Posted on 12/31/2016 9:15:03 AM PST by Kaslin
On the heels of new sanctions enforced by the Obama administration, Russian President Vladimir Putin has released his annual New Year's statement to the international community. CNN repeatedly noted that Putin "sidestepped" President Obama in the statement, instead offering his congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump.
In his annual greetings statement, Putin expressed hope that after Trump is sworn in as US President on January 20, the two countries, "acting in a constructive and pragmatic manner, will be able to take real steps to restore the mechanisms of bilateral cooperation in various areas and take their interaction in the international arena to a whole new level."
The feeling appears to be mutual. When Putin decided not to retaliate against Obama's sanctions, put in place in the wake of supposed Russian hacks that the CIA believes affected the outcome of the 2016 election, Trump praised his patience and intellect.
Great move on delay (by V. Putin) - I always knew he was very smart!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2016
Putin said he'd like to wait to see what Trump's policies will be when he assumes the presidency. If so inclined, Trump can veto the sanctions.
Good summary of what has happened, is happening and will happen!
Happy New Year to our HiTeck Redneck Christian.
Happy New Year to another Deplorable and a Dear FRiend.
“...Hehe. Zero has zeroed out....”
That he has.
It won’t be long now and all he’ll be is a faded out crap stain on an old pair of Lady Liberty’s undies. Zero who???....can’t wait.
LOL!
“..Obama has hit bottom. Just in time to get out of the People’s House....”
True, but he can go “lower”.
He can slither his yellow-bellied, reptilian soul back down into the Pit from whence he came...just sayin’.
We must remember that Trump in high school was studying military strategy while Obama at that age was smokin choom and givin head.
Putin is a nationalist. Trump is a nationalist. Where their respective countries’ interests coincide, there is no reason for them not to want to cooperate.
Don’t see Trump needing someone to pass messages like a little girl in school, Tell Vlad I will bend over for him after my election, or was it flexible, no matter, means the same.
Deja Vu all over again. Only Nixon could go to China and apparently Only Trump can go to Russia. And we know Trump will get us better deals than Nixon did.
Russia is foremost a northern European nation, nominally Christian, under attack by leftists and Islam. Why, excluding long-dead cold war rivalry, would they not be friends to our nation and people?
“He can slither his yellow-bellied, reptilian soul back down into the Pit from whence he came...just sayin.”
That’s really offensive. I have lots of cute little lizards where I live and some Black Snakes. The lizards eat lots of bugs and the snakes take care of a lot of vermin. Obola is vermin. By calling that evil subhuman piece of pig feces (deliberate insult to his real religion) a reptile you’re insulting many very beneficial animals.
“Putin is taking out the garbage for us, last load on the truck - January 20th!”
LIKE! (FR needs a like button ala Facebook)
PE Trump
PLD Daffy...
I, keeping an optimistic view, am praying with hope (and yet feeling the sad burden of the present sin) that Christ will lift the Orthodox free of state shackles; that Christ will in fact foment a kind of spiritual rebellion against the worldly when it conflicts against the heavenly.
Just because a church became a state church doesn’t mean it has to accept that forever.
Putin and his evil Russians did this!
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