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Merkel, Putin share a headache: Donald Trump
AP via MSN ^ | 17 Aug 2018 | AP staff

Posted on 08/17/2018 3:18:54 AM PDT by blueplum

FRANKFURT, Germany — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russia's President Vladimir Putin will have plenty to talk about when they meet Saturday — thanks in no small part to U.S. President Donald Trump, whose sanctions and criticisms over trade, energy and NATO have created new worries for both leaders. The two will meet at the German government's guest house outside Berlin and will give short statements beforehand but aren't planning a news conference, German officials have said. Government spokesman Steffen Seibert has said that topics will include the civil war in Syria, the conflict in Ukraine, and energy questions. Putin is facing the possibility of more U.S. sanctions on Russia imposed by Trump, and has an interest in softening or heading off any European support ...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: germany; merkel; putin; russia
second 'private' meeting in as many months with no presser afterwards? Where's the outrage from the MSM pundits? (and has Zero been speed-dialing Merkel again?)
1 posted on 08/17/2018 3:18:54 AM PDT by blueplum
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Ha, ha, rancid european rectums!


2 posted on 08/17/2018 3:24:42 AM PDT by W. (Hey, beer!)
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“...have created new worries for both leaders”

They know the jig is up. For too long, the USA has allowed the East German communist take over of greater Germany. The collusion between East Germany and Russia will no longer be tolerated by Donald J Trump. We know what’s going on. If the Germans want NATO membership they will have to put up some skin in the game.

No more freeloading.


3 posted on 08/17/2018 3:58:49 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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Meanwhile....

Iran Says German Oil Company Looking To Make Deal Despite Sanctions

4 posted on 08/17/2018 4:03:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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Iran and Russia sign major deal for HUGE oil and gas exploration after Trump sanctions
5 posted on 08/17/2018 4:06:51 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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This is a hoot. On a number of levels...

'Russia DIDN'T hack German election' - new report DISPELS reports of Putin meddling

6 posted on 08/17/2018 4:10:03 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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Wait a second. I thought Trump was a Putin puppet. Now he’s a hinderence? The media must have been lying all this time.


7 posted on 08/17/2018 5:29:36 AM PDT by ilgipper
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Such a lovely couple.

I wonder who will stab who in the back first.

8 posted on 08/17/2018 5:39:18 AM PDT by McGruff
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A former KGB Colonel and a former Stasi agent walk into a beer hall....the jokes write themselves.


9 posted on 08/17/2018 5:39:26 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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NOW I see why Putin played all those behind-the-scenes tricks to get Trump elected. /SARCsarcsarcsarc


10 posted on 08/17/2018 5:59:55 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but it was the REPUBLICAN controlled Congress that put those ‘crushing’ sanctions on Russia, not this President.

The RINO Congress put Trump into the unenviable position of having to choose to either allow the sanctions, which included limiting or eliminating diplomatic ties, and bring us closer to war (the NeoCon nutjob’s wet dream), or rejecting the sanctions and be accused by big media of being a ‘secret Russian agent!’.

Grandma Angie is a different story.


11 posted on 08/17/2018 6:13:23 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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