A bigger threat than MS-13, Mitt?
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Multiple FOX "journalists" and pundits are trashing Trump. The title of this article was "Trump Scored and Own Goal"Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
So looked at one way, the sit down with Putin came at a propitious time. If Trump could stand up to Putin and maybe even wring some concessions from the Russian ruler, this would be the perfect moment for Trump to show himself as his own man.
The president decided to go the other way on that one.
If Trump’s critics had scripted it, they could hardly have done better at showing him as the junior partner in the bilateral relationship. Putin was clearly in charge from beginning to end with Trump jumping in to blame America for problems Russia created and to denounce the same investigation that just offered conclusive proof of Putin’s wrongdoing in 2016.
Hearing Trump attack the intelligence and law enforcement agencies that daily do battle with Putin’s goons was so odd that we had to re-read the transcript just to be sure our ears weren’t playing tricks.
Blaming America for the misdeeds of another country is never a good look for a U.S. president abroad. For Trump, accused by his critics of being a lackey for Putin, to make excuses for the regime in Moscow in the presence of that country’s ruler was an astonishing lapse.
What compounds the error is that the summit was not necessary. They weren’t there for treaty talks or to de-escalate some crisis. U.S.-Russia relations are bad and Russia continues to be a bad actor in the world, but that has been true for every day Trump has been in office and will presumably still be true on the day Trump leaves his post. For a president with a Russia problem – especially one who disdains preparation and scripted talking points – a summit like this is nothing to rush into.
Whatever domestic political considerations that Trump had in mind when setting up the meeting with Putin, the president succeeded today in undoing months of work by his administration and its supporters outside the White House. After that display, Special Counsel Robert Mueller is safer in his job than the guy selling aloe vera at the nude beach. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...-own-goal.htmlComment
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Very thoughtful piece. Thank you.Comment
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A 2,000 year old quote from Cicero is floating about the interwebs today
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague."Comment
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So, when's the next US - Russia summit?Comment
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Maybe....
Carlson attempted to downplay Russian meddling by saying the following:
“I think of course they try to interfere in our affairs. They have for a long time. Many countries do. Some more successfully than Russia, like Mexico — which is routinely interfering in our elections by packing our electorate.”
Carlson added: “The idea that where you are on Russia is the defining question, that’s kind of demented, actually. It’s like number 115 on the list of real concerns — at least in my mind.
“Maybe I’m the demented one.”Comment
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President Trump’s stunning news conference with Vladimir Putin becomes understandable once you recognize that he was advancing his personal interests, not those of the United States.Comment
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This is like the Keystone Kops
President Donald Trump met with Finnish president Sauli Niinistö Monday, ahead of his scheduled summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
According to reporters, Trump thanked the Finnish president for his support and said the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has never been stronger.
“I enjoyed being with you a couple of days ago. NATO has, I think, never been stronger. It was a little bit tough at the beginning, but it turned out to be love. I appreciated your support,” Trump said in his opening remarks.
Finland, however, is not in NATO.Comment
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All in the Family
Russian foreign agent Maria Butina has been charged with operating as an undisclosed foreign agent, tasked with infiltrating the NRA and other conservative political organizations in the US on behalf of Russia. It turns out her gun rights front group, Right to Bear Arms, paid for Sheriff David Clarke’s trip to Moscow.Comment
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Perfectly logical. Stealing some emails, not a big deal, happens every day. Nuclear weapons proliferation, propping up a failed state in Syria, Invading sovereign countries should be much higher on the list. Trump's following the right priorities. Slapping Putin around for "attempting to meddle" doesn't make sense in light of much bigger fish to fry with Russia. That's what a poor negotiator would do, show all your cards on the small stuff.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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