 4 lety +13

    Why does Trump like Putin? This ones easy, Trump is a counter-puncher and a flatterer. By and large, if you don't mess with Trump, he won't mess with you. That and flattery costs Trump next to nothing...

    • @samreynolds3789
      @samreynolds3789 Před 2 lety

      NOPE ! FLATTER Narcissist /Psychopath /LIAR DONNY & GET what you need !

  • @pablomerel971
    @pablomerel971 Před 2 lety +3

    This is funny 🤣

  • @harrywis2795
    @harrywis2795 Před 2 lety +3

    evidence?????????????????

  • @SmilingIbis
    @SmilingIbis Před 4 lety +38

    Putin is the substitute alpha-male father figure that The Donald has been missing since his own dad died. Putin strokes Trump's fragile ego and Trump eats out of his hand.

  • @ryanblubaugh4868
    @ryanblubaugh4868 Před 2 lety +1

    Seriously what a waste of time , counterproductive, and redundant.

  • @FunnyGuyTimmy
    @FunnyGuyTimmy Před 4 lety +7

    This guys sounds angry and seems to be yelling at the audience.

  • @potpu
    @potpu Před 2 lety +10

    This was so on point, dang.

  • @BradMillsXRP
    @BradMillsXRP Před 4 lety +15

    This guy works for MSNBC

    • @jakke1975
      @jakke1975 Před 4 lety +3

      Ahhh... so he's the clickbait guy

    • @moonmunster
      @moonmunster Před 4 lety

      That's what he said. MSNBC is a godsend against the fake FoxNews.

    • @jalderink
      @jalderink Před 4 lety

      And you work for Putin, Brad.

    • @jennifermoffitt7294
      @jennifermoffitt7294 Před 2 lety

      @@jalderink Yeah everyone who doesn't think like you do works for Putin. lol

  • @BillyJr68
    @BillyJr68 Před rokem

    Wow.

  • @seanmcdonough8815
    @seanmcdonough8815 Před 2 lety

    Jeez makes a lot of sense today

  • @earthjustice01
    @earthjustice01 Před 4 lety +12

    "They're having a moderating positive influence on Trump across the board.." You think?

  • @Opa-Leo
    @Opa-Leo Před 2 lety +12

    Mistake, Turkey annexed the North part of Cyprus in 1974. So, Ukraine anexations are not the first in Europe since 1945.

    • @dorisaffissio1649
      @dorisaffissio1649 Před 2 lety +2

      Just a talking history ? Part of Cyprus is not quite the same as the massacre in Ukraine. The first was about religious differences, this one is strictly about power, like Georgia, Chechnya, Crimea and all of Ukraine. Go Finland and Sweden!

    • @kindnessfirst9670
      @kindnessfirst9670 Před rokem

      If Turkey annexed Cyprus (or part of it) wouldn't Cyprus (or part of it) be part of Turkey now?

  • @williammillar8244
    @williammillar8244 Před 2 lety

    what was the motion that caused the commotion we dont mention surely someone knows?

  • @cynthiaracicot6502
    @cynthiaracicot6502 Před 2 lety +3

    It’s the wealth!! Money, money and money.
    First oversea trip is Saudi Arabia. Money. He sees the wealth of autocrats.

    • @aquelpibe
      @aquelpibe Před 2 lety

      The wealth and the unbridled power. Putin and MBS imprison and murder people who upset them with no consequences. Trump wouldn´t like anything better that to lock Hillary up, together with the "enemy of the people" free press, and the assorted "traitors" who refuse to toe the line.

  • @RBuckminsterFuller
    @RBuckminsterFuller Před 4 lety +32

    Interesting how this video is doing the rounds in extreme right conspiracy circles. None of what this man asserts was untrue then and it's shown itself to be even more true since.

    • @ralphthestrider4329
      @ralphthestrider4329 Před 2 lety

      Interesting how this video attracts so many liars from the extreme left agitprop circles. You realize Trump is actually the worker's only real representative in the USA?

    • @1brenmaster
      @1brenmaster Před 2 lety +4

      I'd take a look at this again now that all the Trump histeria is over

    • @rinkichamkar
      @rinkichamkar Před 2 lety

      Oh you mean like when Trump asked Europe in 2917 - as to why they are buying $1 billion worth of oil/gas every DAY from Russia while the very purpose of NATO was to be one of wary suspicion .... And Europe scrambles to impose energy sanctions in 2022, exactly 5 YEARS after Trump predicted this ? Leftists are some of the most pathetic lemmings.

