Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that Russia has exchanged "butter for guns" and blamed the price rises on "unfriendly" countries.
  • Axum@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Welcome to the eventual mirror image in the USA upcoming next year.

    Due to tariffs, groceries will go up but no one will blame Trump for any of the idiotic things he will do that will work towards ruining our economy.

    Russian media manipulation was simply a proving ground before implementing it in the USA.

    • boreengreen@lemm.ee
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      1 day ago

      Well, it’s illegal with very heavy punishments to blame putin or the war.

      Of course I would not be very surprised if trump tried to make criticism or insult aimed towards him illegal.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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        23 hours ago

        Trump already called for government agencies to shut down CBS, and Muskrat is publicly musing about buying out MSNBC…

        • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org
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          15 hours ago

          He also has mentioned a couple of times that if people voted for him, it would be the last time they would ever need to vote.