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Newt Gingrich: The truth about Trump, Putin, and Obama
FoxNews.com ^ | July 18, 2018 | Newt Gingrich

Posted on 07/18/2018 2:35:14 PM PDT by ETL

First, the very people who have been loudest in attacking President Trump about his performance at the Helsinki summit are the people who failed to protect America from Russian meddling in 2016. ..."

Second, the Trump administration has been far tougher on Russia than President Obama ever dreamed of being. The Trump administration is taking real actions designed to weaken Russia and force Putin to change his aggressive behavior.

The Trump administration has levied tough sanctions on Russia.

Also, President Trump’s public lecture about Germany not buying natural gas from Russia was aimed at cutting Putin off from hard currency worth tens of billions of dollars and further weakening the Russian economy.

Furthermore, President Trump’s efforts to get our European allies to increase their defense spending has a direct impact on Putin. The stronger NATO is, the less maneuvering room Russia has.

Beyond pressuring our allies, consider these specific steps President Trump has taken against Russia:

Where President Obama refused to provide serious weapons to the Ukrainians to help them defend themselves (his response was weakness on a pathetic scale), President Trump has approved the sale of offensive weapons to enable the Ukrainians to increase the cost of Russian aggression. ..."

More than 100 Russian individuals and companies have been sanctioned for a variety of reasons.

Despite the hysteria of the left, it is impossible to see the Trump administration as anything but firm in its dealing with Russia. Nothing done in Helsinki made life easier for the Putin regime in its continued economic decay and diplomatic isolation due to the sanctions regime.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; finland; gingrich; helsinki; kgbputin; nato; newtgingrich; putin; russia; trump; trumpwinsagain
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To: ETL

“First, the very people who have been loudest in attacking President Trump about his performance at the Helsinki summit are the people who failed to protect America from Russian meddling in 2016. ...”

Does that include you Newt?

You were pretty loud in your denunciations of Trump yesterday, and completely silent on supposed Russian “meddling” in 2015/2016.


21 posted on 07/18/2018 2:52:12 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ETL

>>Sen. D’Amato Drops Bomb: Hillary Allowed Russia to Take Ownership of US Uranium to Sell to Iran<<

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And she is yet to be held accountable for that act of treason.
Shame on America where we are supposedly equal under the law.


22 posted on 07/18/2018 2:55:38 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: ETL
Talk to the hand, Newt.


23 posted on 07/18/2018 2:56:10 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: ETL

FUNG!

F your books.

F your appearances on TV.

F your comments on talk radio.


24 posted on 07/18/2018 2:56:54 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Balding_Eagle

He sickens me with his lack of consistency.


25 posted on 07/18/2018 2:56:59 PM PDT by Luke21 (The Hill sucks.)
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To: ETL

Sometimes you don’t need a weathervane to know which way the wind is blowing.


26 posted on 07/18/2018 2:57:28 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Did this Newt-wad just Tweet this two days ago?... "President Trump must clarify his statements in Helsinki on our intelligence system and Putin. It is the most serious mistake of his presidency and must be corrected—-immediately."

I focused here on his statements regarding Trump vs Obama/Clinton on dealing with Putin and Russia. It couldn't be more clear who was actually colluding, and who wasn't.

27 posted on 07/18/2018 2:59:31 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: uncbob

Right, he should’ve kept his mouth shut or talk to the President Trump privately.

His pathetic hyperbole was outrageous; he sounded like a Pelosi puppet.

And I would say to his face that he was wrong; the President Trump was right about the CIA.


28 posted on 07/18/2018 2:59:43 PM PDT by Southnsoul
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To: mass55th

The President botched nothing.


29 posted on 07/18/2018 3:04:39 PM PDT by madison10 (Pray for Brett Kavanaugh and President Trump)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yep!
Sounds like he’s desperately trying to walk it back......

....or hoping we will forget...

WE DON’T FORGET !!......YOU BLEW IT!


30 posted on 07/18/2018 3:05:30 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: McGruff; All
Two days ago Newt had a different view

First off, you (McGruff) are the leader of the FR Putin Fan Club. Second, the article I posted mentions the fact that Newt criticized Trump for not making it more clear as to what his problems with the FBI and CIA were/are. I simply chose to focus on his statements regarding who was really helping your boy, KGB Putin, become stronger on the world stage, and US much weaker.

