Not for nothing, but the above is a blatant strawman. Explain to me why I should entertain it?
Rather easily, considering Trump has never said nor insinuated anything of the sort. Are you trying to be a caricature of liberals?
Are you looking for a serious response, or are you content to engage in histrionics? Because if it’s the latter, I’m more than content to let you do so for the next four, and hopefully eight, years.
Considering that the US has hundreds of troops stationed in countries along Russia’s border, and missiles in Europe aimed directly as Russia, yes, I do think he’d be worried about potential conflict with the US should Hillary, a known war hawk, have won. I mean, explain to me why he wouldn’t prefer the person who would rather some semblance of diplomacy to the person who talked about doing things to antagonize Russia, and even talked openly about engaging in actions that would lead to outright conflict with Russia (like establishing a NFZ in Syria)? While I understand that it’s suddenly become all the rage among leftists to beat the war drum in regards to-- how did Obama put it?-- “a declining regional power”, that doesn’t make it any less asinine of a suggestion or a position to take.
Where did I attribute benevolence to Putin? You’ve completely made that up.