The Trump-Putin Summit Meeting yesterday at the G-20 Summit is a clear sign that the Russian autocrat has our President in his grasp, and has undermined Trump’s legitimacy as our President.
All the intelligence agencies are absolutely certain that Russia intervened in our 2016 Presidential election, and helped Trump to win.
Trump has been unwilling to agree to the reality and the facts, calling it “fake news”.
Different versions of the meeting by the Russian Foreign Minister and our Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have emerged from the meeting, and the question is whether Trump really pressed the issue with Putin, and whether he will simply accept their version that they did NOT interfere in our election. A “robust” and “lengthy” discussion, as depicted by Tillerson, apparently was a distortion of the meeting, another lie of the Trump Presidency!
The idea that we had a summit meeting with only Tillerson as an observer, with his close past ties with Russia when he was head of Exxon Oil, is an outrage, when we should have had H. R. McMaster, the National Security Adviser, and or James Mattis, our Secretary of Defense, in the meeting. Between Trump and Tillerson, we had a grand total of 12 months experience in diplomacy, compared to many decades of experience by Putin and his Foreign Minister. This is an outrage that everyone should be alarmed about, and one can be sure many Republicans and conservatives in and out of Congress are truly alarmed!
IF Trump does not continue to challenge Putin and resist their propaganda, he will be permanently harmed, and we will have to worry that he is in league with them to help promote his fortunes, by their planned interference in our midterm elections in 2018 and the Presidential Election of 2020.
Can one even imagine the reaction if Barack Obama had colluded with Russia, or George W. Bush, or Bill Clinton?
Can one imagine how the far Right conservatives and the evangelical Christian Right, which have embraced Vladimir Put as a “Friend”, based on support of guns and opposition to gay rights, would have reacted if, in particular, Obama had done what Trump has done, promote a “bromance” with a man responsible for deaths of journalists and opponents, as revealed by Richard Engel in a one hour special on MSNBC last evening, part of a new series titled “On Assignment”?
The idea that men and women who profess religion could unite with a totalitarian dictator such as Putin only shows the corruption of right wing evangelicals, such as Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham! The idea that right wing commentators, such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Mark Levin, among others, would just accept that Putin is no danger to America, is also a true example of how lacking in substance these characters are, only concerned about making as much profit as possible on their propaganda, and no concern about American national security!
The way things look now, Donald Trump is truly the “Manchurian Candidate”, and we are permitting the Russians to infiltrate and undermine our political system with equanimity, instead of with alarm!
Putin set a trap and Trump fell into it. http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/opinions/trump-fell-for-putins-trap-psaki/index.html
Prior to meeting with Putin, Trump attacked John Podesta on Twitter.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/podesta-calls-trump-our-whack-job-president-in-response-to-error-filled-tweet/2017/07/07/f7bb1088-633f-11e7-84a1-a26b75ad39fe_story.html?utm_term=.739852745ffb
Trump also humiliated the Mexican president again over the border wall.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/07/trump-mexico-border-wall-pena-nieto-g20-summit
Hey, Putin said he wasn’t involved. That should settle it. Can’t we all get along? 😉
Of course, Paul! LOL
Who’s responsible for this Russian mess-ta?… Why it’s that spy named John Podesta.
Was Putin on a phishing expedition?
Nyet, he doth protest-a.
Then who is responsible for all this fuss?
As Pogo once said: “We have met the enemy…And he is us.”
HAHA, Very good, Paul! LOL
Trump Jr. met with Russian lawyer who promised “helpful” intel for campaign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/presidents-son-met-with-russian-lawyer-during-presidential-campaign-after-being-promised-information-helpful-to-fathers-effort/2017/07/09/90c0e3e8-64e9-11e7-8eb5-cbccc2e7bfbf_story.html?utm_term=.26c8003a8e8a
These people all need to be in jail.
Ronald writes, “[President Donald] Trump has been unwilling to agree to the reality and the facts, calling it ‘fake news’.â€
One source, long respected, that may be targeted as “fake news†is “Washington Post.â€
Behind the scenes of “Washington Post†was this most recent event…
http://youtu.be/DBIfHyjrjkU
D, it is true that wealthy people of all political backgrounds mix together at social gatherings.
However, I do not see that the Washington Post or the NY Times are “selling out” to these wealthy people who are Trump supporters or family.
It seems to me that the Post and Times are doing a great job of exposure, so I do not share your cynicism.
However, we are all entitled to our view, and I do appreciate your contributions!
This lawyer Jr. met with is a lawyer for the Russian mafia. http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/07/10/trumps-inner-circle-met-with-no-ordinary-russian-lawyer/
I agree with the Professor. The New York Times and the Washington Post are doing a great job of exposing the Moscowian candidate. This latest bombshell is direct admitted evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to damage the Clinton campaign with illegally obtained information.
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/07/09/the-collusion-walls-start-to-close-in-on-the-trump-family/
Re: Jr.’s meeting with the Russian lawyer – Poop is hitting the fan. 🙂
Jr.’s emails change everything. It is no longer possible to dismiss the Russia scandal as “fake news”.
https://www.vox.com/2017/7/11/15953204/donald-trump-jr-emails-russia
Rachel Maddow has something coming up on her show after this next commercial break about Russians meeting with Trump associates in 2015, before he even announced he was going to run.
Here’s what she’s referring to: https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-officials-overheard-discussing-trump-associates-before-campaign-began-1499890354