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Trump’s brilliant move turns tables on Putin and the world
The Washington Times ^ | 04/08/2017 | L. Todd Wood

Posted on 04/08/2017 9:22:09 PM PDT by ForYourChildren

Donald Trump has told us he likes to be unpredictable. This art of the deal was on full display Thursday evening in Syria.

I have been writing for some time now about how Trump out thinks and out plans his rivals. He is a master chess player on the geopolitical stage, rivaling, or surpassing, the KGB spymaster, Putin. He prepares the battlefield before fighting. By the time he gets to the negotiation table, the deal is already done.

Vladimir Putin has needed an enemy to focus his people’s ire, to take their minds off their economic problems. This enemy, for the last decade, has been the United States. Enter Donald Trump, stage right.

Trump has been talking about working with Russia for two years. He has been offering an olive branch, saying “nice things” about Putin, to the derision of the Left and the Obama media. He has taken the arrows, and kept pressing, not reversing his course of wanting to have better relations with Russia, in spite of Chris Wallace and others making fun of him on their Sunday morning shows.

Now we know why.

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In one brilliant stroke, Trump put Assad on notice, called out Russia’s support of this barbarism in a very public way, and frightened Iran, North Korea and China at the same time. Trump also drove a stake in the heart of the “Trump’s a Putin puppet” narrative.

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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: russia; syria; trump; trumpputin; trumpsyria; trumpsyriastrike
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1 posted on 04/08/2017 9:22:09 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
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To: ForYourChildren

Remains to be seen...


2 posted on 04/08/2017 9:26:05 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I held my nose, voted for Trump, then took a shower. All to defeat evil.)
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3 posted on 04/08/2017 9:29:15 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: ForYourChildren

Any action that knocks the islams and the left is good.


4 posted on 04/08/2017 9:30:23 PM PDT by soycd
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To: ForYourChildren

Be prepared for the never trump trolls to spam your thread. Good article though.


5 posted on 04/08/2017 9:38:19 PM PDT by hotsteppa
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I call those never trumper trolls in FR by their earned title: pussies.


6 posted on 04/08/2017 9:54:10 PM PDT by guido911 (all)
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To: ForYourChildren

Just an FYI for all, Jim Hoft, yeah, is reporting a Cernovich tweet that McMaster is working the Intel with the aid of Petraeus to convince Pres. Trump to send large ground forces to Syria. Now I think this report is evidence that Cernovich’s Rice story is proof that like stopped military clocks, Cernovich is right once a day. What say FR?


7 posted on 04/08/2017 9:54:51 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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“never trump trolls”

Oh I don’t know.

They may not be never trump trolls.

I am of the mind on this specific topic that I tend to agree with Rand Paul on this issue - that this attack on Syria is not necessarily in the national interest. Having said that, I agree with this article. This does not make me a never trump troll.

#MAGA


8 posted on 04/08/2017 9:56:28 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

But many Freepers have told me since Thursday that Trump betrayed us, he broke his promise, he’s been compromised by the Deep State and the NeoCons, that he’s a puppet of Jared and Ivanka. /s.

Be prepared for the #NeverTrumpers to come out in force. But they’re easy to spot and very transparent.


9 posted on 04/08/2017 9:58:17 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States)
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To: guido911

Guido .... you’re so butch!


10 posted on 04/08/2017 10:00:08 PM PDT by tumblindice
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To: ForYourChildren

This article reads like something written for one of the Kims: “As Dear Leader passed, the very birds sang his praises in human voices.”
Give us a break from this cult like adoration.


11 posted on 04/08/2017 10:04:14 PM PDT by tumblindice
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To: guido911

I googled ‘guido’: You are aptly named goombah.


12 posted on 04/08/2017 10:08:07 PM PDT by tumblindice
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To: ForYourChildren

In One Brilliant Stroke,

I agree..
The Trump Train is on Trake,
On Schedule and under Budget!


13 posted on 04/08/2017 10:09:32 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: ForYourChildren

Trump has a high caliber cabinet, he is reported to be a good listener. It’s difficult to believe he fell for a cheap ploy and simply responded with a knee jerk reaction.

One nice side affect is how he pulled the rug out from under the “Trump is a Russian puppet” people. Well, except for the ones who think Russia arranged the whole gassing and then told Trump to send in the Tomahawks as a way to help Trump. Some people are truly bonkers.


14 posted on 04/08/2017 10:11:25 PM PDT by Aria (2017: Stay strong POTUS - the left lost control of trillions & will do anything to regain power.)
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To: ForYourChildren

This is what I hope is happening!


15 posted on 04/08/2017 10:11:32 PM PDT by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: ForYourChildren

This is what I hope is happening!


16 posted on 04/08/2017 10:11:32 PM PDT by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: ForYourChildren

You will all notice how much the Russians are howling about this.

I would guess they were in it up to their eyes. They made a big mistake in underestimating this new administration.


17 posted on 04/08/2017 10:38:29 PM PDT by crz
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To: ForYourChildren
I am of the mind on this specific topic that I tend to agree with Rand Paul on this issue - that this attack on Syria is not necessarily in the national interest
Too bad some people don't understand how one thing affects another...Ignorance is bliss
18 posted on 04/08/2017 10:43:33 PM PDT by lewislynn
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To: tumblindice

So are you implying this article is not accurate and not based in truth?


19 posted on 04/08/2017 10:48:24 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: lewislynn

“Too bad some people don’t understand how one thing affects another...Ignorance is bliss”

And yet, I agree with this article.


20 posted on 04/08/2017 10:49:26 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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