Feb 17, 2024
JULIA NIKHINSON/AFP/GETTY
Donald Trump supporters have been brutally mocked on Russian state-controlled TV, with one commentator branding them “not very smart primitive people.”
The comments were made during Friday’s edition of the primetime Meeting Point show which is broadcast by NTV, a network owned by state-controlled energy giant Gazprom. Newsweek emailed representatives of Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign for comment on Saturday. The former president remains by far the frontrunner in the race to be the GOP candidate for the White House.
A 52-second clip, complete with English-language translation, was shared on X on Saturday by Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of self-styled ‘pro-democracy’ media outlet Meidas Touch. So far, it has received more than 913,000 views.
Russian media mocks Trump supporters as “not very smart,” “rednecks,” and “primitive people” who you have to talk to with “cliches and dumb slogans.” pic.twitter.com/HW4jjWr7Zy
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 17, 2024
In the video, Maxim Yusin, a Russian journalist and political commentator, says: “The majority of people who vote for Trump are not very smart primitive people with whom you need to talk like this, with cliches and dumb slogans.”
The remark triggers laughter from other members of the panel, one of whom goes on to describe Trump supporters as “rednecks” and compares them to villagers who cry out for money.
Referring to Trump’s rhetoric at campaign rallies, a third commentator adds: “He shuffles around the same 10 words, such a b******, that’s all… This man is planning to be president again.” This sparks laughter from other panel members, to which he jokingly responds: “Enough, stop laughing! Idiotic idiots!”
Yusin then says that this is Trump’s way of communicating before adding that Ukraine should get nothing from the United States in terms of military aid.
On Tuesday, the Senate voted to approve a $95 billion foreign aid package, including an additional $60 billion in military assistance for Ukraine, which has been battling a full-scale Russian invasion since February 2022.
Before President Biden can sign it into law, the legislation must also be approved by the House of Representatives, but Republican Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to say whether he will bring the bill to a vote.
A bipartisan package had been agreed by Democrats and Republicans in the Senate. It would have provided aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and tightened border security. However, this was rejected by GOP hardliners, including Johnson, who said it was insufficient to tackle illegal immigration.
On Saturday, the Ukrainian military said it had withdrawn its forces from the small Donbas city of Avdiivka, which Russian forces have been trying to capture for months. Ukraine said the withdrawal was to avoid unnecessary casualties. The fall of Avdiivka is Russia’s biggest territorial gain since it seized the city of Bakhmut in May 2023, with Ukrainian defenders complaining of ammunition shortages since U.S. aid dried up.
On Friday, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in the prison he was being held, at an Arctic penal colony, according to Moscow authorities. Navalny had been jailed on corruption charges, which he insisted were politically motivated, after returning to Russia in 2021.
The previous year, Navalny had been poisoned by nerve agent Novichok, with a joint investigation by Russian news website The Insider and Netherlands-based investigative journalism group Bellingcat blaming the attack on Russian intelligence agents. The Kremlin denied having anything to do with Navalny’s poisoning.
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-state-tv-mocks-donald-trump-supporters-1870921
Clearly, the ruskies are very, very, very strange type of primates. I admit that I don’t understand why they are mocking those who want Putler’s best pal back in the White House, and even mocking the orange one.
Select parts of this should be run as an ad, targetting people who watch Sucker Carlovich’s show on Twitter. Trumpists need to learn that Putinists aren’t their friends, but rather see them as fools!
Our words all along, Mr. Gray. It baffles the mind how mindless some people can be. No, not some, but masses of people. Reminds me a lot of the famous fairy tale, der Rattenfänger von Hameln.
Good point, Mr. Ofp, Donald Trump is the reincarnation of that (in)famous pied piper in our modern times, leading a horde of lemmings on the road to ruin.
It appears the orcs are going overboard with this. By distancing themselves from Trump, it could backfire pretty spectacularly on them. One word from Trump, and the aid get passed. Trump has a huge ego, and if he takes this shit thrown at him, it proves it’s all just a deflection.
Yeah, Foccusser, looks like arrogance is getting the better of Putin and his fans By believing it was Russia’s military might responsible for the fall of Avdiivka, and not the Trumpist’s bockade of arms deliveries, they fool themselves embarassingly and insult their most helpful ally. That’s a huge mistake that the pro-Ukraine side needs to exploit. The ridicule by Putin and his propagandists needs to be made public in the US, in order to stir up a change of minds there. Nobody likes to be played for a sucker, especially not the thin skinned Trump and his easily enraged followers!
This incident on mafia TV should be aired across the United States. Although some people are just too stupid to be affected by it, most would at least stop to think about this whole thing, something they might have never done before … think.
I most certainly hope that he sees this. His ego would explode.
Especially as they are all laughing at him.
He would probably order a nuke attack on mafia land immediately, even though he can’t! 😂
Perhaps this needs airing on US prime time news. It could get quite a reaction. 😂
I hope it does!
trumpkov did say that he loves the poorly educated.
I always thought you were really a putin fan. Glad you made it public.
How do you get from “trumpkov did say that he loves the poorly educated,” accompanied by a link to a video of trumpkov saying, “I love the poorly educated”, to an accusation of being a putin fan?
Why are you “throwing accusations that chase away good people”? Don’t you see that your baseless attacks “are actively chasing away Ukraine supporters”?
I’ve been very clear that I oppose putler and all who support him – which includes trumpkov – who Russia helped get elected precisely so they could carve off a piece of Ukraine,
“Divisive projection is a Kremlin trait. Noted…”
Your ideology is very similar. Think about it. By the way, according to your calculus, did Biden become a putin fan when he removed sanctions from NS2?
I’ve thought about it. I believe you’re delusional.
“did Biden become a putin fan when he removed sanctions from NS2?”
Not at all. He was trying to mend relations with Germany, who had been pressing for the United States to drop its opposition to the project. Relations with Germany had deteriorated under trumpkov.
As the State Department said at the time, the waiver also “provides space for diplomatic engagement with Germany to address the risks that a completed pipeline would pose to Ukraine and European energy security.”
Either way, that move by Biden was a big mistake. He should’ve known that there can be no mending relations with Germany as long as that Stasi bloodsucker Merkel was in power.
He’s one himself.
He *was* described by one professor as being “the dumbest goddam student I ever had”.
I find this statement very easy to believe. I get reminded of his low IQ every time he opens his stupid mouth.