Putin 'Sidesteps' Obama in New Year's Statement, Applauds Trump

Townhall.com ^ | December 31, 2016 | Cortney O'Brien

[Blood of Tyrants]

Putin knows that Obama is trying to sabotage Trump at every turn. I’m glad that Putin is smart enough to not take the bait.

[Chode]

[taterjay]

Stompy Foot needs to define this person FOREVER.

[doug from upland]

I don’t trust him for a second, but some detente would be nice to take down the tensions in this dangerous world. Where we have some common interest, let’s work together -— starting with a plan against radical Islam.

[kingattax]

[Caipirabob]

Imagine if he undid all of obama's idiot EO's the very first day, dropped the Russian sanctions, disbanded all extra-constitutional regulatory agencies, announced the defunding of the UN and cancelled the Iranian crap the very first day? The left would be overwhelmed and not even know how to respond.

And the nation would be a chaotic mix of joy and hysteria all at once.

That would be the way I would do it. Overwhelm them so they cannot keep up with the hurt being beat down on them.

[Vigilanteman]

I'm guessing spy on the process is all they did as well.

Possibly, because the Democrat party knew they were being spied on, they were somewhat restrained in ramping up the fraud machine which might have made the difference.

I said somewhat because, while their nationwide turnout was down 0.1%, their turnout in California was UP by 11.5%. In Philadelphia, it was down 0.8%, mostly because the supposedly zero people in African-American dominant precincts who voted for Willard in 2012 were allowed to vote for Donald Trump in 2016.

[Vigilanteman]

As much as I'd love your scenario just to see the rabid hissy fits on the left, I am guessing that he has to do it over a few days just to give the public the feeling (or illusion) of careful deliberation.

Remember, only 20% or so of Hillary's voters were committed socialist, America last globalists. The other 80% or so were various degrees of fools raised and nurtured by a dishonest media.

[bert]

yep

the chess fork has failed.

vlad and donald have the power lost by obama vinditive stupidity

[AC Beach Patrol]

As Russia recovers from the errors and damage of atheistic communism, the USA is fighting off its own internal Marxist faction and their manipulative Marxist and Islamo-Marxist allies - it is an active war. Russia is converted. Russia is an ally of Christianity. Russia should be our ally. Our Marxists are unified against that - they must prevent Christian unity and sow seeds of chaos everywhere to usher in theirctotalitarian one world

Israel has shifted toward Russia. Defense Minister Avi Lieberman is a fan and friend of Putin and Russia. Netanyahu has met many times with Putin and has raised eyebrows in so doing. Pat Buchanan recently wrote about the disconnect between the American neocons Russophobia and the Israeli Russophilia. Fortunately the ideologues are being left behind as the natural allies get along. If not for Trump winning we would've seen WWIII (nuclear exchange). Now we can look forward to good boom times.

[HLPhat]

That face somebody makes -- when the tap on the Military Industrial Crony-cash teat they've been suckling from gets shut off...

Eisenhower's "Military-Industrial Complex" Speech

Origins and Significance

US National Archives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y

Happy Newyear Juanita and Co.

#TSTR-MAGA!

[Engedi]

Yep, Putin loves his country. Putin has his faults but at least he didn’t go on an apology tour to his enemies.

[NFHale]

“...all of the EOs that Barack Obama has enacted in hate...”

Pretty sums up his whole eight year temporary employment.

[boatbums]

Have any of the folks fulminating about alleged Russian hacking in the election ever come up with an explanation of what it was the Russians actually did?

Does anyone think if the shoe was on the other foot and Hilliary won after embarrassing emails were leaked that showed the RNC and Trump's team in a bad light, that all this would be going on? I HIGHLY doubt it!

[dfwgator]

While I’m not inclined to accept that Russia has completely thrown off any vestige of Soviet era communism

Oh, they've thrown off Soviet-Era Communism. What they haven't thrown off is the Imperialistic aspirations of the Czars.