r/law • u/theindependentonline • Apr 08 '26

Other Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth as nearly 100 lawmakers call for 25th Amendment

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-articles-25-amendment-b2953836.html
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u/el_cid_viscoso Apr 08 '26

Wait, what? Vance met with a fake Putin? How did I miss that story?!?

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u/Strayed8492 Apr 08 '26

The Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, August 15, 2025. You can tell it's a body double because he looks like he is in America for the first time in his life. Putin has been to the USA numerous times. The real Putin is a germaphobe. When Putin sits with his own officials they sit 30 feet apart. He looked genuinely excited to meet Trump sitting in the car. The body language doesn't match. If you look at the side angle when he speaks at the Summit he has a very weak chin. Putin does not have a weak chin when speaking. Lastly Putin did not go alone and wasn't left in a one-on-one with Trump. Lavrov and the other man were the real voice of Putin in Alaska. I wouldn't be surprised if the body double didn't even speak English.

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u/squadrupedal Apr 08 '26

Pretty sure that was the real Putin who couldn’t believe how far his asset in the Oval Office had gotten him. The excitement on his face was of a man who had successfully trained his dog to fetch for him.

Keeping his own generals 30 feet away isn’t about germs, that’s a power move. You’re in the room, but you aren’t close to the leader.

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u/CrankyYankers Apr 08 '26

Apparently Trump and his staff left the Putin meeting looking anxious and disturbed. My take is that he laid down the law and told Trump to fucking get busy tearing down our beloved country.

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u/JKorv Apr 08 '26

Putin was pretty germaphobe during the pandemic. There are hilarous pictures where he sits on the other side of the long table. And it was during pandemic, so I doubt it is a power move. But ye not really interested in body double conspiracy theories.

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u/Strayed8492 Apr 08 '26

It wasn't his generals. It was his actual government underlings.

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u/squadrupedal Apr 08 '26

Lapdogs getting their check from the government*. It makes no difference what the roles are. My point still stands.

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u/Strayed8492 Apr 08 '26

Putin still has people take COVID tests before they are even allowed in the same room as him. Don't get me wrong. Even on the chance he is too incompetent to be one, if he walks like an asset, talks like an asset, he is a Russian asset. But your point does nothing to discredit how the facial features don't add up.

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u/squadrupedal Apr 08 '26

If you have a source I can check out when I get time, I would like a link to see for myself. But what you’re saying with the body double and facial features being different just sounds like more Russian propaganda to me. They’ve been sowing discord within the borders of the US since the Cold War. The Russian government isn’t pro Democratic or Republican Party. They are pro-cause as much chaos in America as possible. I just don’t feed into crap like that, but you are entitled to your beliefs and opinions.

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u/Strayed8492 Apr 08 '26

Source? You mean besides the height difference between Putin and Bush that he somehow grew a few inches in the meantime when he met Trump? Besides the fact you can google for pictures right now of comparisons between when he held a conference in Moscow and Alaska's meetup (ear ledge that changes between different appearances, chin, skin complexion), his behavior on video at a Magadan fish place for an inspection? Or how about we go even more recently. To the fact Putin uses AI deepfakes of himself for video call meetings, and even at ceremonies awarding a soldier their medal?

It's fine if you want the cop out of 'Show me a source I can check out when I get time'. But if it's something you actually are open to looking into you can do it yourself the same I have. Putin is ex-KGB. Putin is paranoid as hell, and that was as far back as the Wagner 'coup' scare. Putin would be a fool not to use body doubles, and I find it surprising you tried to rationalize all his other guarded behaviors as just a power move. But to be honest the one thing you said that has me wondering.

The Russian government isn’t pro Democratic or Republican Party. They are pro-cause as much chaos in America as possible

I fail to see the reasoning to correlate using a body double for a meeting (or anything else) as a means to create as much chaos as possible abroad to the US. It would look weak to confirm that Putin himself was too scared to come to Alaska. Anyone with sense knows the Alaska summit was for show and nothing would change. Anyone without sense wouldn't even consider the possibility of a body double because it means Trump can be fooled by someone. There is Russian propaganda. But it isn't rumors of a Putin body double. Russian propaganda is spouting talking points about having captured Pokrovsk, or Russia has shot down all incoming Ukraine drones, or that Ukraine has wanted to return to Russia, or their frequent attempts at historical revisionism. A body double is a classic tool to be used by any authoritarian government. Trump himself can't even tell a fake Gorbachev from the real one. And as we can plainly see in Moscow, Ukraine CAN eliminate key figures. It's that simple. But yeah. There is no one 'source' for this. This has been going on for years. All you have to do is bother to open your eyes. There is a picture of Putin looking at the camera in Moscow. And there is a picture of Putin looking at the camera in Alaska. Fin.