Trump blows his top over impeachment inquiry

It was always obvious, even from the rhetoric of his campaign that Trump was not is not and will never be Presidential material

Thats the risk we assumed, and we dont care about his short comings.

You don't care that there's a Russian asset in the White House?

He gets stuff done,

Says Putin...

whereas your camp is insane.

Are we at camp today?

I take the obnoxious bull in the china shop over a do nothing feel good Dem any day.

Bull? Yes he did use the line today and it was obnoxious....he's full of it too....

What Im trying to understand about all you Trump bashers is this:

You work yourself up into a hissy fit about Mueller or now this silly phone call, but what about Joe Biden and Hunter Biden?

What about them? There's no evidence....nothing....nada..... And the Mueller report, yea, we get worked up when seven of Trump's closest confidants meet Russians them lie under oath about it.

The more they are finding out, I mean, Im amazed this guy was our vice president and how all this was covered up by the MSM

Our Vice President - Pence? Yea, Trump just hooked him into the Ukraine scandal - wonder when he'll jump ship....

At the very least, Hunters Navy discharge should of been leaked, and this Biden involvement with the Ukraine gov. is quite disturbing

What I find quite disturbing is the quid-pro-quo in writing in black and white; "I would like you to do us a favor THOUGH"....

The only defense Donny and his cult have is to blame the accusers of what they have been blamed of.

Doesn't matter how outlandish Trumplets claims are..

Democrats: Trump is corrupt.

Donny: Schiff is corrupt.

Democrats: Trump is fat.

Trump: Warren is fat.....

It was always obvious, even from the rhetoric of his campaign that Trump was not is not and will never be Presidential material

Thats the risk we assumed, and we dont care about his short comings. He gets stuff done, whereas your camp is insane. I take the obnoxious bull in the china shop over a do nothing feel good Dem any day.

It was always obvious, even from the rhetoric of his campaign that Trump was not is not and will never be Presidential material. However, the question that the American public must as themselves is: What is it about our society that we voted to make a reality TV participant, with obvious mental heath issues, who made bankruptcy a hobby, our President? The answer to this question is very important if you are to avoid a repeat of the havoc and mayhem of the past 3 years. 

Why did we elect as President an man that bragged about killing someone in the street and still being elected, a man that bragged about grabbing women by the pussy, a man that said he would build a wall and make Mexico pay? What is this saying about US society?  These questions need to be asked and answered by the American people.

Pompeo said he had not seen the whistleblower report, which was the question asked.

"You just gave me a report about a (intelligence community) whistleblower complaint, none of which I've seen," Pompeo told ABC News at the time.

What Im trying to understand about all you Trump bashers is this:

You work yourself up into a hissy fit about Mueller or now this silly phone call, but what about Joe Biden and Hunter Biden?

The more they are finding out, I mean, Im amazed this guy was our vice president and how all this was covered up by the MSM

At the very least, Hunters Navy discharge should of been leaked, and this Biden involvement with the Ukraine gov. is quite disturbing

Democrats tell big lies. Later they walk it back and say they exaggerated.

The Democratic base ends up believing a slightly smaller lie is the truth.

It has worked for them before, it is where Trump learned the tactic.

I refer you to:

Ah, the classic "I know you are, but what am I?", the only argument in a Trump cultist's arsenal.

Baby chan lost his temper again

Democrats tell big lies. Later they walk it back and say they exaggerated.

The Democratic base ends up believing a slightly smaller lie is the truth.

It has worked for them before, it is where Trump learned the tactic.

“After concerns about how the internal CIA process was proceeding, the whistleblower then reportedly spoke to an Intelligence Committee staff member who suggested that the person hire a lawyer and file a complaint.

The staffer shared part of the whistleblower's concerns with the committee's chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), but did not share the person's identity with anyone, according to the Times.”

schiff is a liar. Said had no contact, he or his staff.

Schiff said”we” didn’t talk to them. Which includes his staff.

His staff told Schiff about it that’s why he sent his staff to Ukraine before the report was filed.

What a fairy tale...

Speaking of lying, maybe you can explain to us why Pompeo said he knew nothing of the details of the phone call on 22 Sep but admitted today he was "on the call"....

