Posted on 04/01/2020 10:46:23 PM PDT by NorseViking
A Russian military transport plane left an airfield outside Moscow and arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy airport in late afternoon on Wednesday.
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON - Russia sent the United States medical equipment on Wednesday to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, a public relations coup for Russian President Vladimir Putin after he discussed the crisis with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump, struggling to fill shortages of ventilators and personal protective equipment, accepted Putin's offer in a phone call on Monday. A Russian military transport plane left an airfield outside Moscow and arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy airport in late afternoon on Wednesday.
Emergency aid to Washington was a striking development. Usually, the United States donates supplies to embattled countries rather than accepting them. The origin of the gift was bound to revive criticism from Democrats that Trump has been too cozy with the Russian leader.
"Trump gratefully accepted this humanitarian aid," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was cited as saying by the Interfax news agency on Tuesday. Trump himself spoke enthusiastically about the Russian help after his call with Putin.
A U.S. official in Washington confirmed the shipment was a direct result of Trump's phone conversation with Putin. The official said it carried 60 tons of ventilators, masks, respirators and other items.
The official said the equipment would be carefully examined to make sure it comports with the quality requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Russia's Rossiya 24 channel on Wednesday morning showed the plane taking off from a military air base outside Moscow in darkness. Its cargo hold was filled with cardboard boxes and other packages.
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’m sure there have been other cases since then.“
Haven’t we been running a joint space station or shuttle for years?
He is more effective BECAUSE the Left is constantly shooting itself in the foot over him.
Спасибо за помощь.
Rooskies send help to DaCommieo.
Putin may be signaling that he wants better relations with the US. There are geopolitical strategists who strongly believe that the US should try to recruit Russia as an ally against China. With Putin aging and trying to push through a new constitution, he may now be looking for an accomodation with the West.
Putin was of great help after 9/11 - he made Russian bases in Krygyzstan and elsewhere available to help the US against Taliban Afghanistan. Russia is not our enemy - they were used by the trash liberals and warmongering armchair warrior neocons to try to destroy the Trump Admin no matter the consequences. Books written about the 2016 election have told of how the sorest of bad losers gathered her campaign team the next day after the election to push the Russian collusion lie.
When is shooting yourself in the foot an act of suicide?
Why, it is when your foot is in your mouth!
He actually handed Ulyanovsk East airbase within Russia proper for ISAF to manage Afghan logistics in light of troubles with ‘ally’ Pakistan.
An unprecedented act since WWII and near impeachable.
Closed Navy base in Vietnam and ELINT base on Cuba too.
Very nice! Cheers to Russia! I remember news about the wheat ships going from the U.S. to Russia long ago.
More collusion!
Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) really has him this time. Really!
Checkmate china for now
Impeachable offense?
Robert Kraft just flew in a planeload of supplies from China.
Embarassing.
That’s if you trust MSM narrative which tries to make it look like this.
Well if you have evidence that a plane from Russia didn't land or it wasn't full of medical supplies or it didn't happen after a Putin/Trump phone call then by all means bring it out.
Why? What’s embarrassing about it? Would you rather we accept help from the House of Rothchild in Europe? China?
Hate to break it to ya but Russia is on our side in this, and is probably the reason China and Europe hasn’t jumped us.
Russia is pissed about Obama, Hillary, and China trying to triangulate them into war.
Russia aint done a damn thing to me, nor are they my enemy. Our “tensions” were driven by military hardware sales competition. Countries bought ours or bought theirs.
Dont look now but:
Why should we be in a condition that we need to accept help at all. We're the richest country in the world. We should be able to take care of ourselves.
Hate to break it to ya but Russia is on our side in this, and is probably the reason China and Europe hasn’t jumped us.
Jumped us how?
We should plan on producing more than we’ll use ourselves now. We need it not only for current consumption but also to build back stockpiles for potential future emergencies here, unlike Obama/Biden. And enough more than we’ll need here for all we’ll inevitably give out in foreign aid for their unprepared emergencies.
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