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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember Trumps first phone call to Australia's PM and Trump got crazy and went off on him? ...
Trump holds grudges forever, so this may be onto something
Things that make you go hmmm ...........
Link to tweet
Order in which we knew:.
1 . Trump briefed on Russia cyber by US Intel in 8/16.
2. Trump rips Australian PM to shreds in 1st phone call, said preferred talking to Putin.
3. NOW we learn: Australian intel told CIA trump aide boasting about Russia in 6/16.
All makes sense now.
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Cha
(298,313 posts)in our White House.
I bet Malcolm Turnbull does, too.
Thanks, Kelly!
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Most five-time republican draft dodgers are not that cravenly, bitterly piss-flavored in their engagement with the world, so they* say.
* them
Lochloosa
(16,097 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,277 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)cowards and this POtuS proves without a doubt, it's true.
world wide wally
(21,762 posts)I am totally embarrassed to be from "the greatest country in the world"
I like our former allies way more than the new ones.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)Donald would make one lost poker player
marble falls
(57,838 posts)Putin is fearsome, Trump is scary. Putin is a gangster, Trump is a bully.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)con man, thug, coward in charge of the WH criminal enterprise in which he and his whole goddamn family are enriching themselves beyond avarice or belief
marble falls
(57,838 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,116 posts)We're going to be seeing a lot more of this kind of thing coming out in the next several months. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. My only question is whether or not we'll get to hear about everything by the time it's all over.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,113 posts)You can bet that did not originate from a floor-level supervisor.
(Thanks to pnwmom on DU connecting those two dots.)
Pachamama
(16,888 posts)There is no coincidence
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)That the Trump administration ordered a cavity search for an Australian law enforcement official, who had traveled to the US for official business. I believe it happened shortly after the dumbass travel ban.
Somebody mad at Aussies.
OnDoutside
(19,990 posts)information made known to Trump ? I'm not sure the timelines fit.
Stinky The Clown
(67,855 posts). . . . . are exploding to the HOLY FUCK!!!! level.
Kablooie
(18,658 posts)And bragged about the russia hack and involvement in the campaign.
He was the go between and was proud of it.
marble falls
(57,838 posts)that little character flaw.
That and his also being amiable to wearing a wire. He made the chips start falling.
His winning grin will make him friends in the joint.
That and his reputation for wearing a wire.
Brother Buzz
(36,522 posts)And it was reported Papadopoulos was drunk when the meeting occurred.
Kablooie
(18,658 posts)OhioBlue
(5,126 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Even for Trump, it was weird. Now it does.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)triron
(22,038 posts)triron
(22,038 posts)Midnight Writer
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