Comments from a prior post I made:
I firmly believe Putin would have preferred Hillary. I realize Russia meddled in the election and the intel agencies say Putin was trying to help Trump, but I think he did so because Putin knew Hillary would win and wanted to discredit/weaken her as much as possible. But from a policy perspective, Hillary was much more aligned with Putin's goals than Trump.
Hillary was against fracking, which the Russians hate. Clearly, Putin would want to stop fracking to raise oil prices and to stop potential LNG flows to Europe to replace Russian natural gas. Hillary would have kept our military spending in the shallow end of the pool, Putin would love that too because it would give him more freedom to operate as he did in Crimea and Ukraine. Hillary would have followed Obama's policies in the Middle East (leading from behind and non-active engagement) leaving the Middle East to Russia, Putin would love that. Hillary would have kept the Iran deal, Putin would love that since Iran is a proxy for Russia and the larger Iran's tentacles reach into the Middle East the better for Putin. And Hillary would have continued Obama's policies keeping the missile defense shield out of Europe.
And Billy got a lot of money from Russia for speeches while Hillary was Sec State. Not to mention, Hillary helping the Russians in the uranium deal.
I firmly believe Putin would have preferred Hillary. I realize Russia meddled in the election and the intel agencies say Putin was trying to help Trump, but I think he did so because Putin knew Hillary would win and wanted to discredit/weaken her as much as possible. But from a policy perspective, Hillary was much more aligned with Putin's goals than Trump.
Hillary was against fracking, which the Russians hate. Clearly, Putin would want to stop fracking to raise oil prices and to stop potential LNG flows to Europe to replace Russian natural gas. Hillary would have kept our military spending in the shallow end of the pool, Putin would love that too because it would give him more freedom to operate as he did in Crimea and Ukraine. Hillary would have followed Obama's policies in the Middle East (leading from behind and non-active engagement) leaving the Middle East to Russia, Putin would love that. Hillary would have kept the Iran deal, Putin would love that since Iran is a proxy for Russia and the larger Iran's tentacles reach into the Middle East the better for Putin. And Hillary would have continued Obama's policies keeping the missile defense shield out of Europe.
And Billy got a lot of money from Russia for speeches while Hillary was Sec State. Not to mention, Hillary helping the Russians in the uranium deal.