On Tuesday, Jean-Claude Juncker wrote to Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his electoral success, presumably taking inspiration from the list of global demagogues and dictators who were also quick to send their congratulations, from President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela to President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus.
President Trump followed, but at least his advisers had given express instruction: “DO NOT CONGRATULATE”. Which, of course, the American president ignored. Shamefully, neither Juncker nor Trump mentioned the deployment of Russian-made chemical weapons in Salisbury, nor did they raise concerns about the legitimacy of the so-called “election” we have just witnessed in Russia.
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