Because of course he does.

Eventually, Vladimir Putin will take Donald Trump on a snipe hunt and lose him in the woods, but until then, he’s his useful little idiot.

I mean, why wouldn’t you believe a former KGB agent? They’re known for their honesty and probity.

x Once again, the president contradicts his top national security advisers on Russia, and repeats what Putin told him as if it's the truth. https://t.co/gGBtiBmoZy — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 3, 2019

x Trump said today that Putin had assured him by telephone that Russia is “not looking at all to get involved in Venezuela.” Here's what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday. pic.twitter.com/w6wX8zZiYf — Olivier Knox (@OKnox) May 3, 2019

And what did Pompeo say? “The Russians have people working over there in the hundreds, if not more. These are the folks who are actually controlling the direction of travel for Venezuela.”

Oh, I love having a president who will believe any stupid thing a person says, so long as that person is as vile and heinous and he is.

Happy Friday, folks. We’re in hell. But hell has margaritas.

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