--- title: Donald Trump - Vladimir Putin Are Running Mates: Parody Site description: Russian President Vladimir Putin may soon be joining Donald Trump on the Republican presidential ticket, GOP rival John Kasich says canonical: https://time.com/4156018/trump-putin-running-mate/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-19T17:44:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:56:45.759Z article:section: Politics og:title: Parody Website Announces Putin as Trump's Running Mate og:description: 'This campaign will be terrific! Huge!' og:url: https://time.com/4156018/trump-putin-running-mate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Parody Website Announces Putin as Trump's Running Mate twitter:description: 'This campaign will be terrific! Huge!' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kasich Parody Website Announces Putin as Trump's Running Mate ## Video: Donald Trump: 'I Have to Win' [Watch (HLS stream): Donald Trump: 'I Have to Win'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RaDVQ2PJ.m3u8) (2:30)  _Published 2015-12-09. Watch Time magazine's interview with Donald Trump for Person of the Year_  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Dec 19, 2015 5:44 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Dec 19, 2015 5:44 PM UTC 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/) 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/) 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/) 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! 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