Posted on 01/14/2017 9:56:36 AM PST by Mariner
Washington (AFP) - President-elect Donald Trump has hinted that he may lift sanctions on Russia and won't stand by the "One China" policy unless Beijing improves its currency and trade practices.
Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday that he would keep intact "at least for a period of time" sanctions President Barack Obama's administration imposed on Russia last month over Moscow's alleged cyberattacks to influence the US election.
But, if Russia helps the US on key goals such as fighting violent extremists, Trump suggested he may scrap the punitive measures altogether.
He also said he was prepared to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin after taking office January 20.
Trump, who sees an opportunity to cooperate with Moscow in fighting jihadist groups like Islamic State, has expressed admiration for Putin, and only reluctantly accepted US intelligence's conclusion that Russian hackers acting on Putin's authority interfered in the US elections.
Turning to the longstanding US practice of not recognizing Taiwan diplomatically, Trump said: "Everything is under negotiation, including One China."
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Still think Ukraine and Georgia is key to Trump’s new world vision of Russia. Can he stop Russia from taking further aggressions or will he feed them to the monster?
I’m hard pressed to givva shit either way.
If Russia took both Ukraine and Georgia in their entirety tomorrow, I would not care.
And I most certainly would not advocate for military confrontation as a result.
You do realize where this logic goes right? After those guys then it’s the Baltic’s.. what say you then?
The Baltics were added in 2004 to NATO.
That extension of the Treaty was a mistake as well. The Baltics are indefensible and only a nuclear conflagration could stop their absorption by Russia.
The ONLY addition to NATO from the old Warsaw Pact that I support is Poland. I believe that is the position of most Americans, given the choice.
Latvia, Bulgaria and Romania? Really? And some fools would advocate an extension to Ukraine and Georgia.
What is the US interest in pledging existential war to protect those countries?
I also support Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary, all solid Christian countries who were under the Soviet boot.
agreed. my bad
Obviously from the next Nazi Germany. Do you really think Russia ever really gave up on the thought of controlling all of Europe?
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