Trump Keeps Giving Putin What He Wants — Why?

27 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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This YouTube video (commentary by TJ Walker) argues that over the past decade the Trump administration repeatedly acted in ways that align with Vladimir Putin's interests. Walker finds it striking and abnormal that U.S. policy and Republican attitudes have shifted toward accommodating Russian actions—claiming this pattern has become the Washington norm despite seeming implausible a decade or two ago.

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Had to be a conspiracy theor theorist thinking Putin has pee tapes of Trump and has Trump wrapped around his little finger to notice something has been really odd for the last 10 years when it comes to the Trump administration and Russia. It's one thing to say we don't want to be as interventionist as in the past and not to be a big hawk. Okay, legitimate people can see that. But the way every single time Putin seems to have Trump doing exactly what he wants, something bizarre is going on here. And if you had said to almost anyone in The Republican Party, 10, 15, 20 years ago, Russia is going to invade countries in Europe and the United States is going to bend over backwards saying, yeah, let's give Russia land, that would have seemed crazy. And today, that's the norm coming out of Washington.