    • @lukethedrifter4622
      @lukethedrifter4622 Před rokem

      Watching mainstream media you would miss the fact that the Russian collusion stuff was propaganda made up by the DNC to help Hillary win. Igor Danchenko was charged with lying to the FBI and Clinton's campaign manager admitted in court that It was all false but Hillary still okayed leaking the lie to the press. The media ran with in and are still clearly beating that dead horse and you all are still eating it all up. TDS is clearly real!

  • @joem551
    @joem551 Před rokem

    Can't you people get over all these lies!

  • @katme8055
    @katme8055 Před rokem

    Crazy attracts crazy

  • @BAFREMAUXSOORMALLY
    @BAFREMAUXSOORMALLY Před 4 lety +3

    Your SOVEREIGNTY! Let me laugh!

  • @jaludwick
    @jaludwick Před 2 lety +4

    How's Biden doing? Missing Trump now?

    • @deancj1
      @deancj1 Před 2 lety +1

      No, not one but.

    • @lmaoooo8764
      @lmaoooo8764 Před 2 lety +1

      Nope not really he doesn’t give me anxiety like trump does and his cult

    • @selfdefender780
      @selfdefender780 Před rokem

      @@lmaoooo8764 - Your feelings are important. Trump is bad and you should be triggered, because you were instructed to be so.

    • @selfdefender780
      @selfdefender780 Před rokem

      @@deancj1 - No one will restrict your praises for Biden's successful administration. Please, praise the successes that has superseded and diminished the Trump administration.

  • @greggoreo6738
    @greggoreo6738 Před 2 lety

    Notice...and I say this WITHOUT CRITICISM or Malice: Notice? Freudian slips, in his opening remarks: 45 is called Vladimar and
    Vlad, and Vladimiro is referred is as Donny-O! P.s.
    I Iove this lecturer and lecture! Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca

  • @suevelez3309
    @suevelez3309 Před rokem

    Haven’t you heard the saying,Keep your Friends close But keep your Enimies Closer…

    • @nightmare-lw9sp
      @nightmare-lw9sp Před rokem

      why are you thinking that RUSSIA is an enemy? it's too primitive in 21 century to think like this!!

  • @mrzoinky5999
    @mrzoinky5999 Před 2 lety +22

    Follow the money - Eric Trump said they get all their financing from Russia, and by Russia they ultimately mean Pootin.

  • @Yotun-of-the-WWW
    @Yotun-of-the-WWW Před 4 lety +21

    This man is far from honest.

  • @giselapfeifer4666
    @giselapfeifer4666 Před 8 měsíci

    They are both speaking the same language.. The differece is that President Putin is respecting international law and Mr Trump believes the law makes no difference - instead 'the bully wins'..

  • @ssebitaabawamala6861
    @ssebitaabawamala6861 Před 4 lety

    Do they?

  • @ivorytower99
    @ivorytower99 Před 2 lety +6

    *Why do Trump and Putin get along so well?* Why?! Because they are working in tandem !

    • @aquelpibe
      @aquelpibe Před 2 lety

      And there is only one leader in that tandem. One boss and one subordinate.

  • @pfwww12
    @pfwww12 Před 2 lety +24

    I have talked about this time and time and to find out professionals have been tracking this for years now is confirmation for me. Trump wanted this.

    • @frederickhartray9701
      @frederickhartray9701 Před 2 lety +2

      Not much of what mcFaul said is true, nor intelligent. We now see what happened with a Military Industrial Complex puppet in power.

    • @potpu
      @potpu Před 2 lety +6

      @@frederickhartray9701 not sure what you are referring to but I smell incoming conspiracy theory

    • @frederickhartray9701
      @frederickhartray9701 Před 2 lety +6

      @@potpu No conspiracy theory. I am just questioning a long list of McFaul's unsubstantiated assertions. In grade school. Were I to have written something with no resources I would have failed at my Prep School. I am assuming you never went to Prep school or wrote a thesis of any kind. The conspiracy theory is everything McFaul says. Virtually all the other Frontline episodes are the same.

    • @potpu
      @potpu Před 2 lety +6

      @@frederickhartray9701 your assumptions are incorrect, but I'm interested in which statements you deem unsubstantiated, as you are simply giving a blanket statement with no proof.

