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Trump’s critics reach absurd new heights
The Kansas City Star ^ | July 18, 2018 | Marc A. Thiessen, The Washington Post

Posted on 07/18/2018 6:22:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting to get a different result, which is one of the many reasons President Donald Trump’s news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed so insane. Trump is trying to do something that both of his immediate predecessors tried to do: turn over a new leaf with Russia. They both failed, and so will he.

Recall that George W. Bush entered the White House promising to end the “dead ideological rivalry” of the Cold War. At a 2001 summit with Putin in Slovenia, Bush declared, “I looked the man in the eye. I found him very straightforward and trustworthy — I was able to get a sense of his soul.” President Barack Obama tried to appease Putin by giving in to the Russian leader’s demands that we cancel our missile-defense plan with Poland and the Czech Republic — and did it on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland. And while serving as Obama’s secretary of state, Hillary Clinton humiliated herself when she gave Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a giant red button with the word “reset” on it (which, adding insult to injury, misspelled the Russian word for “reset” to read “overcharged”).

Trump does not seem to fathom that the problem with U.S.-Russia relations is not a lack of effort on the part of U.S. presidents. Russia is the only country on Earth other than North Korea that would dare use a toxic nerve agent to attempt to carry out assassinations on foreign soil. It is a regime that blatantly violates its nuclear and chemical weapons treaty obligations, has invaded two neighbors, and has threatened NATO countries (and Mar-a-Lago) with nuclear annihilation....

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TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: putin; russia; trump
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To: Eddie01

“That is an Emergency Stop switch, better known as a Kill Switch.”

Killswitch Engage baby!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EluzTj88tWU


21 posted on 07/18/2018 6:39:36 PM PDT by Lent
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To: oblomov

The Russians in The Ukraine can be laid at William Jefferson Clinton’s door. He convinced the government of The Ukraine to give up their nukes saying “we’ll back you 200%”. Then left the mess to GW who walked into the shitstorm. This was after Clinton screwed the people in Yugoslavia. Another Demorat crap fest. I don’t think Putin is waiting on a reset button from DJT.


22 posted on 07/18/2018 6:41:00 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
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To: raiderboy

I can vouch for that for I too have tuned out Fox until Dobbs, tucker and Hannity come on..Ingram is in the dog house! I used to have fox on ALL DAY!! Not anymore..#MSMBLACKOUT ..SCREW THEM!!!


23 posted on 07/18/2018 6:41:01 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: McGruff

24 posted on 07/18/2018 6:44:10 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: raiderboy
I have observed. anecdotally , that not a single Trump supporter that I know has fallen for the hysteria.

Agree with that statement, I've also observed that with each passing day the anti-Trumpers become more hostile, belligerent, uncivil and worse.

Not talking about the Shrillary Clinton's, Marxine Waters or Schmucky Shumer here, I'm talking about people I actually personally know and sometimes work with. They've gone completely over the edge since the Trump-Putin meeting. There's just no pulling back for them at this point. All certifiably nuts.

25 posted on 07/18/2018 6:46:13 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

New angle from Monica Crowley tonight. She suggested that all the Obama higher ups are just trying to run out the clock on the statute of limitations on Hillary, et al, with Rosenweasel running interference. Does anyone know when the statute of limitations runs out on all the various crimes?


26 posted on 07/18/2018 6:49:05 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.a)
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To: RoseofTexas

Sadly, Trish Regan (Fox Business) and Jack Keane and of course Newt are on my ‘ you jerk!’ list

Trish was especially egregious......why?.....because I trusted her!


27 posted on 07/18/2018 6:53:46 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: raiderboy
Hacking was IMPOSSIBLE on that much data!!

And isn't even the important issue. It is only the distraction.

28 posted on 07/18/2018 7:01:49 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: MUDDOG

Both sides have to really believe in their end game. The never trumpers thought that any normal person would quit long before now. But Trump is not a normal person and his end game is that he will wear them down instead. I am betting on Trump. He was a New York Contractor for years that was strong enough to muscle out the mob. He won’t cave like the usual Republican wimps that just wants to be loved by the media.


29 posted on 07/18/2018 7:04:16 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: McGruff
"You just push this, and anyone who wants to testify against you dies instantly."


30 posted on 07/18/2018 7:05:56 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: richardtavor

Trump laid it out during the campaign in this speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szaKnOhJbow


31 posted on 07/18/2018 7:28:53 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: McGruff

I always wonder why Hillary and company thought that Russians would be familiar with a TV commercial for a US office supply store chain.


32 posted on 07/18/2018 7:40:53 PM PDT by Moonmad27
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To: MUDDOG

Democrats are the worst enemy of our country! Not Russia!


33 posted on 07/18/2018 7:42:38 PM PDT by agincourt1415 (Trump!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

https://youtu.be/6LwN-DqgDVw

I kind of like this one. Just hearing it again gives chills considering what has transpired since.


34 posted on 07/18/2018 7:44:38 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Free)
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To: agincourt1415

By far!


35 posted on 07/18/2018 8:04:37 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: richardtavor
But Trump is not a normal person and his end game is that he will wear them down instead.

So far, so good.

The attacks are so unrelenting, though, that I just hope Trump can stand up to it.

Especially when he get vicious attacks from his so-called "friends" (Gingrich especially nasty a couple of days ago.)

Gingrich was on Hannity's radio show today and acting as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened, and he was back to praising Trump. Gingrich's criticism must've backfired big-time.

36 posted on 07/18/2018 8:13:56 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: UCANSEE2

Thank you CIA. You are making fools of yourselves. Your narrative is falling apart.


37 posted on 07/18/2018 8:44:48 PM PDT by raiderboy (Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.ith the solar)
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To: usconservative

Thank you. Note the deep state attacks on my post. I expected that and it validates our truth. Trump is on to this BIG TIME. These liars are going DOWN!!


38 posted on 07/18/2018 8:47:52 PM PDT by raiderboy (Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.ith the solar)
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To: raiderboy; All

Several have turned off Fox except for Dobbs, Ingram, Hannity , and Tucker. ( daily)


This has been discussed on other threads.

I just posted this info, on another thread....

Fox News has a new, lefty CEO...Suzanne Scott.

She’s trying to ‘tone things down’.

Here’s more info on her....

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/suzanne-scott-fox-panelists-680625


39 posted on 07/18/2018 8:51:46 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Jane Long

I am a huge fan of OAN . I am lucky enough to afford the cost. It is the answer to the decay of Fox.


40 posted on 07/18/2018 9:00:04 PM PDT by raiderboy (Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.ith the solar)
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