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/02/politics/mike-pompeo-ukraine-call/index.html

We'll be waiting...

Who does trump think he is ???. God ???.

Schiff said”we” didn’t talk to them. Which includes his staff.

His staff told Schiff about it that’s why he sent his staff to Ukraine before the report was filed.

The Whistle blower and their Attorney said they never contacted or talked to Schiff personally...

Blacklabel:. How do we know already that Schiff didn’t write it? Because he denies it!

Just like everyone else who didn't write it. Woah.

And if you do think Schiff wrote it, then damn, give the man some credit. He fooled Trump into releasing the transcripts

It's so funny. Search on the Internet:

These Photos of Trump's Meltdown With the Finnish President Are, Collectively, a Work of Art

View the gallery and get some laughs. Poor Finnish president. But it's so funny. Sorry again for the Finnish President and he must be mortified. But...it's really funny. Boy that evil Hillary....at it again and Trump can't help it. The gallery is so funny. All 22 photos. They are a classic collection of Trump.

Fellow Democrats, I hate to say it but Mr. Schiff is a liar.

Uhhh I think it's the other way around. 

Ah, the classic "I know you are, but what am I?", the only argument in a Trump cultist's arsenal.

Trump never created wealth (also he never created a wall - equipped with a moat with alligators and crocodiles - man he's nuts and it's just so funny what's on that guy's mind. He also said to shoot illegals in the legs. He wants to commit genocide if he could get away with it). He could have just taken daddy's money and put it in an index fund and he would be better off now than trying to be a businessman (which he is so bad at obviously). More proof that Bill Gates should have been elected president.

Trump is precisely following the late Roy Cohn's method. Search Roy Cohn and you'll see how Trump's lawyer and mentor early in his career affected his behavior now. He was convicted of bribing a prosecutor and was later disbarred for numerous judicial misbehavior and ethics violations. Roy taught him to deny, deny, attack, deny, lie, deny attack deny, lie...

I never lost my top when Obama and Hillary were blamed for PizzaGate. I mean who cares? But it's so funny that Trump people need to take their anti psychotics from all the sleep they are losing from this comedy circus like Trump is some cult God like L. Ron Hubbard. Earth to Trump voters: Trump is barely a billionaire and a very poor businessman. Bill Gates would be a much better person for president since Gates is around 100x richer than Trump. Trump just has a garbage real estate business that he inherited from Daddy and is not a self made man like Bill Gates.

The old man is losing it.

Uhhh I think it's the other way around. That old woman/man team (Pelosi and Schiff ) have completely lost it.

Did you see that mumbling and fumbling and lying directly to the camera? Their faces can no longer back up the lies coming out of their mouths. Pathetic. Pelosi will soon get rid of Schiff or her career will end in disgrace.

Well, I imagine Putin is very concerned 

@serranoHaha, keep beatin' that dead horse, lincoln.

I don't know which phrase Trumpers post more, "Russia is a dead horse" or "But Obama and Hillary...."

Irrespective, the fact that they repeat it so often shows that the horse is in fact, very much alive, and picking up speed...with its running partner Ukraine...

He's not claiming it, he's suggesting it's not beyond him. Which it's not

“I’d go a step further -- I think he probably helped write it.”

Wrong. He is 'suggesting' that he actually wrote it, not that he had the ability to write it. Neither claim has any actual evidence of course. It just needs to be true for Trump, which means it is good enough for you.

Well, I imagine Putin is very concerned 

@serranoHaha, keep beatin' that dead horse, lincoln.

It's no surprise that posters who repeatedly echoed what Internet Research Agency trolls had written would continue to believe the Kremlin's reports and not those of the US and 'western' nation's various intelligence agencies. These are the same people who repeatedly say the enemies are those Americans with different political beliefs, especially if they're female and not from their ethnic group. They wear T-shirts saying 'I'd rather be Russian than Democrat'. They laud Putin and his brand of authoritarianism, call him a stud. And want Trump to be just like Vlad.

How do we know already that Schiff didn’t write it? Because he denies it!

