Once again, we’re forced to ask: “Who’s president is this anyway?” Because once again, yes once again, Trump gives his buddies in Russia the sweetheart deal that Russia would demand, almost like Russia controls US foreign policy.
Here we go, CNBC:
The group once known as the G-8 included the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Italy, Germany, Japan and Russia — but was cut down to the G-7 in 2014 following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea.
“I’ve gone to numerous G-7 meetings, and I guess President Obama, because Putin outsmarted him, President Obama thought it wasn’t a good thing to have Russia in so he wanted Russia out. I think it’s much more appropriate to have Russia in and it should be the G-8,” Trump said, referencing the U.S.-led role in suspending Russia’s involvement with the group.
Because Putin “outsmarted” President Obama? Oh, but you’re on to him now, right, MENSA Don? You know – somehow – that kicking Russia’s ass out of the most exclusive economic club in the world wasn’t in direct response to Russia’s decision to invade the Crimea? Who outsmarted who in that deal?
Right, you wouldn’t have punished such an act, you would have backed Putin and kicked the other six out of the G-7, further embedding this country under Putin’s thumb. Because that would be the “smart thing to do.”
Anyone else notice that Trump failed to mention what the United States would get out of the deal re-admitting Russia? Pulling out of Crimea? Nope. Standing down significant units in its military? Nope. Money? Ha, hell no. Neither the United States, nor the Crimean people get a thing out of this, only Russia. It is a pure gift.
This guy.
“So I could certainly see it being the G-8 again,” Trump added, noting that the group frequently discusses issues concerning Russia.
Oh, I will bet that they absolutely discuss issues concerning Russia, issues like “How do we best respond to Russia invading sovereign nations? We should probably kick their ass out. If Putin invades another nation, we’ve probably exhausted damn near all our economic weapons, and now we’re probably talking real weapons. How do we best let Putin know that’s our message?”
No one answered: “We let them back in right now. Genius!”
I will summarize again for those of you with real lives. Once again Trump reverses a serious Obama foreign policy move in order to kiss Putin’s ass, demanding absolutely nothing from Putin in return.
Same old same old. Almost as if Russia is calling all the shots, directly.
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Peace, y’all
Jason
Trump is a damn traitor!!!!!!
It is past time, Speaker Pelosi.
You do it right or you don’t do it at all. Only one shot, so you make it count.
Jason, no disrespect…but why even bother acting surprised? Nor do I suspect that it shall be as simple as him doing it by fiat, I suspect.
It is not necessarily surprise so much as anger and the need to always hold him to everything he does in violation of the law and all decency. I was only a fraction surprised that he would be THIS blatant about it. One would think that Putin could throw him a symbolic bone, something Trump could point to, something nebulous, as good politics for Putin and his investment in the Trump administration. Since Putin likes nice things like owning the president of the U.S., one would think he would take good care of that nice thing by doing a little to keep it clean and shiny. This is wholly unnecessary, something tiny could have been done, and Trump would likely be more successful at it.
As recent events in Russia are proving, Putin may be in no position to give such symbolic bones out right now.
“Almost as if Russia is calling all the shots”
Almost?
I believe the other six have some say in the matter. And right now nobody is feeling real warm and fuzzy about humoring the baby POTUS.