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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4683439" data-attributes="member: 54375">&quot;When Donald Trump unexpectedly won the presidential election four years ago, the pro-Kremlin political establishment in Moscow literally <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/champagne-corks-pop-moscow-celebrate-trumps-inauguration" target="_blank">toasted him</a> with champagne and Vladimir Putin’s servile parliament, the Duma, cheered him with a round of applause. Trump nash—literally “Trump is ours,” but meaning something like “Trump is one of us” or “Trump is our guy”—became a popular catchphrase. Eventually, the romance cooled. But during the 2020 election season, it appears that Trump is nash after all: so far, Putin is the only major national leader to have held back on congratulating Joe Biden on his victory. Meanwhile, the Russian state-run (or state-friendly) media have alternated mostly between open gloating over an American election in chaos and equally open sympathy for Trump.&quot;The Bulwark</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4683439, member: 54375"] "When Donald Trump unexpectedly won the presidential election four years ago, the pro-Kremlin political establishment in Moscow literally [URL='https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/champagne-corks-pop-moscow-celebrate-trumps-inauguration']toasted him[/URL] with champagne and Vladimir Putin’s servile parliament, the Duma, cheered him with a round of applause. [I]Trump nash[/I]—literally “Trump is ours,” but meaning something like “Trump is one of us” or “Trump is our guy”—became a popular catchphrase. Eventually, the romance cooled. But during the 2020 election season, it appears that Trump is [I]nash[/I] after all: so far, Putin is the only major national leader to have held back on congratulating Joe Biden on his victory. Meanwhile, the Russian state-run (or state-friendly) media have alternated mostly between open gloating over an American election in chaos and equally open sympathy for Trump." The Bulwark [/QUOTE]

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