It’s already known that he lied when he denied he and his staff had no contact with the whistleblower when they did.

The Whistle blower asked the Intel Committee's staff what they should do when they have evidence of a crime - they were told to consult a lawyer and contact the IG - which they did. At the time they had no idea if the Whistle blower would file a complaint or not.

The Whistle blower and their Attorney said they never contacted or talked to Schiff personally...

Just more X-Files conspiracy theories to try to deflect from the obvious - Trump confessed to a quid-pro-quo in the transcript.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/whistleblower-spoke-to-schiff-aides-before-filing-complaint

This is so funny watching Trump and his followers blow their tops. Trump is cussing up a storm. Obama or Hillary never reacted like this during Birther-gate or Pizza-Gate. Boy that evil Hillary is really striking hard at Trump and Trump is crying like a little baby. Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!

And who's fed up with the feckless Democrats who are doing the country a great disservice with this desperate attempt to remove Trump from office

Nobody.

It wasn't a question, Sneezy. get with the program already.

And who's fed up with the feckless Democrats who are doing the country a great disservice with this desperate attempt to remove Trump from office

Well, I imagine Putin is very concerned 

Haha, keep beatin' that dead horse, lincoln.

Trump is claiming that Schiff helped write the wristleblower complaint in a direct fabrication to the American public.

He's not claiming it, he's suggesting it's not beyond him. Which it's not.

From 22:40

Trump talks impeachment during press conference with Finnish President

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

How do we know already that Schiff didn’t write it? Because he denies it!

It’s already known that he lied when he denied he and his staff had no contact with the whistleblower when they did.

I have never heard Trump’s eloquence once.

"Fiercely inarticulate", was how I best heard him described. Proudly ignorant.

Fiercely inarticulate is a good one,

I don’t know about proudly ignorant. He tries to disguise his appalling lack of knowledge but isn’t good at it.

Trump is claiming that Schiff helped write the wristleblower complaint in a direct fabrication to the American public.

Because that's the type of man he is

I have never heard Trump’s eloquence once.

"Fiercely inarticulate", was how I best heard him described. Proudly ignorant.

Schiff: neither me nor my staff had contact with the whistleblower prior to them filing the claim.

Well......except when we advised them to get a lawyer and then file a claim.

instead of real news items that matter to everyday people.

Treason is such a better story. But you can take your pick of racism, nepotism, cronyism, kleptocracy, incompetence, corruption and a whole other bag of sweets with Trump. He just oozes criminality.

Trump is a very eloquent president. What he says are "striking" and in many times to the point.

I have never heard Trump’s eloquence once. Off the cuff, his vocabulary is very limited, and as for logic, the best description of his mind I read was comparing it to blowing up a balloon, releasing it without tying the end off, and watching it fly chaotically around making fart noises. His tweets are basically poorly written lies, grandstanding, trash and conspiracy theories with links to Fox News, racist organizations and videos of him hitting Hillary Clinton with s golf ball.

This is part of what many like about him after feeling intellectually inferior to the last president.

Alright, as a show of good faith for the Trump cultists, I'll say that there is something that Trump said I agree with.

Trump said, "What happened in 2016 was a disgrace".

Couldn't agree more, his election was a disgrace.

And who's fed up with the feckless Democrats who are doing the country a great disservice with this desperate attempt to remove Trump from office

Well, I imagine Putin is very concerned given the effort he put towards his "sweeping and systemic" influence campaign that convinced a whole bunch of Americans to vote for a Russian asset....that, and the transcripts of those Trump-Putin Summits that are hidden on the secret server. Can we say " Trump Tower Moscow Penthouse?"

being as how they know they can't beat him in an election.

Yea, right....

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-high-interest-in-election-democrats-top-trump-in-matchups

rainydayToday 10:16 am JSTWhat a dumpster fire. Just impeach the guy already.

Treason, collaboration, abuse of office, kidnapping, stealing, obstructing justice, human rights violations, arbitrary detention and admitting to incestuous lust and more.

