ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
You know, over most of my life, I'd been told that Russia was the bad guy, and were against everything the US stood for.
Now? Putin is getting up in front of the television cameras and telling everyone that the charges against Trump were made up, and that Trump is being unfairly impeached.
Wow.......................never thought I'd see the day where the leader of Russia stood up in defense of the president. Times have certainly changed.
What's even worse, I've seen actual Americans wearing t-shirts that say they would rather be Russian than Democrat. Never thought that I'd see Americans in support of Russia either.
Impeachment: Putin defends Trump at news conference; discusses Ukraine
In a four-hour, televised year-end news conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Democrats used "fabricated reasons" to impeach President Donald Trump over Ukraine because their attempt to link him to Russian election meddling failed.
Putin also warned of a new arms race if Washington doesn't agree to extend the START nuclear arms agreement with Moscow; said the Kremlin would respond in kind to "unfriendly" new U.S.sanctions; and floated the prospects of amending the Russian constitution to allow him to run for another term,.
As for Trump's impeachment, the Russian leader called it "just the continuation of the domestic political strife," according to the state-owned TASS News agency.
"The party which lost the election, the Democratic Party, tried to achieve results through other means, accusing Trump of colluding with Russia," he said. "Later on, it turned out that there had been no collusion, so this cannot be the basis for impeachment."
Now? Putin is getting up in front of the television cameras and telling everyone that the charges against Trump were made up, and that Trump is being unfairly impeached.
Wow.......................never thought I'd see the day where the leader of Russia stood up in defense of the president. Times have certainly changed.
What's even worse, I've seen actual Americans wearing t-shirts that say they would rather be Russian than Democrat. Never thought that I'd see Americans in support of Russia either.
Impeachment: Putin defends Trump at news conference; discusses Ukraine
In a four-hour, televised year-end news conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Democrats used "fabricated reasons" to impeach President Donald Trump over Ukraine because their attempt to link him to Russian election meddling failed.
Putin also warned of a new arms race if Washington doesn't agree to extend the START nuclear arms agreement with Moscow; said the Kremlin would respond in kind to "unfriendly" new U.S.sanctions; and floated the prospects of amending the Russian constitution to allow him to run for another term,.
As for Trump's impeachment, the Russian leader called it "just the continuation of the domestic political strife," according to the state-owned TASS News agency.
"The party which lost the election, the Democratic Party, tried to achieve results through other means, accusing Trump of colluding with Russia," he said. "Later on, it turned out that there had been no collusion, so this cannot be the basis for impeachment."