Why Putin prefers Harris over Trump in the White House

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Two weeks ago, a U.S. intelligence official — commenting on the recent Election Security Update issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) — suggested that Russia prefers former President Trump to win the presidency in November.

As a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer who specializes in Russia and Putin, I totally disagree. Like many other pronouncements made by spy agencies, this one is also dead wrong. But now that Biden is out of the race, whom would Vladimir Putin favor, Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris?

Kamala, of course. Here’s why.

Putin is almost certainly terrified of another Trump presidency, but Kamala not so much. The Russians have assessed her to be vapid, unintelligent and incompetent, and can be unbalanced and manipulated in Moscow’s view.

DEMOCRATS TOLD US BIDEN WAS RAZOR SHARP. WAIT TILL AMERICA GETS THE KAMALA HARRIS SPIN

The Russian media, which is almost exclusively under state control, speculated on Monday whether Harris’s "cackling and giggling," "nervous, out-of-place clapping," "exaggerated gesticulation," nonsensical statements like "the passage of time," and "strange" facial expressions are a result of a psychiatric disorder or being constantly "inebriated."

Russian analysts expect Harris to continue Biden’s policies seeking to transform America from a society