Is Trump Puttin's puppet?

Yes.

Putin probably still has the pee pee video.

Trump is possibly a kremlin asset as alleged by various ex kgb members who have said his code name was krasnov.

The first dossier was likely intended to be debunked to try and throw off suspicion.

It has taken time and money for Putin to install Mr Trump as president. He's done that for a reason.

Trump currently seems to be trying to install a pro gremlin puppet in Ukraine by calling for sham elections. The reason for his actions is staring us all in the face. Non Trump voters don't want to believe it because it is horrifying to contemplate. Trump supporter are basically cult like and so brainwashed that they don't care. If he admitted being a russian spy they'd still support him. This is a man who is guilty of crimes like rape and insurrection but they can and do look past that.

The January the 6th riots were just a glimpse of what is intended for the USA and it does not end in democracy.

Trump has started removing military leaders today. This will continue. In the same way as he wanted his own version of the gestapo during his first term.he now needs the military to be under his thrall because he will not transition in 4 years time.

I'm usually critical of the lax USA gun laws but the populace may well need them in the near future.

The world is under reacting to Mr Trump. By now we should all see the dangers.

Trump isn't in thrall to Putin in my opinion. Trump wants access to the minerals Zelensky now controls. If Zelensky gives Trump what he wants, Trump will change sides.

As a previous poster has said Trump wishes to align himself and carve up the world between the three big hard men - Putin, Xi and Trump. At least for the next four years we cannot expect the US to bail out or protect weaker nations. I hate him but I totally understand how we have got here.

Well, I do think Trump is giving his jaw a good workout in relation to Putin...

By equitable, you mean Russia back behind 2014 borders. Anything less is a total and abject failure on Trump who has been hailed as "The best negotiator ever".

Now that would be a far more compelling argument if the key US cards hadn’t been laid out on the table beforehand.

Years ago Trump said (about Putin) "I like the guy, I could work with him".

Yes, I bet also he's quite envious of his ability to successfully rig elections.

That's nonsense. Trump is his own man.

Years ago Trump said (about Putin) "I like the guy, I could work with him".

Years ago Churchill said "Jaw, jaw is better than war, war."

So let's see what can be done to negotiate an equitable settlement to hostilities.

It would appear that the vast majority of people in Ukraine, including the democratically elected President, reject your view.

Trump was compromised last time and he's compromised this time. The difference in the interim is Ukraine and Putin wants something from him. We're seeing how that plays out now.

Trump is a narcissistic dolt and although I loathe Putin, he will do circuits and bumps around him, not least because, compromised.

To be honest...I try not to believe more salacious allegations unless they are well evidenced...but I'm coming around to the idea that Trump is compromised.

Was interesting to hear, on TRIP US, Scaramucci saying he believes Trump to be compromised and that other former Trump WH officials believe the same.

It's one thing to re-vamp US foreign policy in an isolationist way, but Trump does seem particularly meek and pathetic in the way he deals with Putin.

There was no freaking out. Don't try to gaslight and rewrite history. It is absolutely unacceptable to meet with your allies enemies and discuss how to split the spoils after you have blackmailed and threatened them into surrender. Anyone who thinks that is ok is two sandwiches short of a picnic.

The Russians that are suffering are free to leave Ukraine at any point and go back to Russia.

Interesting question op and lots of pundits are putting theories around.
Unfortunately I don't think zelensky helped matters by freaking out at the initial talks
I certainly don't blame zelensky at all but dealing with these two characters I don't think it helped.
Re trumps remarks about putin, people who have studied trump said that is how he works. That is his tactic to butter people up.
However it's also been said that Trump admires putin and he feels it's easier to work with men like putin who can get things done than say numerous heads of eu countries who simply can't.
I definitely think they admire each other strong man ethos.
Having said that I don't think for one second trump would appreciate being called putin s puppet. I also don't think Trump could have got near putin without getting expert consulting about how putin operates. I think it's ridiculous to assume that.
We all want putin to suffer and be punished for what he has done but realistically at the moment that's not happening.
The people suffering are the Russians and if course the Ukrainians

Zelensky's charms have nothing to do with anything.Putin and Russia is the aggressor invading sovereign territory of Ukraine.

They can piss off.

Erm sorry to break it to you but the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore. Much as Putin would love those days back.

So just because it was how you were born does not mean it has to be the same now.
The world has moved on quite a bit.

Thing is, even if those things were all absolutely conclusively proven, it wouldn't make any difference anyway. Trump wouldn't lose a single voter, its a cult, like Brexit, it doesn't matter how bad it gets. I can't think of a single thing Putin could possibly have that would damage Trump. Massive corruption, just shrug it off, sadistic sex video, just denied. Nothing would make a dent. This is a man who refused to accept the result of an election, has numerous criminal convictions, has been found in court to sexually assaulted (raped) a women. The American voter saw all of that and reelected him. A piss video would hardly even make the news.
I think Trump supports Putin because he admires Putin. Putin sees what he wants and just takes it, this is what Trump wants for himself and America.

Trump is Dunning Kruger personified. He's desperate to look like a strong alpha male so sides with Putin whom he perceives to be just such a strong man. In reality they're just two aging white males who should stfu and be put out to grass or pushed out of a window perhaps.

Sorry but, no.

Russian interference in the US elections (particularly in 2016, in favor of Trump) has been absolutely and conclusively proven.

What was not proven was wilful collusion by the Trump campaign - although the Trump Tower Meeting, with Trump's sons in attendance, was deemed an instance of possible collusion, Mueller didn't think intent would be established. Mueller also declined to exonerate Trump or his campaign because, although he didn't find sufficient evidence to prove criminality, Trump and the witnesses meaningfully obstructed the investigation and repeatedly lied to the FBI.

The Steele Dossier (with the pee tape allegation) was largely not debunked but, equally, the "juicy" parts were not coroberated either.

If I was being extremely generous I'd say that Trump has decided that it is better to have a USA/Russia relationship than force a Russia/China relationship - but honestly that might be giving him too much credit

It’s like The Mooch has repeatedly said - the way to get on Trump’s good side is flattery, flattery, flattery. If you tell him/the world how great he is then he doesn’t actually care what else you do.

Yes he is @Thisandthatandthensome. Putin paid handsomely for Trump's presidency.

Trump is being played like a fiddle by Putin and he is too dumb to see it. It's horrifying to watch.

No, I don't think Trump is Putin's puppet.
I think, however, he's right in many ways, especially asking about that 300+ billion dollars.
There are more people, who didn't fall for
Mr. Zelensky's "charms".
They are not Putin's puppets.
By the way, however I try to change my view (why should I?) I'll always see Ukraine as part of the great Soviet Union. That's how it worked when
I was born and lived quite near to it all.

@Zippedydodah agreed that Trump genuinely believes he should get a Nobel Peace Prize (simply because Obama got one and he doesn’t like Obama having things that he doesn’t have) and so he is pushing Ukraine and Gaza.

He couldn’t give a toss what actually happens or about the people there, he just wants the big shiny award so that he can feel better about his Daddy not loving him.