Putin makes Trump dance as his useful Muppet

Published October 14, 2026 1:45pm ET | Updated October 14, 2026 1:59pm ET



President Donald Trump’s greatest delusion is that he is a superior president to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson. Perhaps Trump’s second-greatest delusion is that Russian President Vladimir Putin respects him.

Putin has repeatedly proven his disdain for the president, most recently with an assassination plot in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. But having tricked Trump into drinking from his poisoned energy chalice, Putin is now brutally presenting Trump as a foolish Muppet.

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