He keeps repeating the same mantras, and is getting more unraveled every day. Fellas, it's the Emperor's New Clothes. The American Caligula's evil deeds are beginning to implode on him and he's throwing more hissy-fits than ever, and lashing out at everyone and playing the victim 'oh woe is me'. *That's what bullies do. *Donald Jerk Trump is not fit in any social gathering or group. He needs to be looked in solitary for LIFE.

And who's fed up with the feckless Democrats who are doing the country a great disservice with this desperate attempt to remove Trump from office

Nobody.

Yeah, that's the attitude of someone who has nothing to hide...

And who's fed up with the feckless Democrats who are doing the country a great disservice with this desperate attempt to remove Trump from office being as how they know they can't beat him in an election.

Some people really don't was us to look at the Biden-Ukraine connections.

Oh my, this could get very interesting!

Need a president that stops allowing other countries to take advantage of us, because of idiots in Congress who are already bought.

Agree....

The Transportation Department under Secretary Elaine Chao designated a special liaison to help with grant applications and other priorities from her husband Mitch McConnell’s state of Kentucky, paving the way for grants totaling at least $78 million for favored projects as McConnell prepared to campaign for reelection.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/10/mcconnell-elaine-chao-1358068

To free itself from sanctions, Rusal fielded a team of high-paid lobbyists for an intense, months-long effort in Washington. One of the targets was Kentucky’s own Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, who helped thwart a bipartisan push to keep the Russian sanctions in place. Since May, two of McConnell’s former staffers have lobbied Congress on behalf of Braidy, according to filings. Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, one of Rusal’s longtime major shareholders, Len Blavatnik, contributed more than $1 million through his companies to a GOP campaign fund tied to McConnell.

https://time.com/5651345/rusal-investment-braidy-kentucky/

Im 100% with Trump.

That's what Putin said....

american is laughing at this fake charge and all the fake publicity. this one is gonna bite the slimes that took over the democratic party

Oh boy. Fox's lead story is that the disgraced, fired prosecutor in the Ukraine was told to back off Biden. As "the files showed."

The files? Notes from an interview with Rudy Giuliani...LOL

But CNN! So there!

I'd be mad too after the fake Russian Collusion conspiracy, the Clinton funded dossier, Stormy's lawyer and all the airtime they can get by the media instead of real news items that matter to everyday people.

You're right. Everyone needs to stop looking at Trump's Treason right now!

I'd be mad too after the fake Russian Collusion conspiracy, the Clinton funded dossier, Stormy's lawyer and all the airtime they can get by the media instead of real news items that matter to everyday people.

Wow, coming from a woman who has done absolutely nothing for decades, and she wants a man who in 3 years has done so much. 

But the things he does so much of are bad. Children shouldn't die in cages. Nazis shouldn't be praised as fine people. Foreign leaders shouldn't be solicited for election help. I know you Republicans love children being murdered, adore fascism, and think crime is fine when it's committed by old white men, but here's the thing: you're wrong about all of those things.

Trump is a very eloquent president. 

Why would you even try this? Even the most fanatical of Trump's bootlickers here acknowledge that President Fatso can't speak a single sentence without embarrassing himself.

Yeah, that's the attitude of someone who has nothing to hide...

What an embarrassment!!!!!!!!

Though the comedians are going to love it.

Donny refused to answer Mason's question Ukraine question , having a fit and telling Mason to ask a question to the Finn President.

When Mason asked the Finn President a question, Donny answered instead with a rant on how US had been taken advantage of and but of course, praising himself.

When Mason pointed out that wasn't correct, another rant from Donny.

Donny is making a fool out of himself and the world is loving it!!!!!

Men are too emotional and fragile to be President.

Oh boy. Fox's lead story is that the disgraced, fired prosecutor in the Ukraine was told to back off Biden. As "the files showed."

The files? Notes from an interview with Rudy Giuliani...LOL

This is going to be bad. Trump fans are going to construct their own alternate reality again. They did it with Mueller and Deep State and Rosenstein secretly working for the Democrats and yadda yadda yadda. They are going to build up an entire world without a single shred of evidence.

From there they will enter their new world, and in that world no evidence against Trump will exist.

Giuliani, Pompeo, Barr and the rest of the President's men seem to have forgotten who went to jail after Watergate. Hint: it wasn't Nixon.

