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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He may have audacity, but Trump has bravery and determination. He thinks he is threatening one of the other snowflake Republican leaders. If he had an ounce of intelligence he would know that Trump isn’t one of his usual stooges.
Seems to be you failed to mention that jug ears had his day in laughing at DJT at one of his many functions. He basically told PRESIDENT TRUMP he didn’t have the smarts to do the necessary to make it to the same high level BO’B achieved. Last laugh.....all over BO’B. That boy can certainly ‘read people’ Can’t tell if his dark face is red from embarrassment or fuming with rage “Hell hath no fury like....”
Exactly. Obama had to set up the “YOU SEE, TRUMP IS WORKING FOR PUTIN” and we’ll hear all about it for 8 years just like we heard about the 2000 Florida recounts.
Bkmk
Trump will balance his deal making with Russia with a large nuke build up. The left will scream about Trump trying to start a nuclear war with Russia and being a Russian puppet at the same time. I’ll love every moment of their insanity.
I would love to see Trump Tweet: Effective January 21st, AG Jeff Sessions will oversee an American-Russian joint task force into the Obama Crisis (Russia situation) and to exchange information pertaining to corruption of the DNC and the Clinton Foundation. If it is found that crimes have been committed, both countries will have a panel of judges similar to the SCOTUS for a tribunal. The prisoners will be remanded to consecutive sentencing periods in Siberia and Gitmo.
The 80s called Barack, and he gave them back Cold War antics.
Now who’s the one about to start WWIII again?
Who’s unfit?
Who’s dangerous, near side of mad?
This guy is spooky.
Little bitch boy doesn't have to worry about that anymore. An adult will soon be in charge and little baby child can go play for the rest of his life.
Well if he explains that this is a trumped up hissy fit by sore loser leftists who are mad that their party lost THEN nobody would care.
“Trump could unilaterally act to roll back the sanctions,”
Excuse me, but isn’t that EXACTLY what Hussein did with Cuba???
Trump will transfer the sanctions from Russia to the globalist cabal of the Klintoons, 0bama, and Soros.
Trump is reactively quiet right now, but I’m hoping that after he’s in, he will speak softly and carry a big stick against these globalist criminals.
Trump needs to have Sessions quietly begin getting his cases together and start leaking incriminating info on these criminals to the public.
“Sell the Russians the houses on either side of Hussein.”
Excellent idea!
“But White House officials argued that if he did so, Trump would risk looking like he had caved to Russian interests. “
OR...risk that he thought that he is his own man, that Obama was a childish punk, and that he isn’t bound to follow ANY of his “precedents”.
How about this?:
Obama pardons Hillary, Trump pardons the Russians.
In the end, who was more dangerous to our country?
And yet there they were, during practically the entire length of the Obama administration. Ooooh, big bad tranches of Rooskies a-spyin' on us, can't have that unless you're talking about the past seven and a half years.
Stop the nonsense and show us proof of the Russians affecting our elections. That is all we ask. Why can’t you show the American people the proof Obama?
Trump shoulx have everything in one big notebook and put a signature on the cover approving immediate automated signstures on everything else all at once. Release so many rabbits they don’t know what to shoot at.
You find the most predictable and painfully jejune pap.
Putin and the FSB will merely install 2.0 a day/month/year from now, different names, different paradigms.
Hold public hearings first and go over every bit of evidence the Russians were involved. If there is no concrete evidence, lift the sanctions.
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