31 posted on 07/18/2018 3:05:42 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: Interesting Times

The vandals stole the emails.


32 posted on 07/18/2018 3:06:26 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: All

Also from this article...

“President Trump’s summit Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki created a firestorm of controversy. President Trump seemed to be publicly siding with the Russian dictator against the American intelligence agencies.

The initial appearance was so bad that I tweeted: “President Trump must clarify his statements in Helsinki on our intelligence system and Putin. It is the most serious mistake of his presidency and must be corrected – immediately.”

After flying home from Helsinki and reviewing the tape and transcript of his press conference with Putin, President Trump said he has “full faith and support for America’s great intelligence agencies” and that he accepts “our intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election took place.”

In his remarks to members of Congress Tuesday that were televised by the media, President Trump went on to admit that he realized he needed to clarify his statements in Helsinki.

The president said: “It should have been obvious – I thought it would be obvious – but I would like to clarify, just in case it wasn’t. In a key sentence in my remarks, I said the word ‘would’ instead of “wouldn’t.” The sentence should have been: I don’t see any reason why I wouldn’t – or why it wouldn’t be Russia. So just to repeat it, I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t’ ...

“I have, on numerous occasions, noted our intelligence findings that Russians attempted to interfere in our elections. Unlike previous administrations, my administration has and will continue to move aggressively to repeal any efforts – and repel – we will stop it, we will repel it – any efforts to interfere in our elections. We’re doing everything in our power to prevent Russian interference in 2018.””


33 posted on 07/18/2018 3:10:09 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: Responsibility2nd
do I have any desire to read any more of his crap?

Nope.

34 posted on 07/18/2018 3:11:23 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: ETL
My take on why Trump said what he did is that he recognizes that while pressure does need to be applied to Russia (and Trump has been doing that for a while), it is counterproductive to push so hard that we back Putin into a corner from which he may lash out, and in which he certainly won’t be open to friendly discussion. If people would just listen to everything Trump said, and not just the one sentence or two that sent them into orbit, they would realize that he’s playing a bit of good cop / bad cop here, and hoping to establish a cooperative relationship with Putin. That’s a good thing.

The rabid left is so obsessed with just opposing Trump at every turn that they are proposing measures be taken against Russia that would essentially leave them with nothing to lose. That’s not a good spot to put a country with a large nuclear arsenal into. The left sounds like they want to essentially shut down Russia’s economy and expel them completely from the community of nations. Russia’s economic situation is already so shaky, and their distrust of the West so deep, that to do what the left wants could realistically risk a world war. Turning Russia into a wounded animal just so that the left can score political points against Trump would be a disastrous mistake.

I think Trump is fully aware of this and is trying to walk a fine line between punishing Russia and working with them. Not to mention the fact that given the sedition perpetrated by leftist partisans in the intelligence agencies, DOJ, and FBI, I wouldn’t trust them to provide a realistic assessment of anything at this moment either.

And finally, we have the fact that the Russians didn’t “hack the election.” I’m beyond sick of hearing that stupid phrase. All they appear to have done is mount an incredibly wimpy social media campaign which was the equivalent of adding one drop of water to the Pacific Ocean, and perhaps had something to do with acquiring emails from the DNC (though I still highly doubt they were involved). The hyperbolic reaction to those anemic actions is beyond absurd, particularly the pathetic way in which many so-called conservatives have joined the chorus.

35 posted on 07/18/2018 3:20:15 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Newt should make up his ****ing mind before he opens his trap again.

36 posted on 07/18/2018 3:25:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: fortheDeclaration

Old habits die hard. In his day, you had to listen to the MSM and try to make them like you. Trump has changed the game, and Newt’s still playing by the rules of the old game.


37 posted on 07/18/2018 3:27:02 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: ETL

Newt has unfortunately proven himself a quisling at various critical points when we were needing patriots. Smart guy, but lacking in testicular fortitude when it really matters.


38 posted on 07/18/2018 3:28:27 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: ETL

ETL

What’s your opinion of PDJT establishing a detente with Russia?


39 posted on 07/18/2018 3:29:01 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Guenevere
About a year ago Andrew Wilkow made the comment on his radio show, "when freepers don't like you they really don't like you".

We don't forget.


40 posted on 07/18/2018 3:34:09 PM PDT by Eddie01
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