--- description: Russian President Vladimir Putin may soon be joining Donald Trump on the Republican presidential ticket, GOP rival John Kasich says title: Parody Website Announces Putin as Trump's Running Mate image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kasich Parody Website Announces Putin as Trump's Running Mate  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Dec 19, 2015 5:44 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Dec 19, 2015 5:44 PM CUT Russian President Vladimir Putin may soon be joining Donald Trump on the Republican presidential ticket in the culmination of a highly-publicized exchange of mutual respect. At least, that’s according to a fake [website](http://trump-putin2016.com/ "undefined") and press release created by fellow GOP candidate Ohio Governor John Kasich. The joke spoofs Trump’s apparently growing friendship with the Russian leader, who has been effusive toward GOP frontrunner in recent days. Trump has previously said the pair would get along if he were elected President, and this week Putin returned the good feelings, [calling](http://time.com/4153183/putin-trump-presidency/ "undefined") Trump the “absolute leader in the presidential race.” Trump replied, saying the compliment was [“a great honor.”](http://time.com/4154409/donald-trump-vladmir-putin-compliment-great-honor/ "undefined") Besides jabbing at the chummy relationship between Trump and Putin, Kasich’s campaign re-wrote the current Trump campaign slogan as “Make Tyranny Great Again!” “Don’t mind the constitutional problems of our candidacy,” read a statement on a fake campaign website. “This campaign will be terrific! Huge! A merger of two great powers!” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156018/trump-putin-running-mate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156018/trump-putin-running-mate/"},"headline":"Kasich Parody Website Announces Putin as Trump's Running Mate","datePublished":"2015-12-19T17:44:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:31:08.572Z","description":"'This campaign will be terrific! Huge!'","url":"https://time.com/4156018/trump-putin-running-mate/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4156018/trump-putin-running-mate/","name":"Kasich Parody Website Announces Putin as Trump's Running Mate"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Donald Trump: 'I Have to Win'","description":"Watch Time magazine's interview with Donald Trump for Person of the Year","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/RaDVQ2PJ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-09T12:02:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RaDVQ2PJ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4156018/trump-putin-running-mate/","duration":"PT2M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4156018/trump-putin-running-mate/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```