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UCmeNdc

(9,655 posts) Sat Nov 23, 2019, 03:43 AM Nov 2019

Trump said the US is "getting raped" by NATO, US should leave.

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Trump said the US is "getting raped" by NATO, US should leave. (Original Post) UCmeNdc Nov 2019 OP

He's sold us to Putin. eShirl Nov 2019 #1

He can't do it without consent from Congress, which... Lock him up. Nov 2019 #3

There just must be incredibly damning evidence Putin holds over Twitler Roland99 Nov 2019 #4

All the way back to the 80's. dewsgirl Nov 2019 #6

Desperately flailing to achieve all of Russia's deliverables before he's gone... RockRaven Nov 2019 #2

Meanwhile, at the Kremlin... ck4829 Nov 2019 #5

In a week that has been overwhelmingly alarming, this may be the most alarming thing yet hlthe2b Nov 2019 #7

Traitorous Trump. n/t NCLefty Nov 2019 #8

Putin is waiting for this moment. C_U_L8R Nov 2019 #9

His time is getting short, and he Ilsa Nov 2019 #10

Yep. Desperation, ramen Nov 2019 #11

When Trump threatened to have the military reduce or leave S Korea, no_hypocrisy Nov 2019 #12

eShirl

(20,428 posts)

1. He's sold us to Putin.

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 03:45 AM

Nov 2019

Lock him up.

(10,072 posts)

3. He can't do it without consent from Congress, which...

Reply to eShirl (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 03:50 AM

Nov 2019

he won't get from the BLUE-WAVE Dem House.

Roland99

(53,345 posts)

4. There just must be incredibly damning evidence Putin holds over Twitler

Reply to eShirl (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 04:45 AM

Nov 2019

Financial
Personal
Legal
Sexual

dewsgirl

(14,965 posts)

6. All the way back to the 80's.

Reply to Roland99 (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 07:12 AM

Nov 2019

RockRaven

(19,749 posts)

2. Desperately flailing to achieve all of Russia's deliverables before he's gone...

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 03:49 AM

Nov 2019

Fucking traitor -- just like all his defenders/supporters/enablers.

ck4829

(38,093 posts)

5. Meanwhile, at the Kremlin...

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 07:11 AM

Nov 2019

If one NATO country is attacked, according to Article 5 of the charter then all NATO countries are attacked... this only happened once so far and the US was the one who benefited from this.

hlthe2b

(114,675 posts)

7. In a week that has been overwhelmingly alarming, this may be the most alarming thing yet

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 07:20 AM

Nov 2019

Damn. I always thought there were those in the military, within Congress, within the "powers that be" that can and WOULD restrain this monster. The question is not only WILL THEY but CAN THEY?

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)

8. Traitorous Trump. n/t

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 07:27 AM

Nov 2019

C_U_L8R

(49,526 posts)

9. Putin is waiting for this moment.

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 08:23 AM

Nov 2019

Chances are he'll make a land grab before Trump is expelled from office (one way or another).

Ilsa

(64,568 posts)

10. His time is getting short, and he

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 08:27 AM

Nov 2019

Hasn't fulfilled hid deal with putin. He has to push hard now.

ramen

(862 posts)

11. Yep. Desperation,

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #10)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 08:48 AM

Nov 2019

seems to me. He'll try anything to distract from impeachment now that it is going to badly for him.

Fucking NATO.. of all the things to mess with now, leaving NATO is extraordinarily low on the list of sane actions to take.

no_hypocrisy

(55,377 posts)

12. When Trump threatened to have the military reduce or leave S Korea,

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 08:49 AM

Nov 2019

I knew NATO was next.

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