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Trump Defends "Killer" Putin: "We've Got A Lot Of Killers - You Think Our Country's Innocent?"
Zero Hedge ^ | 02/05/17 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 02/05/2017 7:00:25 AM PST by Enlightened1

In a Fox News interview set to air at 4pm on Sunday, just ahead of the Superbowl, and which is sure to unleash a fresh firestorm of accusations that president Trump is a Kremlin puppet, the US president will defend Vladimir Putin on national TV, saying he respects the Russian leader and accusing the US of not being as innocent as it may seem.
 
In the interview, Bill O’Reilly asked if Trump respects Russian President Vladimir Putin, to which the he replied, “I do respect him. Well, I respect a lot of people, but that doesn’t mean I’ll get along with them.”
 
After O’Reilly asks why, Trump answers: "He is the leader of his country. I say it’s better to get along with Russia than not, and if Russia helps us in the fight against ISIS – which is a major fight – and the Islamic terrorism all over the world, that’s a good thing. Will I get along with him? I have no idea.”
 
O'Reilly pressed Trump on his statement, saying, "But he's a killer though. Putin's a killer."
 
Trump shrugged the comment off, saying: “There are a lot of killers. We’ve got a lot of killers. What, do you think our country is so innocent?”
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDdkpKm_xsA

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: innocent; oreilly; putin; trump
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To: Enlightened1

I would have Putin and President Trump more friendly than the American Democrats. The American communists Democrats and ISIS are indeed one and the same. America is in real trouble.


21 posted on 02/05/2017 7:28:32 AM PST by Logical me
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To: Enlightened1

Remember 0bama’s drones? Proxy killers.


22 posted on 02/05/2017 7:29:03 AM PST by lakecumberlandvet (APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS.)
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To: Enlightened1

The scene that popped into my mind when I read the headline:

https://youtu.be/rAdUuGsi30g


23 posted on 02/05/2017 7:33:11 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Enlightened1

Remember Hitlery’s Libyan rebels? Proxy killers. We came, we, we saw, he (Muammar Qaddafi) died.


24 posted on 02/05/2017 7:34:45 AM PST by lakecumberlandvet (APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS.)
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To: Enlightened1

I stopped worrying about Putin’s so called murders when I realized we had more proof that Hillary murdered people than Putin and nobody cares about Hillary’s murders.

BTW, political murder is not uncommon in the US. FDR probably had Huey Long murdered to prevent his run for president. Patton was murdered when he planned to write a book about occupation of Germany and the crimes of the FDR administration. Our media is much better about covering up our political murders.


25 posted on 02/05/2017 7:35:37 AM PST by RedWulf (TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP!)
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To: Enlightened1

Trump busting out with his Ron Paul impersonation.


26 posted on 02/05/2017 7:35:45 AM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Enlightened1

Trump may be right, but this was the stupidest answer he could give. Why he continues to feed O’Reilly ratings points is beyond me. Trump brings so much to the table, yet he keeps going back to O’Reily. He doesn’t need him and he always screws up on his show.

Bannon, KellyAnne, etc., should ban his show. And I don’t want to hear from the “you’re a troll” crowd...it was a f***ed up answer and you know it. He needs to get over this inability to answer this question without sounding like he’s Putin’s brother...it’s bad no matter what side of the aisle you are on.

Just deflect the question and move on...don’t give a sleazy lightweight like O’Reily any points at all!!


27 posted on 02/05/2017 7:38:15 AM PST by MaxistheBest (...)
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To: Enlightened1

O’Reilly is just trying to bait Trump into saying something controversial to boost the ratings for his interview. That’s all he cares about.

But why should Trump be calling Putin names and unnecessarily antagonize him? Does O’Reilly think its a good idea to make more enemies when we already have plenty of dangerous “bad hombres” to contend with? We may soon find ourselves in a “kinetic” action with Iran. Why provoke Putin and complicate an already dicey situation? Same with China; we already have a contentious relationship with them so why bring Putin into the mix? Just plain foolish.

This was really an ignorant line of questioning by O’Reilly.


28 posted on 02/05/2017 7:40:16 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Enlightened1

TRUMP CLAIMS (FALSELY) THAT WE HAVE KILLERS IN THE UNITED STATES! NO EVIDENCE!


29 posted on 02/05/2017 7:40:28 AM PST by ichabod1 (The Wise Cracker)
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To: MaxistheBest

So who was it that set the Middle East on fire and created and armed ISIS?


