Posted on 12/29/2016 11:20:11 AM PST by HarleyLady27
The United States on Thursday expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland in response to a campaign of harassment by Russia against American diplomats in Moscow, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
The U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the Russian diplomats would be given 72 hours to leave the United States. Access to the two compounds will be denied to all Russian officials as of noon on Friday, the official added.
"These actions were taken to respond to Russian harassment of American diplomats and actions by the diplomats that we have assessed to be not consistent with diplomatic practice," the official told Reuters.
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This fool needs to seriously GO!
He is TRYING to make trouble, and it would take a real idiot not to see this!
This is in retaliation for the “election having”. Thirteen page report released called grizzly steppe
https://www.us-cert.gov/security-publications/GRIZZLY-STEPPE-Russian-Malicious-Cyber-Activity
Gee, all this from the president who told Romney the 1970s called and want their Russian foreign policy back? Can’t be.
Damn Russians - they “beat up James Blonde”! And probably other equally skilled Obama CIA hires operating under diplomatic cover
All this based on fake news. All this against what the democrats called a close ally during the previous election.
That is par for the course for US diplomats in Communist countries for many decades. We do a little payback, but no matter who is in office, the harassment of US diplomats in Russia and China, to name just two countries, will continue. It is how the game is played.
Dont know why the long gap between...
The long gap is the latest the swearing in can take place. I would have it done on the second Tuesday of the November with parties in January.
“Why wait till now?”
He wants to conflate it with the “hacking” thing. It’s political obfuscation for the stupid.
He should have done this in July. It’s righteous retaliation for what the Russians have been doing. As to whether the Russian actions were retaliation for something we did I haven’t a clue.
Ideally, we would reveal all of Putin’s covert bank accounts. The Russian people deserve to know how much of their wealth president for life Putin has stolen from them, and this would go a long way in exposing his bunk.
Yes. Looks like he's going full scorched-earth policy...
Also a report on election hacking will be released to congress (which is in recess). It will be a long 3 weeks...
I mean... we all know damn good and well the Russian had nothing to do with the DNC leaks, and this "let's just pretend they did and act on it" business really looks... mental.
Putin protects the Christian Western Civilization roots.
Rock on!
One wonders what kind of embarrassing information the Russians may have on Obama and the Clintons.
You are spot on. Astute comment.
HarleyLady I believe this has EVERTHING to do with Putin keeping Syria’s leader IN PLACE!!! Obammie is having a temper tantrum because he wanted him overthrown!!! Now they have worked out a cease fire and completely left the US out of the negotiations!!!!! This POTUS is nothing but an incompetent, arrogant, petulant CHILD!!!!! It is quite amazing he EVER got elected especially after 9/11!!!! You would have thought the American people would have been smart enough to NOT elect a Muslim that came out of NOWHERE!!!!
I’m not buying all of those the “beating” stories, given the number of snowflakes like “James Blonde” hired by the Obama State Department and intelligence agencies
seriously, did this guy get his spycraft kit from Toys R Us?
If the FSB “beat” our “diplomats” in 2013 and 2014- where were Kerry and Clinton and why is Obama acting only now?
Tickets should be provided to school kids having suffered from the Golf-beards food program. Have them line the march route to throw her lunches back to her.
I’m reminded of the former nuclear policy known as MAD - Mutual Assured Destruction.
Statements are coming in fast now from various gov branches
WH statement below on election hacking
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/29/fact-sheet-actions-response-russian-malicious-cyber-activity-and
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