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Can you form an intelligent reply or can you only make snarky, middle school masturbation references?

Diplomacy is about deal-making. This puts PE Trump in a disadvantaged position, at least in the short term.

If he doesn’t reverse the sanctions he is all but admitting they were justified.

If he does reverse the sanctions he risks appearing to not place faith in the intelligence agencies he has to rely on to provide him with assessment of what is going on around the world and what threats the US faces short and long term. He could also come off as not caring if our diplomats are harassed by the governments, and operatives of those governments, in the nations where they serve.

Can you form an intelligent reply or can you only make snarky, middle school masturbation references?

This was my response to you:

He’ll reopen them and tell the naysayers to go play with themselves.
They’re never going to love him anyway.
They made themselves irrelevant.

I addressed a group of people here. "They can go off and play with themselves." They have no power these days, so they can play in their own circles bouncing absurdity after absurdity off each other.

Do I mind the masturbation reference? Not really. What are these folks doing by buying into the "Russia stole the election" story, with absolutely no proof. That's called mental masturbation. You know, like accusing a fellow FReeper of doing something you concocted in your own mind.

You ignored the sound response. The people on the Left and those in the Republican party who reject Trump based on reopening the Russian venues will never support him. Who cares about them?

You think McCain, Graham, other Leftist Republicans and the Democrat party were considering working with Trump? LMAO

Diplomacy is about deal-making. This puts PE Trump in a disadvantaged position, at least in the short term.

This comment makes you look silly and you know it does. People either agree with Trump or they don't. Somehow you have come up with the idea that those who don't would suddenly change their mind if Trump only kept the Russian entities closed.

Patently Absurd!

If he doesn’t reverse the sanctions he is all but admitting they were justified.

You really have a lot to worry about don't you. Grasp this. If he reopens them, he will have committed a cardinal sin. If he agrees to keep them shut, the very same people will say he committed a cardinal sin.

This being the case, you do whatever you think is best, and let the idiots who aren't happy about it, go play with themselves.

If he does reverse the sanctions he risks appearing to not place faith in the intelligence agencies he has to rely on to provide him with assessment of what is going on around the world and what threats the US faces short and long term.

Those intelligence agencies have offered no proof, and are squabbling within their own ranks about the validity of the charge Russia interfered in our elections. Meanwhile Obama sends another team to Israel to interfere in their elections (OPENLY!) again! They did it in Great Britain as well.

He could also come off as not caring if our diplomats are harassed by the governments, and operatives of those governments, in the nations where they serve.

Those folks you were postulating Trump would be able to make deals with if he didn't reopen those entities, they'll be making unsubstantiated charges no matter what Trump does. It's embarrassing to watch you miss that again.