Posts Tagged ‘ Trump and Putin ’

What do you think, Volodya?

Feb 25th, 2019 9:03 am | By

It seems that Trump asked Putin for advice on his date with Kim. “How far should I let him go?”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the United States has asked Moscow’s advice in dealing with North Korea before a summit between President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader.

Yeah that’s great. He doesn’t consult with allies or diplomats or academics, but he does consult with Putin. That makes all the sense, and can’t possibly be a disaster.

Lavrov, who is also visiting Vietnam this week, said in comments carried by Russian news agencies on Monday that Russia believes that the U.S. ought to offer Pyongyang “security guarantees” for the disarmament deal to succeed. He also mentioned that

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What if it’s all the same story?

Dec 1st, 2018 10:50 am | By

I just watched Rachel Maddow’s opening segment from yesterday and it’s a stunner. Sometimes I get restless as she spins things out with a lot of repetition for emphasis, but not this time.

MSNBC seems not to provide urls for segments, you just have to find the right one and click directly on it, so if you want to watch go to the Maddow show and click on Lifting Russian sanctions key to Trump deal exposed by Cohen. It’s currently at the top.

What’s it about? It’s about why did Flynn and K. T. McFarland lie about talking to Russia about sanctions before Trump took office? Why did they take the risk of perjury when their punishment for talking … Read the rest