    • @edwardkay3193
      @edwardkay3193 Před 2 lety +7

      @@frederickhartray9701 Correct. Hard to believe this joker was an ambassador. This is campaign talk.

  • @danmiller6462
    @danmiller6462 Před 2 lety +1

    The Russians recorded Trump in Tinklegate.

  • @funlovenboy
    @funlovenboy Před 3 lety +1

    Apparently they’ll let anyone have a red talk

    • @jamweslay5298
      @jamweslay5298 Před 3 lety +1

      Apparently they’ll let anyone make a comment here. Why did you misspell ted lol.

    • @Myster36
      @Myster36 Před 2 lety

      @@jamweslay5298 T is next to R, don't let your stupidity get in the way of a zingy comment

  • @hokerobertson7920
    @hokerobertson7920 Před 2 lety +10

    Trump and Putin gets along so well because Trump works for Putin.

    • @jennifermoffitt7294
      @jennifermoffitt7294 Před 2 lety

      Really? So Russia, Russia still huh? Damn CNN and Maddow got you good.

    • @hydrogenbombb
      @hydrogenbombb Před 2 lety

      @@jennifermoffitt7294 Give up Jennifer, the TDS is strong in this forum.

    • @andyp91
      @andyp91 Před rokem

      @@jennifermoffitt7294 let's soften it and say that Russia is very happy with Trump's proposed policies and the reason is because Trump gets a lot of money for his businesses from Russia

    • @selfdefender780
      @selfdefender780 Před rokem

      @@andyp91 - Did you know that Trump threatened to bomb Moscow if Putin invaded Ukraine? Did you know that Trump placed more sanctions on Russia than any other President?

  • @sandramackie8311
    @sandramackie8311 Před 2 lety +8

    Donald Trump repeatedly supported Putin both before he was elected and throughout his Presidency. He admired both him and his form of autocracy.

    • @aquelpibe
      @aquelpibe Před 2 lety +2

      Putin is the ruthless autocrat that Trump would like to be. He looks up to him. That is very clear from his words and his body language when they are together.

    • @rinkichamkar
      @rinkichamkar Před 2 lety

      ... And that is why Putin waited till Trump got OUT of the White House before attacking Ukraine ? Try something called THINKING. It's gone out of style for the Democrat Party but it's helpful for, you know, facing reality.

  • @cwaloszczyk2650
    @cwaloszczyk2650 Před 2 lety

    Just yep.

  • @BillBadMule123
    @BillBadMule123 Před 4 lety +3

    Putin has Pee Pee Tapes of Trump ? we all know that LOL

    • @TheChristianRight09
      @TheChristianRight09 Před 4 lety

      You are joking right??

    • @BillBadMule123
      @BillBadMule123 Před 4 lety

      @@TheChristianRight09 that's what Putin does he gets leverage over you to control you by threatening to release embarrassing information so you will conform to his wishes

    • @ClarksonsinUSA
      @ClarksonsinUSA Před 4 lety

      @@BillBadMule123 where is the evidence? Trump is selling arms to Ukraine and has troops in the Basltics..If anything ,Trump is pushing around Putin!

  • @yery2103
    @yery2103 Před 4 lety +6

    Brilliant assessment! We have to end to this crooked collaborators!

    • @kramdellakram7247
      @kramdellakram7247 Před 4 lety

      This Satire is 2years old. Educate yourself. Putin is THE crook.

    • @yery2103
      @yery2103 Před 4 lety +1

      @@kramdellakram7247 Someone who does not respect the law, calling the media "fake news", whose former associates are already prosecuted and who admires Putin is a crook. One day the truth will come out.

    • @Douglas1ro
      @Douglas1ro Před 4 lety +4

      @@yery2103 Truth... when will that be,after the 10th investigation??? How many are they up to now? You mean like how Hillary "respected" the law by scrubbing emails from her PERSONAL servers?? And CNN has proven many many times that they are fake news. Fake news is why all the regressive news outlets are laying people off and their ratings are tanking. People are bored with their lies! I would say TRUMP 2020, but thats already in the bag, since the Dems main campaign strategy is to give illegal aliens more than U.S. citizens. I will just leave you with TRUMP 2024 ; )

    • @yery2103
      @yery2103 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Douglas1roThose investigations uncovered unpleasant acts that the public needs to know about making the right choice next time. But, many of those who voted for Trump are now see how wrong they were. I'm not for dems, but he has to go. There are will be many more educated and considerate candidates.

