Trump: Russia Not to Blame for MH17

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Trump: Russia Not to Blame for MH17

The Daily Beast


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Donald Trump doesn't think Russia should be held accountable for last year's downing of a commercial airliner over Ukraine despite a new report that concluded the plane was shot out of the sky by a Russian-made rocket and warhead. Speaking to MSNBC Wednesday, Trump was asked what he would do as president to hold Russia accountable for the attack, after a report from Dutch investigators blamed pro-Russian separatists for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. "They say it wasn't them," Trump said of Russia. "It may have been their weapon, but they didn't use it, they didn't fire it, they even said the other side fired it to blame them." The Republican presidential candidate later walked back his statement and said it was "probably" Russia and pro-Russian fighters, but that the U.S. needed to focus on its own issues.


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1. What a tough President Trump will make: taking Russia at its' word.

[left-of-center2012]

2. Trump made a HUGE mistake

It made my head spin

[haikugal]

3. Why does anyone care what this guy thinks? nt

[applegrove]

4. I think it is important we itemize the moron. He is right now our biggest opposition to either

Hillary or Biden. Low information undecided voters could be at the DU looking to see what there is to see. The election will be won by people in the middle afterall. Yes he is an idiot. Yes he is winning the opposition's primary. And this is the place for Republican primary discussion at the DU.

[haikugal]

6. It's just unthinkable that he is an actual front runner..

It's hard for me to get my mind around why anyone would consider him an appropriate candidate. He's even worse than Reagan was.

Thanks for the explanation of your thought process.

[Yorktown]

5. What does Trump need to sell to Russian interests?

I can see no other reason for his ludicrous statements.

Everybody knows the rebels shot the missile as they shot Ukrainian military plannes days before.

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7. T Rump "later walked back his statement"

Yeah, there's bold decisive leadership. Shoot your mouth off without full information, then have to back off. What a loser.

Hey, I just figured out why the Democratic debate was different from the Republican debate. There wasn't a loudmouth standing on stage calling everybody names, like "loser."