TheLongTermerToday  10:13 am JST

Trump is right; Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries on earth, and you dont just blindly hand over 400 mil to such a government without conditions

What, like "help me get re-elected?" Nothing corrupt about that at all.

TheLongTermerToday  10:37 am JST

Need a president that stops allowing other countries to take advantage of us,

What about those Israelis, Russians and Saudis who can pretty much get Trump to do anything they want?

lincolnmanToday  10:20 am JST

Of course his supporters will applaud and yell...then go home and get out their AR-15s....

Right on cue...

WolfpackToday  10:35 am JST

That was awesome. Trump vented on the idiots in the press supporting the coup. Loved it.

Trump is clearly unhinged. In his mental state, Trump could very well be the most dangerous person on the planet at this moment.

I wouldn't call "blows his top" a particularly objective journalistic headline.

But reading through the things he went off about today, the headline is actually pretty accurate this time.

And there lies the problem

Heh, the opinion of the right folks. The checks and balances of the system are "the problem".

Extremists.

Some people don't seem to understand that this isn't something that the president decides, it's on Congress, and they had already decided it.

And there lies the problem

Need a president that stops allowing other countries to take advantage of us, because of idiots in Congress who are already bought. There are millions squandered here in Japan too.

Im 100% with Trump.

That was awesome. Trump vented on the idiots in the press supporting the coup. Loved it. Can't wait to see the next Dem president impeached. Hey - the Dems/Media were out to impeach Trump even before he took the oath of office. Turnabout is fair play.

What a dumpster fire. Just impeach the guy already.

yeah, can wait for that dem candidate!!!

Trump is right; Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries on earth, and you dont just blindly hand over 400 mil to such a government without conditions

Some people don't seem to understand that this isn't something that the president decides, it's on Congress, and they had already decided it.

Trump is a very eloquent president. What he says are "striking" and in many times to the point.

U.S. President Donald Trump is mad as hell.

Heck, who wouldn't be? The Democrats are realizing they can't beat him in an election and and are doing a serious disservice to the American people with these desperate tactics. They will fail.

Trump blows his top

Putin?

Haha, keep beatin' that dead horse, Jimizo!

The poor man needs to be in a safe space, somewhere that doctors can take care of him. Because he's clearly on the verge.

Hey, Obama told Biden not to run, he doesn't listen!

Democrats want to prove he sought personal political gain by appealing to Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden.

Actually, it's already been proven - in black and white in the transcript; "I would like you to do us a favor, THOUGH"..... Done. Confessed. Lights Out.

"The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone’s time and energy on BULL*&^%, which is what they have been doing ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016," 

Trump said Schiff would not be able to carry the jockstrap of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, calling it a "blank strap" out of deference to his sense of Oval Office decorum.

So Presidential. Evangelicals, what do you think of that language? Going to let your kids listen to that on TV?

"It's a whole hoax, and you know who's playing into the hoax? People like you and the fake news media that we have in this country," he retorted. He told the reporter not to be“rude” and repeatedly evaded the question.

Dang straight - Putin, Xi, Kim, and the Mullahs don't have to be confronted with "rude" questions like this - why can't we have a media like theirs....

Donnie was always unhinged, but it's getting worse. He's starting to act like Howard Beale....can see the next rally; "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore YAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Of course his supporters will applaud and yell...then go home and get out their AR-15s....

What a dumpster fire. Just impeach the guy already.

media spent much time pressing Democrats to get real work done 

For example, pressure McConnell to stop blocking legislation?

Trump is right; Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries on earth, and you dont just blindly hand over 400 mil to such a government without conditions

No high crimes or misdemeanors committed no matter how much Fredo, Anderson and others tell us.

Perhaps if the media spent much time pressing Democrats to get real work done like a once and for all spending budget and not continuing resolutions things could move forward. Imagine all the wasted effort by media, Democrats and weak Republicans. Imagine...

Ricky Kaminski13Today  10:01 am JST

The irony is it all plays straight into the hands of your opponents. Trump is having a field day with it.

Is he? It doesn't look like it. He's starting to sound and look more like Hitler in that Der Untergang scene that everyone keeps rewriting the subtitles for for YouTube videos.

