Ok, so let me get this straight...

[SummerSnow]

1.Putin gets rid of 755 American diplomats from Russia.

2. Trump praises Putin for it and says it will help the U.S. save money.

3. The diplomats still get paid even if they have to leave Russia.

4. Trump doesn't know a damn thing.

5. Trump cannot and will not say anything negative about Putin.

[marylandblue]

1. I don't think Trimp cares about their salaries

He just thought it was a good snappt retort.

[MoonRiver]

7. Meaning he is bigly stupid.

Just stating the obvious.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

8. So we can afford salaries for diplomats who are no longer allowed to work, we can afford

myriad Presidential vacations and excessive security costs at all his properties, and we can afford to build a wall that sane people know is a waste of money, we can afford more unnecessary wars and countless young people dying from it.

But we cannot afford decent healthcare for all the people in this country.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. According to republicans and their deplorable base, that's right, we can't.

[spartan61]

19. Good point! n/t

[NewJeffCT]

14. and, most of his base

will believe him.

[MFM008]

2. Pooty

Has the proof.

[WePurrsevere]

3. Yup, that sums it up just about perfectly...

[uponit7771]

4. KGOP Response: " ... Trump was making a funny ... " Everyone knows Red Don is too stupid for funny

[sarisataka]

5. Simplify it

Start with #4. The rest is details.

[smirkymonkey]

6. Putin owns his ass.

Twitler is a kept man.

[murielm99]

9. Your number 4 is the

important one. It sums up his entire Presidency.

[electron_blue]

10. quit taking everything he says literally.

This is a game he's playing. Has nothing to do with reality and he doesn't believe what he says. It distracts people away from his problem areas. Quit following the bling.

[yardwork]

16. Seems like this is important, to me.

This isn't a rude tweet or a golf weekend. This is the president' response to a foreign nation throwing out all our diplomats.

Seems like the kind of thing that matters.

[electron_blue]

21. What I mean is - everything he says is to rile up people and get a desired effect.

He is ginning up his base by saying crazy things he knows aren't true, but gets cheering from his base. It might also tick off Putin if Trump acts like he doesn't care. Bomb Alaska? He'll say he never liked it anyway, too cold. The second desired effect he's getting is distraction away from looking at his ties to Russia. That's what I meant.

I wish people would quit being so shocked by what he does next and concentrate instead on reeling him in, or enforcing the laws he is supposed to be following. People who are still shocked by Trump are not ready to take necessary action.

[FiveGoodMen]

22. His followers believe what he says

They think it IS reality.

And they are the clear and present danger that will NOT go away in four or eight years.

[keithbvadu2]

11. Donald Trump Attacked Congress for sanctions against Russia... and THANKED Putin for sanctions again

Donald Trump Attacked Congress for sanctions against Russia... and THANKED Putin for sanctions against the United States.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029442476

[HopeAgain]

20. This stuff IS the smoking gun!

People say there is no evidence of collusion while time after time Trump puts Russian interests ahead of the U.S. That is why I have absolutely no doubt there was collusion and Trump himself is a party.

[world wide wally]

12. But the orange shitstain did tear into the US Congress when they sanctioned Russia so give him some

credit for courage.

[citizen blues]

13. I heard someone describe Bush and Cheney like this,

But it's far more apropos for the current situation: Trump is nothing more than a simpering sock puppet with Putin's hand up his backside running the show.

[maxsolomon]

15. IT WAS SARCASM

it was President Narcissist basically telling Putin "Whatevs".

[WinkyDink]

36. Oh, you fell for that line?

[maxsolomon]

38. i should have added

to my comment on sarcasm.

I do believe that President Narcissist DOES think he's being sarcastic, or making a joke. he's certainly flippant. many of his voters hear that in his speeches, and they think it's hilarious.

to dismiss that aspect is short-sighted in understanding how to combat him.

[hamsterjill]

17. You forgot #6.

6. His dumbass supporters think everything he says is making America great again!

[MyNameIsKhan]

23. It was just a joke and SARCASTIC Trump...

[WinkyDink]

37. Well, of COURSE, if Trump SAYS so, many hours after the fact, after his people

saw the reactions......

[raven mad]

24. #6 - the idiots who support him will keep doing so,

and the ones with any power want him there just BECAUSE of #4.

[Different Drummer]

25. By Jove, I think you've got it. n/t

[SeattleVet]

26. If tRump had any understanding of what many these people really do...

he'd probably crawl under his desk and begin rapidly filling his Depends, while mumbling to himself more than usual.

[Hoyt]

27. To be fair, he's saying Putin's attempt at retribution is no big deal, which is probably true.

[WinkyDink]

35. Nothing Trump says or intimates is "probably true."

[liberal N proud]

28. Butternut will never cross his puppet master

[rickford66]

29. I heard on the news it's more than salary.

Apparently the staff gets lots of extra training, plus there's temp housing when they return, because most were in Russia for long term. NPR had a segment on it. I was driving and didn't catch the whole thing.

[Odoreida]

30. It's pretty clear to me what's going on, and it isn't mere stupidity (which might be forgivable).

He is demonstrating fealty to Putin.

[oasis]

31. 755 folks get an instant vacation. Vegas, Hawaii, Orlando Disney.

They are also thanking Putin.

[WinkyDink]

34. They will simply be re-assigned.

[Mc Mike]

32. Look, if shitler needs to know what's REALLY going on in Russia, he'll just ask Putin.

Also, any talk about any unseemly connections between shitler and russia is FAKE NEWS! SAD!

[WinkyDink]

33. To those who say "SARCASM" and "JOKE": Pres. Kennedy never cracked wise about CUBA. OKAY?

Sarcasm and joking about our enemies in a fraught situation such as this, by a POTUS, IS NOT DONE.

THE EXPULSION OF DIPLOMATS IS NEVER FUNNY.

Oh, and BTW, since the country involved is RUSSIA, this action by Putin and sniveling reaction by Trump is NOT A DISTRACTION from........

RUSSIA.