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Krugman writes: "If elected, would Donald Trump be Vladimir Putin's man in the White House? This should be a ludicrous, outrageous question. After all, he must be a patriot - he even wears hats promising to make America great again. But we're talking about a ludicrous, outrageous candidate."

Ivanka Trump, daughter of Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, waves. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Ivanka Trump, daughter of Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, waves. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)


Donald Trump, the Siberian Candidate

By Paul Krugman, The New York Times

22 July 16

 

f elected, would Donald Trump be Vladimir Putin’s man in the White House? This should be a ludicrous, outrageous question. After all, he must be a patriot — he even wears hats promising to make America great again.

But we’re talking about a ludicrous, outrageous candidate. And the Trump campaign’s recent behavior has quite a few foreign policy experts wondering just what kind of hold Mr. Putin has over the Republican nominee, and whether that influence will continue if he wins.

I’m not talking about merely admiring Mr. Putin’s performance — being impressed by the de facto dictator’s “strength,” and wanting to emulate his actions. I am, instead, talking about indications that Mr. Trump would, in office, actually follow a pro-Putin foreign policy, at the expense of America’s allies and her own self-interest.


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