Posted on 12/29/2016 2:57:24 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
White House officials predicted Thursday that new sanctions being levied against Russia in retaliation for that country’s apparent hacking during the 2016 election would not be reversed by President-elect Donald Trump, despite Trump’s call for warmer relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After he takes the oath of office in late January, Trump could unilaterally act to roll back the sanctions, which include expelling 35 Russian operatives and closing down two Russian facilities in the United States. But White House officials argued that if he did so, Trump would risk looking like he had caved to Russian interests.
“If a future president decided he wanted to allow in a large tranche of Russian intelligence agents, presumably a future president could do that,” a senior Obama administration official said on a Thursday press call. “We don’t think it would make much sense to reopen Russian intelligence compounds. ... We don’t think it makes much sense to invite back in Russian intelligence agents.”
Trump’s transition team, as of the time of this publication, had not released a statement on the new sanctions issued by President Barack Obama...
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How’s Obama’s statement that there will be a smooth transition going?
Why did Obama want those Russians out of the country.
Trump’s team needs to talk to them.
Is this another sternly worded blog post?
LOL.
5.56mm
Sell the Russians the houses on either side of Hussein.
Trump has a pen and a phone. Maybe he should use both during his inaugural address.
I’m just saying. . .
I want to know if the people who allowed in a “large tranche” of Muslim agents over the last 8 years are ever going to be punished.
I would wonder if this could get any more pathetic, however this is Ears we are talking about.
So these cretins are basically admitting that they did this to tie Trump's hands. Nice.
Invite the diplomats to the Trump Tower before they leave.
I dare obama to get the hell out of our house on January 20th without stealing anything.
The HP has become too much of a hate site. I won’t give them the hits any more.
White House officials have predicted many things.
Keep your doctor.
Hillary in a landslide.
Appease and they will start to like us.
Approximately zero of them have come true.
Sell it to the Sikh’s, they will handle it.
“...Trump would risk looking like he had caved to Russian interests...”
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No, it would show that Trump is cancelling the antics of a childish, narcissist, who was the former president...
I have a feeling that Trump, Putin and BiBi are talking about everyday...if nothing else, laughing when they talk...
Did you see the ‘Lame Duck’ bird that Russia sent back to Barky??? I almost peed my pants laughing...talk about a sense of humor...all three of them have it...
Awe it’s going to be good to be able to enjoy life again without all the lies, and back room deals...
From here to eternity, the ObeyMe Administration should be known as the Middle School, Double-Dog-Dare-Ya Gang.
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