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reggieandlee

(775 posts)
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 09:11 AM Jul 2018

BTRTN: What Does Putin Have on Trump? Duh!

Born to Run the Numbers speculates on the substance of Trump's one-on-one with Putin in Helsinki:

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2018/07/btrtn-what-does-putin-have-on-trump-duh.html

Excerpts: "What do you suppose they are going to talk about on Monday? One guess is that they Vladimir Putin will want to talk about is how to make sure Donald Trump gets re-elected. Why rent the President of the United States for four years when you can leverage that into an option to buy?

"Putin’s a shrewd guy. If he wants to make sure that Trump gets re-elected, the first sign would be to see if he throws Trump a bone in Helsinki. Maybe Putin suggests that they announce some grand agreement to do something about the endless mess in Syria. Maybe Putin offers to join Trump in shutting down Kim Jong-un. It could be a Munich-evoking assurance that Putin will initiate no other Crimea-like annexations in former U.S.S.R. states like Estonia. Perhaps it’s a vague communique promising a dialog on reducing nuclear arsenals. All Putin has to do is make sure that Donald Trump comes out of Helsinki with a win that he can crow about back home and which serves to validate Trump’s emphasis on establishing a positive working relationship with Putin. Donald Trump has a nauseating habit of walking away from every shit storm he creates with a resounding declaration of victory. In the case of this meeting, Putin would seem to have self-interest in helping Trump do so."

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BTRTN: What Does Putin Have on Trump? Duh! (Original Post) reggieandlee Jul 2018 OP
Here's the real agenda for the summit hvn_nbr_2 Jul 2018 #1
Did you include the site for the new Trump Tower Moscow? Wounded Bear Jul 2018 #2
Good point! reggieandlee Jul 2018 #5
From the very beginning, Trump has been shutting out the American media... Wounded Bear Jul 2018 #6
More need to see this RandomAccess Jul 2018 #3
Dirty Donny* will proclaim a GLORIOUS triumph, no doubt Achilleaze Jul 2018 #4
Why are people still wondering what Putin has on Trump? reggieandlee Jul 2018 #7

hvn_nbr_2

(6,481 posts)
1. Here's the real agenda for the summit
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 10:36 AM
Jul 2018

1. status report by Dotard
2. performance review by Pukin
3. plans for hacking the 2018 midterms
4. mentoring session on how to be a dictator

reggieandlee

(775 posts)
5. Good point!
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 02:03 PM
Jul 2018

Thanks for commenting. It is outrageous that the American people will have to rely on a pathological liar and a brutal tyrant to find out what was actually discussed in this meeting.

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
6. From the very beginning, Trump has been shutting out the American media...
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 05:26 PM
Jul 2018

in his Russia meetings. The fact we have to get our news of those events from TASS, and RT is flat out disgusting.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. Dirty Donny* will proclaim a GLORIOUS triumph, no doubt
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 12:05 PM
Jul 2018

just as he did with the infamous republican #ShankgaiSurrender #FakeTriumph (R)

But make no mistake: the #HelsinkiStinky will - whether occulted or not - be yet another republican SURRENDER of USA security and influence.

Deplorable. Foul. Treasonous. More republican lies soon to spew. Depend on it.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

reggieandlee

(775 posts)
7. Why are people still wondering what Putin has on Trump?
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 04:34 PM
Jul 2018

Trump's refusal to support his own intelligence community is further evidence of the point this article makes...

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