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That's the thing. If Russia's parliament wants to be a rubber stamp for Putin, so what? That's what the people voted for and they continue to vote Putin into power.
Ultimately, we can't get upset with a President Putin "for life" on the one hand, while cozying up to the monarchies of the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, etc.) and elsewhere on the other hand.
I’ve never liked the relationship we have with Saudi Arabia. The Saudi monarchy and Saudi society is one of the most repressive in the world. We are energy independent..... time to withdrawal from the hopeless Middle East and Arab world. (Other than to defend Israel) The problems of the Arab world are not our problems as long as they don’t export them to us as they did on 9-11.
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I’ve never liked the relationship we have with Saudi Arabia. The Saudi monarchy and Saudi society is one of the most repressive in the world. We are energy independent..... time to withdrawal from the hopeless Middle East and Arab world. (Other than to defend Israel) The problems of the Arab world are not our problems as long as they don’t export them to us as they did on 9-11.
Israel says it can defend itself, time to leave the ME and don't look back.
and you think Biden supporters would do better? On each side you have people who are knowledgable, which doesn't necessarily require an education. You also have college graduates and current enrollee who are completely ignorant. Do we all not remember those youtube videos of people going around and asking University Students what they thought of Trumps policy concerning this or that. And the Students immediate said it was wrong or racist and afterwards they were informed it was Obama's policy and not Trumps. They just stood there confused.
Sad reality but most people live in little bubbles who try to go along with the mob because they just don't wish to admit their ignorance. We really need to teach people as they grow up that one of the smartest and bravest things you can do is say " I don't know".
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OP, answers like this perfectly confirm my opinion that Trump supporters are low-information, don't read, and have little interest in anything beyond Trump's self-aggrandizing speeches.
That's the thing. If Russia's parliament wants to be a rubber stamp for Putin, so what? That's what the people voted for and they continue to vote Putin into power.
Ultimately, we can't get upset with a President Putin "for life" on the one hand, while cozying up to the monarchies of the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, etc.) and elsewhere on the other hand.
The problem is voting in Russia is rigged. Who knows how the people actually voted because Putin and his party will win regardless.
Voting in Russia: Please Don’t Call it “Elections
We live in the US and foreign leaders are of no concern to us, except the leaders of our enemies.
Libs, lacking confidence and conviction in their own beliefs, see accolades and approval from foreign nations who have inferior political systems and fewer freedoms.
+1 on this. ^^ And personally I dont have a favorite "leader" here either. Trump is an a$$hole. A boor, a crass and belligerent bastard. And just what we need as president. I don't have to want to hang out with the guy at my fishing hole. I want him to pi$$ off our enemies and tell our allies to get their $h!t together and pull their weight.
Which Trump has done. I don't get this simpering leftist take that our president needs to be a nice guy. Carter was a nice guy. Look what that got us. As to other world leaders I don't care a fart in a high wind. They just need to sit down and shut up as to how we do things here.
OP, answers like this perfectly confirm my opinion that Trump supporters are low-information, don't read, and have little interest in anything beyond Trump's self-aggrandizing speeches.
as a "Trump supporter", I would say all of these apply seamlessly to your opinions as well.
And I suspect the post you quoted did so on purpose, knowing how leftists would squeal about it.
Of course, it also depends on whether one were to interpret the OP, since clarified, as being "current world leaders" or "all-time". There's nothing wrong with, if interpreted as "current", with naming only your own leader. I'd hope that citizens of other countries would support their leader.
There's not another country that I want to "be like". That includes the Putins etal of the world who rule their countries with impunity. It certainly includes the Trudeau's of the world who seem to govern by what "feels good" and who have an inflated sense of self-importance (after all, their GDP is 1/10 of ours though their population is above 10% of ours).
As to "good leaders", I suppose I'd give Merkel the nod, possibly the new PM of Japan and the newer PM of South Korea.
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