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submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has some sort of financial influence over former President Trump.

In an interview with MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” Pelosi said Putin is the “richest person in the world” and has “stiff competition” to being named the most evil person in the world.

Pelosi asked “what does he have on Donald Trump that he’d have to constantly be catering to Putin?”

Her comments came just after Trump doubled down on his criticism of NATO and said he would encourage Russia to attack U.S. allies who fail to reach the alliance’s defense spending goals. Trump has also declined to criticize Putin for the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison last week.

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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago

Ah yes, the woman who called people's who asked for a ceasefire in Gaza "Russian and Chinese trolls".

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 13 points 7 months ago

Does that impact her comment at all or were you just itching to talk about that again?

[-] theletterd@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

He's probably just saying "consider the source" in a roundabout way. I'd only take stock tips from Pelosi.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

But the source is a person who has expertise being a major government figure for decades. You don't have to like her or agree with her but her stock trading has zero impact on whether or not she is right about Putin's financial influence over Trump.

[-] theletterd@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Do you trust Pelosi moreso than Hillary Clinton?

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/30/politics/clinton-dnc-steele-dossier-fusion-gps/index.html

It's hard to tell what's real these days -- all I see in the article is Pelosi talking out of her ass with no proof

(I'm not a fan of Trump but this article is garbage)

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The campaign was fined for incorrectly reporting their partial funding of opposition research as "legal services." That is 100% unrelated to how much of that opposition research was true.

And it doesn't matter whether I trust Pelosi or Hillary Clinton more, they aren't disagreeing with each other so they can both be right or wrong independent of each other.

[-] theletterd@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Here's a guy that thinks career politicians can be honest. These people are a fucking disease that can only be cured with term limits.

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