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So the congressional GOP is howler monkeying and making political hay over Putin saying Biden being re-elected is better for Russia while congressional democrats are relatively quiet on the issue -let's dig into it. Keeping in mind that Putin's a troll, he knows there's a percentage of undecided U.S. voters who'll hear that and reflexively resolve not to vote for Biden without ever reflecting on what's actually in Putin's interests...
-except why would he say something like that, something that's a wrapped-with-a-bow gift to Trump in a televised interview if he didn't want the international press to run with it? So what IS in Putin's interests? Well... he's done a pretty good job of making it clear he wants all of Ukraine and Biden's commitment to backing Ukraine's defense efforts will hurt rather than help him so it's reasonable to assume having a U.S. president who isn't committed to thwarting Russia's war efforts falls into that category. But let's not stop there -what else is in Putin's interests? The U.S. pulling out of NATO is definitely in his interests what with his demonstrated desire to kick down his neighbors' doors. And to get that, he needs his Spray-tanned Fawnboy back in power -you know, the guy who essentially said he'd look the other way while Russia invades whatever NATO country it wants and/or cheer on the sidelines. Obviously that's something of an oversimplification relative to international politics but, whether Trump was party to it or not, facts are facts: Russia ran influence operations on Trump's behalf in 2016 and 2020 and there's no reason to assume its changed course on that score.