    • @pfwww12
      @pfwww12 Před 2 lety

      Yes yes yes!!!! The Russian government helped Trump! I hope we jail Trump!

  • @toussaintinugu1243
    @toussaintinugu1243 Před 2 lety +14

    Putin: Libra.
    Trump: Gemini.
    Two Air signs that understand each other.

    • @5DNRG
      @5DNRG Před 2 lety +3

      Two narcissists in love with their mirror images...

    • @lynnsaoirse6104
      @lynnsaoirse6104 Před 2 lety +1

      Yep. Two old windbags full of hot air and farts.

    • @johnlacambra6004
      @johnlacambra6004 Před 2 lety +9

      Yeah that sounds very esoterically logical and makes sense to those who believe in nonsense pseudoscience subjects.

    • @mtaylor7307
      @mtaylor7307 Před 2 lety +2

      @@johnlacambra6004 Oh, stop. This Bromance deserves a Zodiac break-down.

    • @johnlacambra6004
      @johnlacambra6004 Před 2 lety

      @@mtaylor7307 Look at the planets and the stars and the placements. Now look really really hard and listen to them extremely hard for as long as you need.
      Once you're ready then tell me what the planets, stars, and all the mighty heavens have told you about Putin and Trump.
      I am not going to wait on it though, because whatever you tell me about what you seen heard and saw up there that has nothing to do with real scientific astronomy is going to sound idiotic and full of non sense like Joe Biden.
      Yes, come to the right side of politics where sugar coats are actually on cookies and cakes because we say things as they are and not make believe.

  • @Spiceyone101
    @Spiceyone101 Před 2 lety +1

    Annexed? You mean invaded…

  • @nicholasagaman3701
    @nicholasagaman3701 Před 4 lety +6

    Oversimplified with some truths

  • @redbird726
    @redbird726 Před 2 lety +10

    Can you feel it? There's something happening where trump is in the past. The fall is coming and it will be sweet justice.

    • @paultyson4389
      @paultyson4389 Před 2 lety +1

      In 2008 Trump was going through his 5th or 6th Chapter 11 bankruptcy and One of Putin's mates came to his rescue with $50 million gift on a property he was desperately trying to sell. Donny may well go down with his Sugar Vladdy.

    • @redbird726
      @redbird726 Před 2 lety +1

      @@paultyson4389 Let’s imagine a trifecta by including the downfall of Maduro

    • @carrolbrooks2143
      @carrolbrooks2143 Před 2 lety +1

      Sounds like Trump living Rent Free in Your Head, can I interview You for the Compilation Videos Later!?!?

  • @theoccidilian4896
    @theoccidilian4896 Před 2 lety +6

    She asked the first question on Russia during the campaign. She was found guilty and later traded back in a spy-swap

  • @terrybigler3690
    @terrybigler3690 Před 2 lety +1

    They are the same breed of cat

  • @isaia273
    @isaia273 Před 2 lety

    They don’t. Quite contrary to that. Don’t understand the wrong perception and I don’t understand it from the moment it had started.

  • @cambones1969
    @cambones1969 Před 4 lety +8

    Michael McFalse.

  • @klynnmartin1544
    @klynnmartin1544 Před 5 lety +11

    money laundering

    • @susanm5692
      @susanm5692 Před 5 lety

      In the documentary 'Active Measures' McFaul gets really nervous and won't answer the question "How does Russia launder money into the US?". Is this really a turf war about how much money gets laundered through the Clinton Foundation vs. how much money gets laundered through Trump Tower(s)?

  • @clairpahlavi
    @clairpahlavi Před 4 lety +2

    One could project. One might fantasize.
    But, one could just ask.

  • @brucesegerdahl7892
    @brucesegerdahl7892 Před 2 lety

    Vladimir Putin Donald Trump Tony soprano are from the same game

  • @jonesalex565
    @jonesalex565 Před 4 lety +19

    What we do abroad IS like what Putin does.
    Type droning and weddings into Google.
    Type Assange.
    Type Snowden.

  • @BTsMusicChannel
    @BTsMusicChannel Před 4 lety +25

    17:30 In my opinion, Mattis was the best SECDEF that I ever served under in my 29 years of service (despite my initial skepticism of breaking the rules to get him in). It's too bad that Trump could not hold on to him.

