Trump Has Putin over a Barrel

National Review ^ | July 7,2017 | Larry Kudlow

[meadsjn]

The greatest communist threat to the USA is from those within the USA. Those are the whole Democrat Party, and the globalist Republican establishment. The people at National Review are part of that.

[wastoute]

I don’t get that, either. What for do we need the Saudis? Things have changed since ‘71 and ‘73. And after what they pulled on 911, IMHO, there shouldn’t even still BE a “Saudi”. Things have changed. 50 years ago the world was desperate for there oil. Now the Saudis are desperate for there markets.

[wastoute]

Excellent analysis. Concise, accurate. Like journalism used to be.

[wastoute]

I wouldn’t back off from it. It occurred to me that title of the article should be “Trump has the WORLD” over a barrel. I mean, isn’t that pretty much the entire point of being “President of the US”?

[cynwoody]

Bulk LNG carriers from the US to Europe. Sounds like a lot of jobs but they are working on automating the ships.

If it's possible, it should be done.

After all, why should we pay for N people working LNG boats if the job can get done by 0.1N?

Let the free market work out the exact coefficient of N.

[free_life]

Screw Russia and stolen pony they rode into Ukrainian Crimea on!

[DrPretorius]

"Screw Russia and stolen pony they rode into Ukrainian Crimea on!" The Crimea was always part of Russia. Look it up. "History of Crimea" from Infogalactic: The recorded history of the Crimean Peninsula, historically known as the Tauric Chersonese (Χερσόνησος Ταυρική "Tauric Peninsula"), begins around the 5th century BC when several Greek colonies were established along its coast. The southern coast remained Greek in culture for almost two thousand years as part of the Roman Empire (47 BC – 330 AD), and its successor states, the Byzantine Empire (330 AD – 1204 AD), the Empire of Trebizond (1204 AD – 1461 AD), and the independent Principality of Theodoro (ended 1475 AD). In the 13th century, some port cities were controlled by the Venetians and by the Genovese. The Crimean interior was much less stable, enduring a long series of conquests and invasions; by the early medieval period it had been settled by Scythians (Scytho-Cimmerians), Tauri, Greeks, Romans, Goths, Huns, Bulgars, Kipchaks and Khazars. In the medieval period, it was acquired partly by Kievan Rus', but fell to the Mongol invasions as part of the Golden Horde. They were followed by the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire, which conquered the coastal areas as well, in the 15th to 18th centuries. The modern history of the Crimea begins with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire by Catherine the Great in 1783 and the handing over of the Crimea by the Ottoman Empire to Russia as part of the Treaty provision. After two centuries of conflict, the Russian fleet had destroyed the Ottoman navy and the Russian army had inflicted heavy defeats on the Ottoman land forces. The ensuing Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca forced the Sublime Porte to recognize the Tatars of the Crimea as politically independent. Catherine the Great's incorporation of the Crimea in 1783 from the defeated Ottoman Empire into the Russian Empire increased Russia's power in the Black Sea area. The Crimea was the first Muslim territory to slip from the sultan's suzerainty. The Ottoman Empire's frontiers would gradually shrink for another two centuries, and Russia would proceed to push her frontier westwards to the Dniester. In 1921 the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was created. This republic was dissolved in 1945, and the Crimea became an oblast first of the Russian SSR (1945–1954) and then the Ukrainian SSR (1954–1991). Since 1991 the territory was covered by the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol City within independent Ukraine. During the 2014 Crimean crisis, the peninsula was taken over by pro-Russian forces and a referendum on whether to join Russia was held. Shortly after the result in favour of joining Russia was announced, Crimea was annexed by the Russian Federation as two federal subjects: the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol.

[Don Corleone]

I believe this is all true. Trump’s energy policies will challenge Russia’s market share. But for Trump to exercise his leverage in all these danger spots he will have to give Putin SOMETHING.

What will it be?

Hillary,Comey.Humma,Sanders,the DNC in its entirety,CNN,NBC,MSNBC, Disney Studios???