30 posted on 02/05/2017 7:40:58 AM PST by chris37 (Glory, glory, hallelujah!)
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To: RummyChick

Or the comment from osamabama “turns out I’m pretty good at killin’ people.”


31 posted on 02/05/2017 7:41:22 AM PST by ichabod1 (The Wise Cracker)
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To: chris37

“So who was it that set the Middle East on fire and created and armed ISIS?”

Word for word that would have been the perfect answer...except he didn’t say it...now you have BO bragging how he baited Trump into a foolish answer...and KellyAnne will have to deal with the fallout for the next week.

With everything Team Trump is doing and dealing with, do you really think they need this.


32 posted on 02/05/2017 7:47:23 AM PST by MaxistheBest (...)
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To: Enlightened1

Predator drones on hospitals, civilians.

Now the leftists have to defend 0bama’s, the klintoons, and bushies actions and foreign policy. Trump opposed all of them in this respect.


33 posted on 02/05/2017 7:48:06 AM PST by grumpygresh (When will Soros be brought to justice? Crush the vermin, crush the Left.)
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To: Enlightened1
Of all the leaders in the world, why build up Putin to be the new Hitler? Someone wants to get us into a war. The U.S. contributed to helping stage a coup in Ukraine during the Sochi Olympics which meant Putin could not retaliate when he was hosting the world at Sochi. Putin had to stand by and let an ally in the Ukraine government fall and be replaced by a pro-western politician that Russia regards as a thug, who immediately decreed an edict of discrimination against the Russian minority in Ukraine that Russian would no longer be one of the country's official languages. The majority Russian populace in Crimea started a move for independence and yes, Russia surely sent them aid. Last time I checked, ten thousand people died in the proxy war in the Donbass region. Be careful what you start because Putin's not going to take any crap from US shenanigans on his border.

My only concern in this conflict is to preserve American lives and keep NATO from playing us for suckers by getting us involved in another conflict to justify their existence and distracting us from fighting ISIS.

34 posted on 02/05/2017 7:53:14 AM PST by Ciexyz (Happy days are here again, with Trump/Pence!)
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To: MaxistheBest

Do they need what? Someone who speaks the truth?

Our country isn’t innocent.

Not even close.

We have been a bad actor for a long time now.

We gave Iran billions of dollars. We allowed them to pursue nukes knowing full well what their intent is.

We overthrew a bunch of weak governments by arming Al Qaeda.

We had Republicans who were involved in this, namely John “I Work With The Enemy” McCain and his girlfriend Lindsey.

Our government was on the path of purposely provoking war with Russia right up until Trump was elected.

Our government runs exclusively on and consists of nothing but lies.

Is America the Axis of Evil?


35 posted on 02/05/2017 7:56:14 AM PST by chris37 (Glory, glory, hallelujah!)
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To: chris37

But the Democrats loved Uncle Joe.....


36 posted on 02/05/2017 8:00:10 AM PST by MGG
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To: chris37

For the last 8 years America has been the focus of evil in the modern world, IMO.


37 posted on 02/05/2017 8:01:32 AM PST by ichabod1 (The Wise Cracker)
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To: MaxistheBest

oh, i see, you know best. LOL

Trump engages the problem and that works toward a solution.

If you are so afraid to have a fighter with eyes wide open willing to be on offense to wake up our nation’s good but sleeping people, then go put your blanket over your head and stay there for a few years til your feelings feel better.

People need to hear truth and stop worrying how it sounds to others who will twist it or refuse to believe.

You hear as you choose to hear and reason in your brain, YOU/your brain twists what Trump said to seem like he’s a “putin puppet” when you know he is not!

Trump only spoke truth which is never a bad thing.


38 posted on 02/05/2017 8:04:23 AM PST by b4me (If Jesus came to set us free, why are so many professed Believers still in chains?)
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To: chris37

“Do they need what? Someone who speaks the truth?”

I agree with every one of the things you listed. So tell me ...which one did Trump speak to? Instead he left it dangling so the MSM can fill in the blanks.

BTW, how would you like be a CIA operative and hear your President give an answer like that? Or maybe a strike drone operator? You can bet your ass the MSM will frame it that he called them killers!

Now, do you understand the power of a poor answer like that?


39 posted on 02/05/2017 8:04:38 AM PST by MaxistheBest (...)
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To: Enlightened1
In retrospect getting rid of Saddam was a big mistake. Alot of Americas finest died or were wounded for what?
40 posted on 02/05/2017 8:06:40 AM PST by McGruff (Drain The Swamp)
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