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There was an article, I think on Salon, but I can't find it now, that said that listening to Russians speaking to Trump -- in Russian -- are very sarcastic and dismissive of the Orange Felon. They don't love him the way him loves them or thinks they love him. The Felon-in-Chief is stupid on a whole new level.

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"Two children with combined IQ of cabbage"

Don't be disrespecting cabbage. It's nutritious, full of fiber and when well-prepared, downright delicious.

Which is more than can be said of the Orange Shitstain and the Space Nazi. I imagine fatty gristle and rancid meatloaf. Why meatloaf? Who the hell knows?

Oh, and the French call old Vlad 'Poutine'. Like that tasty Canadian potato dish with gravy and cheese curds. As long as we're discussing food metaphors.

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In reality, Putin has a better grasp of the English language than tfg does.

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You rock, Gary.

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"Two children with combined IQ of cabbage"

Perfect!!!

"Have you ever heard Donald Trump giggle? Is disturbing sound, like herd of musk ox all farting at same time."

Musk oxen libulzzzz!

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Funny not funny.

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American Gulag. Thanks Gary, we needed to give it an identity that conveyed both a sense of concentration camps and the mental anguish about being tortured.

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I don't know if Vladimir Putin has any traces of 'lovable-rascal villain' in real life (I'm just talking about personality - there's nothing 'lovable' about blowing up Ukrainian schools and hospitals), but I know he can't be further from that kind of persona than Donald Trump is.

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These missives are just too brilliant.

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I'm glad I wasn't drinking coffee while reading.

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Gary, you get extra credit for "you are almost 80 years old, and in Russia we would have already ground you into nutritious paste for zoo animals so you no longer waste resources" AND "Have you ever heard Donald Trump giggle? Is disturbing sound, like herd of musk ox all farting at same time."

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Don't forget "combined IQ of cabbage", i nearly lost it on that one.

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Trump doesn't know what it takes to be a real dictator. And I don't mean just the lack of bier hall rallys. Not enough people hate enough other people in this country to take to the ramparts and give their life for his hate. Lots of reasons.

Lack of numbers and they are not different enough with really no personal grudges.

Take Peter the Great. He was able to unite most of the Russians that had been under rule of the Golden Horde for over 200 years. Mongols.

The Mongols were very different from the people in the Balkans to the Caucasus.

Race, culture, language, religion, history, values. All they could do was fight and kill.

Which they did very well. For quite a while.

So Peter took that hate and kicked them out.

But when Trump had the chance to do America First and lead soldiers into battle to prevent SE Asian rice farmers from becoming Communist, what did he do?

Caught a bad case of bone spurs !

The people he hates today have done nothing but good for us. And have the same values, same culture, mostly same religion, and support the country. What's to hate ?

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" das vidanya" *do svidaniya ( до свида́ния )

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It's phonetic enough. And you know most people on here would read your transliteration as "doh"

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Vlad say: You know who else was want to take over world? Was Germans, before become decadent currywurst eaters and disco persons in outfit of leather.

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I don't remember what I pay to subscribe to Gary Legum but that "...like herd of musk ox farting at same time" to describe Trump's giggle is worth every penny. Even every dollar. Way to go, Gary!!

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I propose a new National Anthem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCY6flzgfA4

Alternate suggestions welcome. We can even vote on it./s

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10/10, no notes

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