A filmmaker who has extensively documented Russian propaganda said this week that former President Donald Trump fits into the Kremlin's anti-West narrative.
The award-winning documentary "Our New President" follows Trump's election in 2016 as depicted by Russia's state-linked media, according to an interview with the Washington Post.
For the past decade, Russians have been fed the same message that the West is trying to destroy their society. He pointed out that Trump was one American leader who wasn't trying to destroy the Russian way of life.
According to The Post, it was widely believed in Russia that Trump faced a backlash in the US because he was not trying to harm Russian interests.
It has been waged so fully and skillfully that it has made a lot of what is happening now possible.
The Russian media has been shadowboxing for a long time. That does not really matter. When there is any kind of Putin aggressive action, a lot of people in Russia don't see it as aggressive, he said.
They see it as standing up for their way of life.
According to The New York Times, Trump and Putin have met five times. An investigation was launched into the campaign of Trump after he was accused of colluding with Russia.
Trump has made statements about both Putin and Russia.
If he were in power, Trump said he would send nuclear submarines to go up and down Russia's coast. He believes that the US should bomb Russia with Chinese flags on its fighter jets.
Prior to the invasion, Trump praised Putin for sending his forces into Ukraine and called him a genius.
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