Putin’s View Of Trump: A Pushover, A Weaker Version Of Neville Chamberlain

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Don't remember anyone saying that Putin was/is irrelevant. Hard to believe that anyone would view the President of Russia as irrelevant.

He is a great joke punchline at times though.

#moobs!!!!!!!

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Translations from British and Russian media outlets, meanwhile, were closer to the original ABC video. Reuters reported that Putin called Trump "very flamboyant, very talented." The BBC interpreted the comments as "very colorful, talented." And The Guardian amended a previous version of its article from "brilliant" to "very colorful."

RT, the television network funded by the Russian government, quoted Putin as saying "very flamboyant." And according to Sputnik, a news agency also controlled by the Kremlin, Putin said "very bright."

What accounts for these different interpretations?

The word Putin used was "яркий" or "yarkii," which means "bright" or "brilliant." But whereas "bright" and "brilliant" in English are synonyms for both "vivid" and "intelligent," the Russian word "yarkii" does not carry the second meaning.

Putin was basically using "yarkii" to mean "colorful" or "strong personality," said Harley Balzer, a Russia expert at Georgetown University, adding that he sees "nothing to support brilliant" in the intelligence sense from the comments Putin made in December.

Russian language experts told our friends at FactCheck.Org the same thing.

Putin, himself, denied the "brilliant" translation in a June interview with CNNs Fareed Zakaria.

(Politifact)

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/sep/08/donald-trump/did-vladimir-putin-call-trump-brilliant/

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