    • @PeterAlanA1234567890
      @PeterAlanA1234567890 Před 2 lety +1

      He finishes speech without erratic of the president is well look at how erratic Joe Biden is for god sakes this guys just propaganda

    • @glhmedic
      @glhmedic Před 2 lety +5

      @@PeterAlanA1234567890 Jesus learn English. Your whole sentence is convoluted.

    • @DennisHicks78749
      @DennisHicks78749 Před 2 lety +6

      If you think nothing he said is true, then your mind is closed to truth that doesn’t comply with what you have already heard from your favorite sources. If someone can’t find the truth on both sides of the aisle, they are by definition close-minded.

    • @georgec7899
      @georgec7899 Před 2 lety

      Mattis Recognised a vile CROOK

    • @aquelpibe
      @aquelpibe Před 2 lety

      @@PeterAlanA1234567890 Even for a bot your English is awful. You need an update.

  • @k.elysee6527
    @k.elysee6527 Před 2 lety

    At least trump wasn't in denial

  • @duncanstewart8178
    @duncanstewart8178 Před 2 lety +4

    McFaul was deceptive and wrong about literally everything in this speech.

  • @patriciatutaki3322
    @patriciatutaki3322 Před 2 lety +33

    Putin wants to be remembered, and also wants to go out with a bang! .... t'rump wants to be like Putin, and keeps telling himself that he is, only he doesn't have that autocratic power that he believes he so richly deserves ... he also doesn't really comprehend what that sort of power creates within those who achieve that level ... absolute power results in a belief that the holders of it are infallible, at least within themselves

    • @ScottR10
      @ScottR10 Před 2 lety +3

      Trump derangement syndrome, much?

    • @rickashmore2155
      @rickashmore2155 Před 2 lety +2

      Then why did Trump appoint Constitutionalists to the Supreme Court, but Dem./Socialists appoint stooges who will legislate from the bench? You're nuts. Go back to Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow.

    • @walterbo7687
      @walterbo7687 Před 2 lety +1

      @@rickashmore2155 🤣🤣🤣 Constitutionalists??? Nice joke. Try again 🤣🤣🤣

    • @timnray99
      @timnray99 Před 2 lety +4

      put down the pipe....you cannot ignore the man behind the curtain...Let's Go Brandon

    • @davidnorman4786
      @davidnorman4786 Před 2 lety

      Patricia, you talk as if Trump is still in power. Amazing, Europe was not at war when Trump was President. Biden claimed during his run for President that only he could stand "toe to toe" with Putin. That didn't age well.
      Keep deluding yourself.

  • @coreyb4570
    @coreyb4570 Před 2 lety +5

    Lmao, I knew something was off about this guy but as soon as he said his former boss was Hillary… it all clicked 😂

  • @janewhite572
    @janewhite572 Před rokem

    The USA has really lost it's collective mind. 🤪

  • @superlight7654
    @superlight7654 Před 2 lety

    They have lots in common. Megalomania....

  • @MrDavidaslv
    @MrDavidaslv Před 2 lety +16

    This guys said it all at the beginning of his speech. “ I worked for NBC” in other words, He works in supporting Hillary , Obama and the Democratic Party. I feel sorry for the pot heads listening to this guy and believing him. Lol 🤣🤣🤣

    • @commonsense31
      @commonsense31 Před 2 lety +4

      So you just disregard everything he has said!
      He didn’t bash republicans or Trump.
      All he said was what the facts were!

    • @commonsense31
      @commonsense31 Před 2 lety +3

      But I fully understand your comment after looking at what you subscribe to!
      You are a angry person who feels somehow punished by the world, not giving you what you want! And feel entitled too.

    • @deesee5545
      @deesee5545 Před 2 lety +2

      Turns out this old dude was wrong asf. And we need trump back.

    • @MrDavidaslv
      @MrDavidaslv Před 2 lety

      @@commonsense31 gee you could not be more wrong about me lol , I am grateful to the world for everything I have accomplished and I am entitle to nothing in this life. .... this guy worked at NBC which is basically an extension of the democratic party, He is just speaking about Trump and Russian Collusion. Time passed by and the FBI cannot find one thing on Trump and the Russians. By now 2022 we know the Russian collusion was created by the media such as NBC. man if you cannot see this I feel sorry for you and your family.

    • @commonsense31
      @commonsense31 Před 2 lety

      @@MrDavidaslv you are seriously delusional!
      FACT! Read the danm report!