Posted on 07/30/2017 12:19:26 PM PDT by navysealdad
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a television interview that the U.S. must cut the size of its diplomatic force in his country by more than half, from about 1,210 to 455.
Putin said Sunday that the cut will make the size of the U.S. diplomatic mission in his country equal to that of Russia's diplomatic corps in the U.S.
"The personnel of the U.S. diplomatic missions in Russia will be cut by 755 people and will now equal the number of the Russian diplomatic personnel in the United States, 455 people on each side," Putin said in an interview on the Rossiya 1 network.
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Your reply is the earliest one and it was correct. There actually could have been a new beginning with Russia. The fact is; President Putin hates fools. Sure he knew about possible whatever but it was not to actually effect anything unless America was total fools. All this interference and fake about colluding required President Trump to do something and that caused reaction. This is sad because after years of Obama, Trump and Putin could have had really good conversations toward solutions. Then of course, all these leaks and the enemy within any partnership, damaged it. There will be damage as things go off course.
I need to reply to the “next page” which I hadn’t read. You folks got it before I said anything. I apologize.
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