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Putin praises 'brave' Trump over planned meeting with North Korea's Kim
Reuters ^ | June 5, 2018 | Staff

Posted on 06/05/2018 5:17:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to set up a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was “brave and mature”, and said that he was expecting a “positive outcome”.

The historic summit will take place on June 12 in Singapore, in the latest twist in a high-stakes diplomatic drive by the United States to curtail Pyongyang’s nuclear arms programme.

On Friday, Trump, in a complete reversal, said he would hold the meeting with Kim after initially cancelling it, citing what he called Pyongyang’s “open hostility”.

“I still hope that this meeting – a very brave and mature decision U.S. President Donald Trump has made, to have direct contacts with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – will take place, and we all expect a positive outcome,” Putin said in an interview with China Media Group....

(Excerpt) Read more at af.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Russia
KEYWORDS: korea; putin; russia; trump
Whatever will Schumer, Pelosi, Graham, Waters and Schiff say?
1 posted on 06/05/2018 5:17:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Russian Collusion!


2 posted on 06/05/2018 5:20:29 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wear a gas mask.


3 posted on 06/05/2018 5:24:29 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (alea iacta est)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This will be the first time in recorded history that Trump does something that Putin (allegedly) wants him to do!


4 posted on 06/05/2018 5:25:38 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: FatherofFive

5 posted on 06/05/2018 5:25:53 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mueller is going to demand an injunction to halt the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula pending investigation into Trump’s alleged ties with the Russian government.


6 posted on 06/05/2018 5:29:00 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If that’s not proof of collusion, then I don’t know what is.


7 posted on 06/05/2018 5:30:31 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Will88

Yup. The Mule has him right where he wants him now. It’s over.


8 posted on 06/05/2018 5:35:22 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorableu)
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To: FatherofFive

[Russian Collusion!]

YES!! ABSOLUTE PROOF!!

Somebody get Maxine Waters on the line NOW!!!


9 posted on 06/05/2018 5:53:07 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Will88

[If that’s not proof of collusion, then I don’t know what is.]

Peach 45!!


10 posted on 06/05/2018 5:53:34 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

That’s it? A midget talking to a person that is not Vertically challenged is collusion. I will be damned, didn’t see that coming.


11 posted on 06/05/2018 6:50:57 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Carry, practice, pray it don't happen. You ain't carrying you lose automtically)
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The Russians hacked Hillary!!!!


12 posted on 06/05/2018 8:20:56 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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