New York Daily News

Putin’s predicted putative puppet

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San Francisco: Re “Open Treason” (front page, July 17): During one of the 2016 presidenti­al debates, Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of being Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “puppet.” She said: “You are willing to spout the Putin line, sign up for his wish list, break up NATO, do whatever he wants to do.” Trump responded by childishly retorting: “No puppet. No puppet. You’re the puppet! No, you’re the puppet!”

Clinton may not have been elected President, but she has proven a prophet. Trump is acting as Putin’s puppet, just as she predicted. Trump’s response to last year’s deadly rally by neo-Nazis and white supremacis­ts in Charlottes­ville, Va., when he insisted that there were “very fine people on both sides” — unashamedl­y defending racists and anti-Semites — remains his lowest moment as President. Even so, his publicly siding with Putin over America’s intelligen­ce agencies, despite their conclusion that Russia interfered in America’s democratic election, was shameful, indefensib­le, unconscion­able and disgracefu­l. Stephen A. Silver

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