While Russia's economy is not a major issue on a global scale, the fact that they are a major nuclear power is.

They also have a lot of influence in a part of the world that is a potential flashpoint for WW III.

Such a country is not to be taken lightly, nor is it to be unnecessarily backed into a corner.

Only a leader or political party that wants to start a war that could lead to nuclear confrontation would disregard the above.

Putin is in a very powerful position, pretty much the owner of Russia, and is therefore not to be dismissed as anything less than significant.

President Trump apparently understands this better than you do, and as such tries to maintain a cordial relationship with Putin and Russia.

He does not, by any means, kiss Putin's hindquarters -- to the contrary, he has posed stronger sanctions on Russia than his predecessor and has done a lot more towards arming Ukraine than Obama, who did nothing of the kind.

Remember Obama's "Tell Vladimir that I'll have more flexibility after the election?" It's interesting how you and the rest of the Democrats, including the mainstream media, tend to ignore that little hot mic incident on one hand, while slandering Trump with everything from collusion to being Putin's puppet.

No matter where evidence or lack thereof leads, your side just blathers a party line and keeps repeating the lie over and over until those who don't do their own research actually believe it. This is the essence of propaganda.

Face it, Eden, your entire left wing political platform is supported by a foundation of lies.

Do not be a dork... your love has been impeached.. over and done a matter for history forever..

and while Moscow Mitch and his senate have already told us they will not remove him, and impeachment will last forever in the history of our still young nation..

Georgia and the Crimean wanted Russia to invade them.. that is what Putin said , so of course the right wing believes that is true.. how hopeless can humanity git..

If we stopped with corporate welfare the balance of our nation would be far better off..

To me, this is worse then sad, an American president openly bragging about a world class authoritarian supporting him after he has been impeached and expecting it to be positive factor in his supporters view..

"At the end of the day, it is always Putin first" from Bill Kristol, a conservative commentator..

"trump wants us to know that Putin has his back" from Eric Columbus a former Justice Department official.

amid other comments,,, "I wonder if trump defenders are ever embarrassed by this stuff" wrote Jay Nordlinger, a senior editor at the National Review.

Russian state media echoed Putins words and added comment about Giulianini..

Rossiya 1 news channel broadcast segments of Giuliani's interview with right-wing channel one America news, in which the presidents personal attorney promoted debunked conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 US presidential election..

Now if anyone is still pretending not to know how that false story got started it is a fav from Putin and Russia and so very much a lie..

Now I will simply sulk about the enemy of our state being the go-to guy for our president to find comfort from after he has suffered impeachment..

Such an unbelievable state of affairs.. our patriotic father would be spinning in their graves if they knew this..

So imposing punitive sanctions for international thuggery is “backing them into a corner?”.
Your misreporting of Obama’s hot mic incident is not surprising and even if those comments were imprudent pales into insignificance in light of Trumps Helsinki performance with Putin. But hey at least he was open about his hatred for his own Security Apparatus and his disdain for America by extension.

“Side”? I don’t have a side. If I criticize Trump for his ignorant buffoonery I must be a commie pinko fag. If I call out Warren, Sanders and ORourke for their meanderings into far left idiocracies like taking away private health insurance and confiscating “assault” rifles I must be a right wing knuckle dragger.
Which puts me somewhere in the unaffiliated
pragmatic middle which is just where I feel most comfortable. 😊

Yes they are armed to the teeth with rusting missiles, ships and planes. Their attack sub fleet is dated and in need of repairs and upgrades. More than half of their military forces are unable to put to sea, leave the runway or get their engines started. All of this makes them dangerous of course because their leader needs to bluster and compensate to cover up the rampant corruption at the pinnacle of Russian political power. “Patriotic”
invasions of places like Crimea and Georgia keep his base revved up but seriously....
(Reportedly their one aircraft carrier has to be accompanied everywhere by a massive tugboat so every time the carrier breaks down it can be towed back to port). The US has 11 Nuclear powered Aircraft Carriers. No they do not have military capabilities anywhere near our own.

I agree that there is no harm with having a friendly demeanor towards a regional rival but not when they blatantly invade and annexe another’s sovereign territory. Then it’s time to be stern and impose sanctions as we have done.

The problem with Trump is that he publicly excoriates our western allies while professing “love” for vicious dictators like Kim, Putin and Xi. If this is some clever strategy by the boy genius it has yet to show results.

The only thing debunked is your belief that Russia helped Trump get elected. LOL! But hey, when you have 90% of the media outlets playing that garbage day in and day out, it's no wonder y'all continue to believe it. Y'all are even getting ready to amp it up because y'all know that Trump is more than likely going to win in 2020 so you must build your "Russia did it" excuses early on!

Pathetic. But you will soon be crying a different tune as we start nailing down all the ones involved in the over throw of an American president. Speaking with some Russian nationals this past weekend, I was amazed and up lifted by their view of the democrats as being a bunch of whimpering children who can't win even when they cheat. LOLOL! I greatly enjoyed talking to them!!

Despite your idiocy, y'all are going to have to accept that Putin and Russia are very important to the safety of the earth. While y'all want to continue to kill babies, we are trying to save the living from the lunacy of leftist war mongers in their efforts to do what, I am not sure. I mean, really, what are the goals of the left? To drive down the economy? To fight with Russia and let Islam take over the earth?? To undermine our sovereignty and allow outsiders to take us over from the inside? In some ways, I think it would be funny to have one of your "socialists" win in 2020, to see them give nothing of what they are promising. Y'all promise so much free stuff like reparations and student loan forgiveness; yet I'd bet a cool million they won't deliver on any of that! But, y'all WILL continue to kill babies and undermine the American family. Y'all will continue to give free stuff to people who are perfectly capable of working, continuing the cycle of poverty while enriching your select .5%, allowing them to have it all while you keep the weight of poverty upon the other 99.5%.

Y'all disgust me. Y'all want to give away the farm but get all bent up when we dare to converse with a leader like Putin who is, in all actuality, very much like us.

gosh, you want Biden kid investigated? write your rep.. get it done... think it was looked into years ago, but heck that has never stopped a right winger from demanding another investigation..

as for the impeachment, it is done and no Biden was ever involved in the antics of the orange guy..

do not try so hard to divert..

Your dossier, which maybe what you are trying to talk about was started by the Republicans.. routine for them to go digging for dirt, the SOP of the republican party..

So even going back years to find something.. you still got nothing.. another group supporting another orange criminal and now you are all hurt because at last someone is holding him accountable..

First time in his life dads money can not buy him out, except maybe in the senate with the turtle guy..already refusing to have a fair trial..