In a Slovakian accent .... "Donald, Be best!!"

Maybe you smart folks should learn that Slovakia and Slovenia are two different countries. Melania is from Slovenia. And, like many Slovenians, is multi-lingual. How many languages do you speak?

@willibMust be comfortable to leave the thinking to the cheerleaders at CNN.

I don't watch CNN. What do they say? Can you provide links to outlets you think are objective.

I think what's even more shocking than the tantrums by Trump are the words online of his base supporting his actions. That is downright scary.

This Maxine Waters has said she wanted Trump in prison in solitary confinement. Wow, coming from a woman who has done absolutely nothing for decades, and she wants a man who in 3 years has done so much. The left is going nuts with all their spokes people like Fredo and other biased reporters stirring the pot.

The impeachment game is a perfect example of what your run of the mill collective does. Wasting their time signalling to the other members of their collective on who hates their bogey man enemy the most. Who is going hardest against the common and diabolical foe, doing little of substance all while staying drunk on their own moral highgrounds, superiority and rage. Nothing new there. We've seen examples all throughout the 20th century.

Here's a suggestion democrats, talk seriously about policy and implementation strategy in a straight forward manner, concentrate on how you are going to depolarize your nation and winning the election through stronger ideas. Leave the witch hunt behind. Your minds are so off the game, people are starting to wonder whether you've lost the plot completely. The irony is it all plays straight into the hands of your opponents. Trump is having a field day with it.

For the average American, whichever their political stripe, this chaotic situation must be a bit overwhelming. The question is, will the logjam be broken by the US Supreme Court, or the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Certainly not by the members of Congress.

Must be comfortable to leave the thinking to the cheerleaders at CNN.

How can you people think Trump is guilty when CNN?!

Get with it people!

Trump is doing a good thing to U.S. and the free world. I do not find any merit in bringing down Trump and replace him with any Democratic candidate. His fight against China is the best thing he is doing. It is a fight for the hegemony of the world. Do democrats and U.S. medias want China prevail on earth? We do not want it to happen.

How can you people think Trump is guilty when Hillary and Biden!

So there!

Headling today "Orange Man Bad"

Headline tomorrow "Orange Man Bad"

Headline Friday "Orange Man Bad"

Headline Saturday "Orange Man Bad"

And so on...

Thank goodness for sports.

re: "The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone’s time and energy on bs which is what they have been doing ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016," he said in a tweet.

Concur, if the Democrats and the weak minded Republicans would only put as much effort into a balanced budget instead of the continuing resolutions, improvement of the health care system as Obama care is nothing more than a political band aid, get the banking system out of government, tighten up on corporate greed and sticking it to the people etc. but instead have spent way too much time in trying to get Hillary into a position to make a comeback. No thank you. Forget the 2020 elections work on the country now not later. Trump is not putting the country through hell its the lack of support by the Democrats who by the way are much larger a group of the 1% mega rich in the world and corporate share holders controlled by the white collar criminals in Wall Street.

grampa is off his meds. Oh wait, he was never on his meds.

The old man is losing it.

ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016,"

Why does he insist on repeating statements like this. It is patently false and anyone with an internet connection can see that.

Patently, inargueabley false statement = lie.

Why do it?

Can a Trump support explain this to me?

Trump is seriously triggered here.

Even if he thinks the whole thing is a hoax, he’s a massive fan of conspiracy theories and he can surely sympathize.

Which American president had to endure this much abuse for nothing other than working tirelessly trying to fulfill the promises on which he had been elected?

Considering that none else had ever gone through such hell Trump is showing amazing restraint.

If only he had the auratory skills of Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher.

In a Slovakian accent .... "Donald, Be best!!"

"The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone’s time and energy on BS, which is what they have been doing ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016," he said in a tweet.

Tbh; it's been nothing but bs and lies from the Trump administration from day one. Actually, before day one.

The poor man needs to be in a safe space, somewhere that doctors can take care of him. Because he's clearly on the verge.

Error! Improper language usage.

Ironic that we can't quote the article fully...

Trump blows his top

Putin?