Oct 21, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 27 segments
Welcome back to High Stakes, a limited series from Kara Swisher and cohost Hillary Clinton. Ten years after Hillary called Trump Putin’s “puppet” on the debate stage, the label is back, and so is the…
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This is right in your wheelhouse now for waiving new Russian sanctions days before they kicked in.
Marco Rubio says the president will take up to two months to weigh what the sanctions would do to the economy and doesn't want to scare Russia away from peace talks.
Putin, from everything I see, has no respect for this person.
Well, that's because he'd rather have a puppet as president of the United States.
It's pretty clear you won't admit that the Russians have engaged in cyber attacks against the United States of America, that you encouraged espionage against our people, that you are willing to spout the Putin line, sign up for his wish list, break up NATO, do whatever he wants to do, and that you continue to get help from him because he has a very clear favorite in this race.
So what, for a little background, what, how did you come up, puppet is a great word and it drove him crazy.
You're a puppet.
You're a puppet.
That was
But this, like everybody is putting this up and it's like the 10 year anniversary.
This is right in your wheelhouse now for waiving new Russian sanctions days before they kicked in.
Marco Rubio says the president will take up to two months to weigh what the sanctions would do to the economy and doesn't want to scare Russia away from peace talks.
Putin, from everything I see, has no respect for this person.
Well, that's because he'd rather have a puppet as president of the United States.
It's pretty clear you won't admit that the Russians have engaged in cyber attacks against the United States of America, that you encouraged espionage against our people, that you are willing to spout the Putin line, sign up for his wish list, break up NATO, do whatever he wants to do, and that you continue to get help from him because he has a very clear favorite in this race.
So what, for a little background, what, how did you come up, puppet is a great word and it drove him crazy.
You're a puppet.
You're a puppet.
That was
But this, like everybody is putting this up and it's like the 10 year anniversary.
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