He listens to what Putin tells him to do, mishears most of it, misunderstands most of what’s left, and in five minutes has forgotten most of what was left after that, and tries to turn whatever remains into a scam that’ll benefit him.
But, inasmuch as he is able to want to do something that doesn’t directly and immediately benefit him personally, he tries to be a good puppet, at least when he remembers the blackmail material the ex-KGB bastard has on him.
He’s just bad at it, as he is at everything else except at avoiding paying his bills.
No one said he was a good puppet.
He listens to what Putin tells him to do, mishears most of it, misunderstands most of what’s left, and in five minutes has forgotten most of what was left after that, and tries to turn whatever remains into a scam that’ll benefit him.
But, inasmuch as he is able to want to do something that doesn’t directly and immediately benefit him personally, he tries to be a good puppet, at least when he remembers the blackmail material the ex-KGB bastard has on him.
He’s just bad at it, as he is at everything else except at avoiding paying his bills.