No one is denying Putin is intelligent. I certainly believe he is and I am sure all the US presidents have believed so too. Just because they don't say it, doesn't mean they don't think it.
Trump says a lot of things, doesn't he? He doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut... like announcing that all you have to do is "grab 'em by the pussy" or making absurd weather reports about hurricanes.
I'm not saying Trump is an idiot - he's certainly not about human nature - but his own narcissism is his undoing that he lives the adage:
"Better to be believed to be a fool than to open your mouth and remove everyone's doubts about it."
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Weird how it’s actually a totally sensible thing to say, yet just because it’s Trump that said it, they have to come up with the worst interpretation possible for him.
He is intelligent. Duplicitous and evil, yes, but he is still intelligent.
And the Democrats think Biden is smart.
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Saying that Putin is intelligent does not mean that you agree with his values, beliefs, or actions. Hitler was very smart in many ways but I sure as hell don't idolize him.
Of course- what, you think you rise to power as a functional dictator and hold together a country that spent a century kept in one piece only by brutal government oppression when you're STUPID? The current conquest of Ukraine makes him look either idiotic or crazy, true, but his rulership beforehand was a long series of generally well-thought-out moves. He's not much of one for ethics, true, but he's far from stupid.
And between Clinton, Trump, and Dubya, you don't exactly have much by way of respect for ethics anyway, so...What the fuck?
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Dude, I think Putin is a genius. How else could you become the leader of a country, subjugate an entire society, be the richest man in the world, and almost singlehandedly destroy the Western Alliance?
The fact is, there is a difference between praising Putin/his actions and condemning Putin/his actions.
The fucker lies, he murders, and he is committing genocide. Trump will never say that about Putin. Because Putin owns him.
For those of you who think Putin is not smart. Note he speaks multiple languages. And he speaks English so well, he does not even have an accent.Why would you not think Putin is intelligent? He ran the KGB before becoming president of Russia. He is one of the most wealthy men in the world. You don't do all that unless you are intelligent or in the case of our president you have half the country covering up for you.
Well he is a highly intelligent man. He just sort of evil. I don't agree with the things he does. That don't mean he's not inteligent. How ever Donald Trump is dumb as fuck. So two people i don't agree with anything they do, but one is dumb and the other is inteligent.
I believe it. I just can't believe the amount of people who think Biden legitimately received the most votes in the history of the USA after winning the least counties ever. Yeah, I get it, he won, but it's not because 81 quadrillion people said so, it's called voter fraud.
He's brilliant.
For a president. Still a moron.
Trump: "Putin is brilliant, he used the same excuse hilary used with libya."
Me: "But trump, don't you think the afghanistan war was a stupid idea?"
Trump: "But the leader of the taliban wasn't biden."
Ps: Zelensky still hasn't taken biden's deal as trump advised him to.A little flattery and a strong military will go along way preventing war.
Just because he said it. Doesn’t mean that he meant it.
Biden spoke the words about him having a great election fraud team assembled while campaigning.
Did he really mean what he said?I CAN believe that a ton of really stupid people in the country STILL believe EVERYTHING CNN TELLS THEM!! AND THEN act like THEY'RE the smart ones in the room!!
Mr. Putin is very intelligent, one doesn't remain head of state for decades without being intelligent. Admission of the same is pure logic and honesty.
Putin IS a smart cookie: "if only he could use his cunning for good instead of evil", queries Maxwell Smart.
Trump is very accustomed to evaluating his (business and other) adversaries and their likely capabilities.I don’t think that was truly the issue. It’s the timing that he said it
I love that you actually think this is a great "gotcha" and that you owned the libs.
I have been searching for a logical reason for Putin to attack Ukraine. I even looked at Russian male demographics as a possible reason. Buy destroying the infrastructure the way he is doing is not logical. Something is wrong with him.
If Vladimir Putin was stupid, he wouldn't be where he is today. You guys are smoking some nasty ass crack. Putin came up when the USSR was crumbling and he prevailed. That took some smarts. If you can't admit that, you're the dumbass. Not him.
You don't think Putin is intelligent? Why not? You can be quite intelligent and still be an evil, asshole piece of shit. I think he misjudged the whole Ukranian deal though, and it will cost him.
we all agree putin is smart... the problem is democratic voters think acknowledging someone as intelligent is the same as agreeing with him
The problem is not that Putin is smart, it's that our leaders are dumb.
You don't get to where Putin is without being intelligent
Okay, and? Pretty much everyone agrees that Putin is a smart guy. Psychopaths are usually smart.
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