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I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don’t want Trump!

8:50 AM - 24 Jul 2018

If you would actually check facts you would see that Trump has been tougher on the Russians than either Obama, Bush, Clinton and probably more.

Oh yea, I forgot, Facts are annoying.

The facts are that the Russians tried to help trump win, not dems. Yet you can't see how funny trump's comments are.

Oh dear, I am very busy but you guys need another lesson in truth...

President Trump is tougher on Russia in 18 months than Obama in eight years

Even though the left-wing media will never give him credit, President Trump has been far tougher on Russia than his predecessor, Barack Obama.

For starters, it was President Obama who, according to Reuters, was “caught on camera” saying to a Russian leader that he’ll have more flexibility after the election — not President Trump.

The fact is, President Trump has been quite tough on Russia.

So much so, the sanctions resemble a Russian nesting doll: one sanction of top of another, on top of another.

Just last April, the Trump administration imposed new sanctions on Russia — including strict sanctions on seven of Russia’s richest individuals and 17 top government officials for their interference in our elections.

The sanctions directly penalized President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle by prohibiting them from traveling to the United States ever again. He did this by opening a bank account in the West, preventing them from doing business with the West and prohibiting anyone else to do business on their behalf.

The sanctions were significant — among the toughest sanctions ever placed on individuals in a foreign country, with the exception of perhaps Iran and North Korea. Yet like many of Trump’s successes, it received minimal mainstream media coverage.

During his first month in office in January 2017, President Trump upheld strict sanctions to punish Russia for its unlawful 2014 annexation of Crimea. With those sanctions, the Trump administration punished more than three dozen individuals and organizations that were behind the invasion of Ukraine.

Even Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin had a hand in the actions, stating that there would be no easing of the sanctions until Russia meets its obligations under the 2015 Minsk agreement — the ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine.

In August 2017, Trump signed a bill slapping even more sanctions on Russia — this time specifically aimed at the country’s energy and defense industries. Congress made the legislation Trump-proof, meaning that no executive order could ever undo such sanctions; yet Trump signed it anyway.

In fact it was Trump — not Obama — who ordered the closure of Russian diplomatic properties in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and New York City that appeared to be a threat to American security.

It was also President Trump who shuttered the Russian consulate in Seattle.

To be sure, Obama kicked 35 Russian diplomats out of the country after suspected election meddling by Russia, but only after Trump won the 2016 election. It is questionable whether he would have done so had Hillary Clinton succeeded in being the victor.

Furthermore, it was President Trump who led the world in expelling Russian diplomats after the Russian government was suspected of carrying out a nerve agent attack in the United Kingdom against one of their former spies. President Trump moved swiftly to expel 60 Russian diplomats from U.S. soil, and other countries followed suit by expelling dozens as well.

In addition to stringent sanctions, President Trump has also called out Russia publicly.

During a landmark speech last year in Poland, Trump lambasted Russia for using oil to hold NATO’s Eastern European countries hostage. Trump underscored the dangers of those countries’ dependence on Russian oil deliveries to keep their people warm during the winter, leading to their inability to criticize Russia the rest of the year.

The Trump administration even offered to help identify alternative energy sources for the region. Trump’s remarks on European soil was the energy industry equivalent of Reagan’s “tear down that wall” speech.

Compare all of the above actions to Obama’s milquetoast policy on Russia and outright appeasement on issues such as the “red line” that Russia blew right past in Syria. Obama’s lackluster track record with Russia is in stark contrast to the Trump administration that has already, in its first 18 months, surpassed what Obama did over a total of eight years.

http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3...-obama-in-eight

Opinion.

3rd
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burn.


#blisters
#skingrafts

Trump delays meeting with Putin, citing 'Russian witch hunt'

WASHINGTON – The White House said Wednesday that President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will not meet this year, a reversal that came amid mounting pressure from fellow Republicans on the president's handling of Russia.

"The president believes that the next bilateral meeting with President Putin should take place after the Russia witch hunt is over, so we’ve agreed that it will be after the first of the year," White House national security adviser John Bolton said in a statement.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli...hunt/836260002/

The guy best known for being so oblivious that people can't decide whether or not he's a parody of a clueless partisan is here to discuss facts.

And he's doing so in pretending that a senile weakling who can be guided by the last person he spoke to being tough on Russia.

Watching 40's delusion that Trump is tough or shrewd melt away in real time is always enjoyable, and usually means we're one step away from his next "Trump once stopped a mugging" or "Trump would've ran into the Parkland shooting" spectacle.

Pompeo warns Russia of 'severe consequences' on meddling, accuses Dem of playing 'game' at tense hearing

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took a firm line on Russia during a tense Senate hearing on Wednesday, saying the U.S. will never recognize the Kremlin's annexation of Crimea and threatening "severe consequences" for any future election meddling.

The hearing appearance marked the administration's highest-profile chance to address the sustained criticism over last week's summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

As expected, Pompeo faced tough questioning from both sides of the aisle. And he clashed publicly with New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, just as the hearing was getting started.


“I understand the game that you’re playing,” Pompeo said, as the senator repeatedly pressed him to reveal what Trump and Putin discussed in their two-hour conversation last week.

