The assessment rebutted a claim that the Russian leader made to President Trump in a phone call this week.
Telegram from Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley. Dec. 31, 1929.
— SPIES&VESPERS (@SpiesVespers) Jan 1, 2026
2026 — Go into it Waffle House strong! My friends, you got this!
— SPIES&VESPERS (@SpiesVespers) Jan 1, 2026
I wrote an 8,000-word @USATODAY expose on how Putin got so rich that’s worth a read. It shows how he started out as a small-time gangster and became the world’s biggest Mafia don:
The 4-step process that made Vladimir Putin ‘richest man in the world’https://t.co/3SHGx9EAEi
— Josh Meyer (@JoshMeyerDC) January 1, 2026