Trump Administration Levies Russian Sanctions

[Dill]

(03-20-2018, 03:49 PM)hollodero Wrote: OK, admittedly the airstrip bombing was against Russia's interests, although I wouldn't know how much of an affront it really was in the end. It was a symbolic gesture against Assad. 

As for the puppet, sure that's not exactly an airtight case. It's just the sum of really inexplicable things. Lawrow and Kislyak in the WH with only Russian journalists present. All the Putin calls and meetings, without any translators or a guy taking protocol, that were kept a secret until Russia spit it out. The sanctioned Russian diplomats who somehow still traveled to the US. The Trump sons both mentioning how much money from Russia they are all seeing, and then the lieing about Trump's business interests there. Trump's refusal to call Russia out for election meddling, his reluctance to even accept the deed. His open praise for Putin, his never saying a bad word about him, even defending his killings towards O'Reilly. His cryptic announcement of Clinton revelations shortly before the first Emails appeared on Wikileaks. The fact Deutsche Bank lent him money when no one else would, from their private branch that is under Russian money laundering scrutiny. Trump's reluctance to impose sanctions. The Stone-Assange-Guccifer connection. The Manafort and Flynn and Page and Papadopoulos connections to Russia, Manafort even offering private briefings to some oligarch while working for Trump for free even he was up to his neck in debt. The secret Kushner-Russian bank  meetings and the also secret Seychelles trip of Eric Prince where he met some sanctioned Russians to establish a "back channel" and whatnot. This strange server connection from Trump Tower to a Russian bank. Plus of course everything Steele had to say. Also his constant slamming of the investigators which makes him look quite suspicious.

It's all a bit much for me to not see the puppet aspect as a point that can be reasonably argued. But sure, he bombed a Syrian airstrip.

LOL and don't you forget it.

If anyone ever makes the case Trump is a puppet of Assad, then that stands refuted.  Just in case.