Joint News Conference by Trump and Putin: Full Video and Transcript

New York Times ^ | 17 Jul 2018 | staff

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video and full transcript at link

[Just mythoughts]

Okay, I have been here on FR 18 years and I will get Flamed and may get banned because, just like with the Left, here the Narrative is all. But I am sorry. We are now taking as Gospel truth the word of Vladimir Putin. Putin who has invaded neighbors, conspired with our enemies, conspired with Obama in the Iran deal. Clearly supported efforts aimed at, if not influencing the election then in sowing discord in its wake. Putin a guy, regardless of today’s presser is likely overjoyed at the havoc Mueller is causing. We are supposed to believe that guy?! Sorry, count me out. As a longtime friend, one who served 37 years in the DEA on the Russian and Central Asian desks, as that friend has repeatedly told me. Putin is both evil and insane.

Putin is no more 'evil and insane' than the wicked witch of the west and her resist movement. Obama and his crew are just as bad. Putin never took an oath of office to protect and defend our Constitution, and that want-a-be rap star, promised US he intended to transform this nation ... with the willing help of the likes of lying Ryan and crying Boehner and a bevy of leftist judges, Obama got really close.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Okay, I have been here on FR 18 years and I will get Flamed and may get banned because, just like with the Left, here the Narrative is all. But I am sorry. We are now taking as Gospel truth the word of Vladimir Putin.

Ban him! Ban him!

More seriously: Putin is a competitor. He is a modern czar, at least working for the grandeur of Russia as well as his own. But, the Democrat/Deep State assault on Trump is undeniable. I'd give some slack to Putin, because our government is full of self-serving crazies. Putin's not a harmless guy, but he isn't the guy pulling Trump's strings and mopping up his prostitutes' urine, either. The current hostility between Russia and the US doesn't seem completely necessary to me... at least not at the current level.

Since World War II, we've been adversaries, to various degrees. But, neither of us wants a full-on nuclear war, either. So, we should talk and exchange some information, carefully.

[so_real]

For instance, we can bring up the Mr. [William F. ] Browder in this particular case. Business associates of Mr. Browder have earned over $1.5 billion in Russia. They never paid any taxes, neither in Russia nor in the United States, and yet the money escaped the country. They were transferred to the United States. They sent huge amount of money, $400 million as a contribution to the campaign of Hillary Clinton. Well, that’s the personal case. It might have been legal, the contribution itself, but the way the money was earned was illegal. So we have a solid reason to believe that some intelligence officers accompanied and guided these transactions. So we have a — an interest of questioning them. We can all — that — that could be a first step, and we can also extend it. Options abound, and they all can be found in an appropriate legal framework.

Yes, now we know why the liberal ladies protest too much ... Mr. Brennan ought not make travel plans.

[so_real]

We are now taking as Gospel truth the word of Vladimir Putin.

Not really. I think most of us realize Putin takes care of the Putin regime first and foremost. None of us show him our back. But, along that train of thought, Putin is not going to "take the fall" for the Clinton's either. I do expect he will protect his interests rather than allow the Clinton's to use his regime as the patsy for their own anti-Trump incrimination.

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re:#2 - Comrade Dellums was Nat’s escort around Capitol Hill. Visiting for photo ops, among others, McCain. Dellums also escorted Nat to the Republican Club dinner, the only non-Rep guests, following her propaganda film screening which was attended by dems and libbies.

[xkaydet65]

I trust my friend. I have known him for a half century. He was a US inspector of nuclear missile site decommissioning in Kazahkstan and after reporting instances of contact between Russian nuclear officers and Islamic radicals he was poisoned in his hotel room in Istanbul, went into convulsions in air, landed in Frankfurt and was saved by the docs at Ramstein Military Hospital. You damn well better know that I believe him.

[gogeo]

Okay, I have been here on FR 18 years and I will get Flamed and may get banned because, just like with the Left, here the Narrative is all. But I am sorry. We are now taking as Gospel truth the word of Vladimir Putin. Putin who has invaded neighbors, conspired with our enemies, conspired with Obama in the Iran deal. Clearly supported efforts aimed at, if not influencing the election then in sowing discord in its wake.

Putin a guy, regardless of today’s presser is likely overjoyed at the havoc Mueller is causing. We are supposed to believe that guy?! Sorry, count me out.

As a longtime friend, one who served 37 years in the DEA on the Russian and Central Asian desks, as that friend has repeatedly told me. Putin is both evil and insane.

Oh, piff.

I personally think Putin is a gangster. He has a bad habit of erasing borders. But that's not the subject of discussion,

We're told Russia hacked the DNC, and Putin approved it...by who?

The FBI? Mueller and his minions? Former Obolo officials? The DNC who wouldn't allow the FBI to examine the servers...? The propaganda media?

The same people who told us Trump colluded, broke the law, and must be impeached?

No sane person should buy anything being sold by those losers. Trump doesn't; he's asking about the servers instead. How do we know, besides their say so?

While the DNC emails were being leaked I remember looking forward to the embarrassment du jour. Yet, they've been reporting on this for months and we hear nothing that might embarrass Hilda.

Dude, you have to have a serious talk with yourself. You may have a gullibility issue.

[The Toll]

No be is part of the problem. There is an old strain of “republican” that even hears the word Russia and they immediately get in line and do the deep state’s bidding on the spot.

[xkaydet65]

Gullibility works both ways. You believe the Russians had zero to do with this? Hey they tried getting into the GOP systems but no one there was dumb enough to fall for their phishing scam. And one last thought, even though the Dems believe the Russians are the bad guys and Trump supporters believe they are no more than mild adversaries, I believe Romney was right then and is right now. They arE a foe, every bit the foe China is and almost as much a foe as was the USSR.A nd no way do I make nice with them.

[gogeo]

I think you can take Putin out of the KGB but you'll never remove the KGB from Putin. He's determined, IMO, to reassemble the old USSR. He refers to the breakup as the Calamity, much like the Palestinians. So I have no illusions about Putin. Again, not the subject at issue. It's entirely possible the Russkies are behind...what? We don't know.

Putin has not been caught in a lie in regards to the issue. The propaganda media, the FBI, the intelligence community, Obolo officials, Mueller's minions, RAT politicians, on the other hand... have yet to be caught telling the truth.

I trust neither side. I remember how empty the accusations proved the last time Russians were accused. The similarity is that neither group will ever stand trial.

So Rosenstein says... Big whoop.

[Albion Wilde]

New tagline! Thanks for pointing that out, Wuli.

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“Leftist heads simultaneously exploding in 24 different time zones.”

the sound of success!

[vikingrinn]

[SueRae]

The presser was going g okay until the last question from LeMire of the AP, where he essentially challenged President Trump to “in front of the world” tell Putin not to interfere in elections like 2016 and who did he believe, U.S. Intel or Putin. It was a gotcha q. But I wish President Trump would have kept his Nswer short, especially since he had already said this was one (of many) items discussed. Should have said..”already discussed” and ended it. Any other answer was and did come back to bite.