Posted on 07/17/2018 9:32:05 AM PDT by tkocur
President Trump dug in Tuesday amid bipartisan criticism over his press conference with Vladimir Putin, claiming the "Fake News" is ignoring what he described as a successful summit -- and his tough stance with NATO actually helped the alliance counter Russia's influence.
The president defended his talks with Putin via Twitter, after being greeted to a political firestorm in Washington upon returning from the Helsinki summit.
Members of both parties criticized Trump for not publicly standing by U.S. intelligence assessments that Russia meddled in the 2016 election. As GOP lawmakers discussed crafting a resolution to endorse those findings, Democrats took their criticism to new levels on Tuesday.
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Trump's remarks were "nothing short of treason," echoing comments from Obama CIA boss John Brennan.
But Trump tweeted Tuesday that his NATO meeting, where he pressed allies to commit more in defense spending, as well as the Putin summit were a success. Further, he argued his actions at NATO would be bad for Russia.
“I had a great meeting with NATO. They have paid $33 Billion more and will pay hundreds of Billions of Dollars more in the future, only because of me. NATO was weak, but now it is strong again (bad for Russia). The media only says I was rude to leaders, never mentions the money!” Trump tweeted on Tuesday.
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I lay awake last night composing a nearly identical response to these Deep State bastards. The author of this short, straight to the point piece, Missy Jackson, has saved me the trouble.
Trump just raised the stakes in the Deep State’s WAR on him and because he’s not about to stop until he whips them, my fear is that these SOBs will move against him physically. They’ve done it before. Think JFK & RFK!!!!
It’s a MUST READ & SHARE. The more “concerned” & attention paying fellow citizens understand what’s going on here, the better the odds that OUR PRESIDENT will live to return this country to US. Unfortunately, too many of us have been misinformed (that’s a polite way of saying ‘LIED TO” by the Deep State’s willing FAKE NEWS accomplices) and preoccupied with keeping the wolf from our door to dig deeply into the details of this war by the self-proclaimed “ELITES” on US, the true owners of this country!
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PS: Think for a moment about how it came to be that the top echelons of the AMERICAN intelligence services are doing more to try to take out OUR DULY ELECTED PRESIDENT than a foreign power.
https://mondaymondaynetwork.com/politics/trump-defies-putin-summit/
I never put much stock in “my turn, then your turn” presidential candidates and elections. I do now. Reps who signed on so quick, were never on Trump’s side. Shadow Government indeed.
Well said!
Agreed and it’s more important to examine these things....a decade or decades after the decisions are made...not the IMMEDIATE fallout and aftermath.
Same applies to North Korea summit. We shall see...history will judge. Not the 24 hour incessant news media.
I go to YouTube and watch Luthiers patch busted Guitars and Mandolins.
president is what he said not prisoner.
The democrats appear to want Trump to restart the Cold War, something that Ronald Reagan worked to put a stop to. The clowns are trying hard to restart it.
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