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jcgoldie

(11,612 posts)
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:22 PM Jul 2018

Those 2 hours...

So what strikes me as really disturbing is this entire Putin "summit" looks like a ridiculous unforced error. Coming on the heels of the Russian indictments that he knew were coming down last Friday, and then shitting all over NATO and England... they all had to know that this summit would be terrible optics even if Trump didn't completely suck Putin off the way he did at the PC. So why did they go through with it? Why did he insist on it? It was entirely his deal, he pushed it from the start and he insisted that no-one be present but interpreters. What was so important that he needed 2 hours face to face, he didn't trust the phone, he didn't trust any messenger... when you look at it through the lens of the predictable political damage that it caused, it really seems scary what he might have passed on to his master in those 2 hours.

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Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
1. The software flash drives had to be handed over directly bc the intel services are
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:24 PM
Jul 2018

watching like hawks. Shit like that happened. AND the plans for the false flag, so they really dont get us into a lasting war. Something in Syria or Iran Im sure.

unblock

(52,116 posts)
2. This is an administration that gets away with all kinds of crap because
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:32 PM
Jul 2018

they have a propaganda network and a supportive majority in Congress and a huge flock of enthusiastic brainwashed followers.

Why wouldn't they think they can get away with this? There wasn't that much pushback before and there really were no surprises.

Corvo Bianco

(1,148 posts)
3. I believe Putin is requiring more public displays of loyalty.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:32 PM
Jul 2018

And that Putin is smooth enough to get outrageous things out of Trump with a little facetime. Also a good opportunity to keep the fear of God in Trump with a kompromat reminder.

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