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Putin Whispers His Intention to Remain Russia’s Dictator
In a bizarre video, he pushes a widow away from his side and struggles to say he will run again in 2024
It was the standard prop for Russia’s blood-thirsty dictator. While awarding the traitorous Eastern Ukrainians from Donetsk awards, the most senior ass-kisser of the bunch, on cue, moved toward Putin as he completed delusional speech #1,987,453.
It almost reminded me of a square dance, the way the attendees emerged from four corners closed in on Russia’s czar. One of the first to make it to his side was a Ukrainian widow with a look on her face that pretty much translated into, “Why the f*** am I here?” Neither was she happy to be there, nor was Putin thrilled to be reminded that this woman who clearly didn’t give a shit about him was standing so close to him. A superstitious, angry elf, Putin understood both the imagery of that moment and the possibility that some of her sorrow could reactivate whatever disease the daily baths in virgin Yak blood keep in remission.
In the video, which you will see below, and in this screen-grab, you can see Puffy pushing her away — or someone off camera is yanking her away. It does seem that someone noticed that abrupt push, so not more than two seconds later, she was pushed again toward him.