"I don't appreciate you characterizing my questions," a visibly frustrated Menendez responded.

Pompeo, though, insisted U.S. sanctions and other policies toward Russia remain the same.

“I want to assure this committee that the United States does not, and will not, recognize the Kremlin’s purported annexation of Crimea,” he testified. “There will be no relief of Crimea-related sanctions until Russia returns control of the Crimean peninsula to Ukraine.”

In a separate statement, Pompeo also called on Russia to “end its occupation of Crimea.” Trump has previously suggested that U.S. opposition to Russia's annexation of Crimea could be reconsidered.

Pompeo also said in his remarks: "I personally made clear to the Russians that there will be severe consequences for interference in our democratic processes."

He outlined other measures taken by the Trump administration against Russia, including making lethal defensive weapons available to Ukraine -- a move resisted by the Obama administration -- and the expulsion of Russian operatives from the U.S.

After concluding his opening remarks, Pompeo immediately faced tough questioning about Trump's one-on-one private meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin last week.

"Did the president say we were going to change our force structure in Syria?" Menendez asked. Pompeo demurred, saying Trump was entitled to have private conversations and that U.S policy had not changed.

Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers fiercely criticzed Trump's performance at the summit, saying the U.S. president had improperly cast doubt on his own intelligence community's conclusions that Russia meddled in the 2016 election. Critics, including some within the Trump administration, also questioned whether Trump should have met alone with Putin.

Trump since walked back his statements in Helsinki, saying he believed the intelligence community's findings.

The secretary of state also addressed the ongoing negotiations with North Korea, saying, "We are engaged in patient diplomacy, but we will not let this drag out to no end."

The comment was notable, because top administration officials had repeatedly declared what they called the Obama "era of strategic patience" with the rogue regime to be over.

Meanwhile, national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday said Trump's next meeting with Putin won't occur until after Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe ends.

Trump had asked his White House to extend an invitation to Putin to visit Washington later this year, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said last week.

That news prompted Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to react with apparent surprise at the Aspen Security Forum -- only to walk back his reaction later, saying that he did not mean any disrespect to Trump.

"The president believes that the next bilateral meeting with President Putin should take place after the Russia witch hunt is over, so we’ve agreed that it will be after the first of the year," Bolton said in a statement.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., sharply criticized the Helsinki meeting at the opening of Wednesday's hearing, saying the White House has a "ready, fire, aim" approach and is "waking up every morning and making it up as they go."

Corker said delaying the planned Putin summit in Washington is a good idea, and added that "we need to find out what was agreed to with Putin" in the Helsinki summit.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/...se-hearing.html

I was 95% sure that when I asked 40 "do you have a defense for the senile racist weakling that bows before anyone who compliments his tie?" that 40 would copy and paste a FOX News article.

5% hoping though for a "Mr. Trump has the heart of a lion!" insane and delusional missive.

best post ever!

Instant classic.

Trump went on another tweet storm about the investigation again.

Just remember, trump supporters: when you whine about liberals talking about the investigation, make sure you also criticize the president, seeing as he can’t stop talking about it, either.

Reek reek it rhymes with Screech!

LOL. Later he said that he misspoke and meant to say DiMaggio.

Pete Rose would be in the baseball HOF if he only told the truth from the very start.

Rudy Giuliani: 'Collusion Is Not A Crime'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rudy-giuliani-apos-collusion-not-132719938.html

Worst lawyer ever.

Changing up the talking point from 'No Collusion' to it's not a crime...

colluding on collusion. you cant make this crap up.

Next....Tweeting out lies and obstructing justice from twitter is not obstruction of justice.

Coming next: suddenly postings on social media accounts are not official presidential statements.

Rudy Giuliani Stuns Fox News Hosts With Rambling Account Of Trump Tower Meetings

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rudy-giuliani-stuns-fox-news-204809836.html

Trump, why in god's name haven't you told Rudy to stop doing interviews? omg.....

Trump this morning...Collusion is not a crime.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/31/politics/donald-trump-collusion-defense-tweet/index.html

There is no crime, and if it is a crime, I didn't commit it, and if i did commit it, it isn't a crime.

His hypnotist's trick of repeating the word (no) 'collusion' works very well to direct the narrative in the 24-hour news cycle. And he and 'Roodie Gee' are correct: 'collusion' isn't a crime because it's not found in the lexicon of legal terms.

No, the 'c word' that will become his worst nightmare isn't collusion. It's conspiracy.

That 'c word' IS included in the lexicon... and legal minds in charge of proceedings know it.

Navigate one page deeper into Webster's, and the landscape changes dramatically for Team Orange.

If conspiracy can be proven, 45's going down like a cheap hooker at a Vegas bachelor party.

Only time will tell.

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What you are seeing and reading is not true, don't believe anyone but me.

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, I am the great oooz”

That's the funny part of it all. They love the word collusion because it isn't defined as a crime. The crimes are the acts you commit while colluding.

Correct.

Word games might work on the general public, but Team Orange won't be tried in the court of public opinion. They'll be tried in courts of law.

So all this 'spin' is a waste of time and CO². It won't matter what Sean Hannity tells TV viewers what to think... he doesn't set law, precedent or policy for the US Justice System.