US presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that he threatened Vladimir Putin with a strike on Moscow if he invaded Ukraine.

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    “I said, ‘Vladimir, if you go after Ukraine, I am going to hit you so hard, you’re not even going to believe it. I’m going to hit you right in the middle of fricking Moscow,” Donald Trump said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, without specifying under what circumstances and when he and Putin had this conversation.

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    According to Trump, Putin replied: “No way”. Trump responded: “Way”.

    no way!

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    Oh, it’s unpopular supporting a murderous dictator piece of shit whose army invaded another sovereign country to commit war crimes and now you’re claiming you stood up to him, right before an election you might lose. Interesting…

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      I mean, he might have said it, the man seems mentally scrambled enough that even if he’s in Putin’s pocket I could see him trying to make threats to him to boost his ego. Now him saying it in a way that would make it seem serious, or actually meaning it, is another matter.

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    “Putin respects me so much there would never be a war if I was president!”

    Also

    “I swear I yelled at him and everything!”

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      This was also the guy who was actively trying to sabotage NATO when the Russian military buildup was slowly starting at the border.

      Sure we believe ya…

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    Hey man, President Convict would have stopped stroking Vlad’s balls while choking on his dick! That would’ve showed him.