Of all people:

“The current deal struck by U.S. lawmakers will not solve the underlying issues. This colossal debt, $14 trillion or more, means that the country has been living on credit, which is really bad for one of the world’s leading economies. They live beyond their means, and put a part of their burden on the entire world’s economy. … The country is … shifting the weight of responsibility on other countries and in a way acting as a parasite. … Good for us that we do not print reserve money.”

— Vladimir Putin

A bad deal all round:

All that the colluding quislings in both chambers have undertaken is a “decrease in the rate of increase in government spending to just equal the increase in the government’s debt …”

See more in Ilana Mercer‘s article “Be Afraid: The Proof Is in the Putin” on WND.