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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump says he might attend Russia Victory Day events in May
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/trump-says-thinking-about-attending-russias-may-day-parade-idUSKBN1XI1UG?fbclid=IwAR2OXVUE9RqnZRio1yT4nfMS4PsS-uEIBeiWpa08XeAEGM59mMBjpZxD80kNovember 8, 2019 / 10:21 AM / Updated 25 minutes ago
Trump says he might attend Russia Victory Day events in May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was considering attending Russias May 9 Victory Day commemorative events after President Vladimir Putin extended an invitation.
I appreciate the invitation. It is right in the middle of political season, so Ill see if I can do it, but I would love to go if I could, Trump told reporters before departing the White House for campaign-related events.
Putin presides over an annual parade to commemorate the Soviet Unions World War Two victory over Nazi Germany, but the Kremlin has said next years 75th anniversary would be marked with great pomp.
Trump called it a very big deal celebrating the end of the war.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was cited by RIA news agency as saying on Thursday that Putins invitation to his U.S. counterpart to attend Victory Day in Moscow had been received with interest, but there had not yet been any reply from the White House.
While U.S.-Russia relations have hit a low point after American intelligence agencies concluded that Moscow interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help Trump, the two leaders have maintained what appears to be a good relationship.
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Trump says he might attend Russia Victory Day events in May (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2019
OP
One-way trip or scoping out retirement property, for when he jets from Miami to Moscow next year.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2019
#12
Of course he'll go. The Russians like to parade their tanks and missiles,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2019
#3
His unsecured phone needs an update and the case of adderall is just a bonus.
Runningdawg
Nov 2019
#9
eppur_se_muova
(36,261 posts)1. Oh crap ... he's sure to want to impress Vlad with a showy gift ...
... like another victory over Democracy.
TheBlackAdder
(28,189 posts)12. One-way trip or scoping out retirement property, for when he jets from Miami to Moscow next year.
Harker
(14,015 posts)2. Two victories to commemorate. n/t
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)3. Of course he'll go. The Russians like to parade their tanks and missiles,
and seeing those things makes Fat Nixon's li'l mushroom quiver.
pwb
(11,261 posts)4. If he does i hope he gets a warm welcome we can use in our political ads.
Our Russian loving President..
Zambero
(8,964 posts)5. Let's see...
THE USSR celebrated VE with butcher Josef Stalin at the helm. THE USA celebrated the event with Franklin Roosevelt still at the helm in failing health. The cold war and subjugation of Eastern Europe would soon follow. Golly, just can't decide where to celebrate that 75th commemoration next year. Well,,,, OK, Let's do Russia!!!
Me.
(35,454 posts)6. Once There, He Might As Well Stay
Harker
(14,015 posts)8. He might not get the sort of asylum
he'd like.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,175 posts)7. "Attendance is mandatory. You understand, comrade?"
Seems to me that it would be a perfect time to change the locks on the White House.
Runningdawg
(4,516 posts)9. His unsecured phone needs an update and the case of adderall is just a bonus.
DemInBuckhead
(111 posts)10. Wierd that they're celebrating that in May
Russia victory day was November 8, 2016.
Gothmog
(145,176 posts)11. It is time for his performance review by his master
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)13. I hope he goes.
And stays there.