# 18 of world’s leading nations prefer Clinton, Russia prefers Trump!

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 8, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-of-world-s-leading-nations-prefer-clinton-russia-prefers-trump/771071 "2016-11-08T16:17:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-of-world-s-leading-nations-prefer-clinton-russia-prefers-trump/771071/1 "2016-11-08T16:17:16Z")

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“The only country that would settle for Mr. Trump is Russia, whose president Vladimir Putin has praised the Republican candidate as a “bright and talented person”…”

[https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/the-world-wants-hillary-476615](https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/the-world-wants-hillary-476615)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-of-world-s-leading-nations-prefer-clinton-russia-prefers-trump/771071/2 "2016-11-08T16:26:02Z")

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_The New Yorker_ humor: Putin Appears with Trump in Flurry of Swing-State Rallies

> **[Putin Appears with Trump in Flurry of Swing-State Rallies](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/putin-appears-with-trump-in-flurry-of-swing-state-rallies?mbid=rss)**
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> The Russian President seemed to relish the warm response at his first rally, where he led the crowd in a chant of “Lock her up.”

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-of-world-s-leading-nations-prefer-clinton-russia-prefers-trump/771071/4 "2016-11-08T16:32:26Z")

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> [@Steve\_P](#):
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> Of course other countries want Hillary, they are laughing at the opportunity to take advantage of her just like they did with Obama!!

Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha!

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-of-world-s-leading-nations-prefer-clinton-russia-prefers-trump/771071/5 "2016-11-08T16:57:10Z")

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Please note that the linked article in the OP is from March.

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**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-of-world-s-leading-nations-prefer-clinton-russia-prefers-trump/771071/6 "2016-11-08T17:06:37Z")

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Well Russia is the only one likely to nuke us so if we’re taking the opinions of foreign nations into account then that would be the trump card, no pun intended, over a bunch of scoffing Europeans.