Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/29/rep-devin-nunes-putin-bear-out-there/

Interesting article from Nunes about Russia--warnings from 2014. Most of his suggestions were ignored.

Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1019520574371123200

So many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference performance in Helsinki. Putin and I discussed many important subjects at our earlier meeting. We got along well which truly bothered many haters who wanted to see a boxing match. Big results will come!


Anyone else nervous about the big results? I think he is going to forgive sanctions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain if it is possible to hear from the interpreter?

I would imagine not, unless it's in the context of a subpoena. These are top secret meetings.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain if it is possible to hear from the interpreter?

I would imagine not, unless it's in the context of a subpoena. These are top secret meetings.

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain if it is possible to hear from the interpreter?

More than half of Americans disapprove of the way U.S. President Donald Trump is handling relations with Russia, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted after his controversial summit and joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

However, Trump’s performance at the Helsinki summit, where Trump refused to blame the Russian leader for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and cast doubt on the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies, did not seem to have an impact on his overall approval rating.

Forty-two percent of registered voters said they approved of Trump’s performance in office in the latest opinion poll, compared with a daily average of between 40 and 44 percent so far in July.

The poll found that 55 percent of registered voters disapproved while 37 percent approved of his handling of relations with Russia.

Among Republicans, 71 percent approved of his handling of Russia compared to 14 percent of Democrats.

Anonymous wrote:Don't expect the GOP to show a spine, or decency, or integrity, or critical thinking.

JUST VOTE THEM OUT. These people are sad jellyfish. Morally corrupt traitorous jellyfish.

Our troops didn't die in Yorktown, didn't take Normandy beach, didn't rebuild Europe and secure the postwar peace that you are now destroying, Mr. President, for you to live as a Manchurian candidate in our White House," Avenatti said during the speech, the text of which he posted on Twitter.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a master of diplomatic verbosity and sardonic barbs, summed up the results of the Helsinki summit in just three exuberant words: "better than super."

After four years of getting short shrift by his American counterparts, Russian President Vladimir Putin was standing side by side with President Trump, who lavished him with the words of praise, respect and awe normally only heard on Russian state television.
When Putin militarily intervened in Ukraine in 2014, President Barack Obama called Russia a "regional power" that threatened its neighbors out of weakness, not strength. Russia's annexation of Crimea set off a precipitous decline in relations with the United States. When he took office, Trump could not reverse the trend because of accusations that Moscow interfered in the 2016 election.

And then, without any change in Kremlin policy, Trump agreed to sit down one-on-one with Putin.

"The summit was yet another small miracle created by Trump," columnist Edward Lozansky wrote in the newspaper Izvestia. "As much as they tried to humiliate Trump or give him unsolicited advice, the American president disdainfully brushed aside his enemies and confidently strode to his goal."