It's absolutely infuriating how this idea that Russia is a great power for tautological reasons is something believed by statesmen and world leaders
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🇺🇸🤷🏻♂️ "The US needs to maintain good relations with Russia because it is a world power," — Marco Rubio
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set aside their extraction industries and they're basically on par with Ethiopia or Egypt, both of which are economically "relevant" but not close to "world power" status
Any of Rubios 'we must be tough on Russia' quotes from the past decade.
I can't stand extreme right wingers. I loathe turncoats and spineless bastards like Rubio even more.
Dude was railing about the illegal regime in Moscow last year, now he’s fellating the Russians on the global stage.