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Stinky The Clown

(68,951 posts)
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 04:38 PM Jun 2023

I'm sure you remember this picture from when US secrets were shared with Russia. Some thoughts:



The Asset looks like a cadaver. Lavrov looks like a slick car salesman ripping off an unsuspecting buyer. Kislyak looks like the consummate Soviet commissar after another in an endless stream of good/great meals and bottles of French wine.

Right there. out in the open, immortalized in reporting, images, and videos, an American president is seen betraying his country and burning his country's intelligence sources.

The country needs to be reminded of this as more solid evidence keeps coming to light.

The figure in the middle betrayed his country then, has betrayed his country since, and would do it again if we are sufficiently stupid as to give him that chance.
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I'm sure you remember this picture from when US secrets were shared with Russia. Some thoughts: (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Jun 2023 OP
He's likely doing it right now. n/t Mr.Bill Jun 2023 #1
Recalling those 3 am WH phone calls he reportedly enjoyed, it might be amusing if those allegorical oracle Jun 2023 #7
That beauty pageant and the Moscow Tower Mr.Bill Jun 2023 #9
...and the rumored pee-tapes? Fritz Walter Jun 2023 #34
How many American assets did he condemn to death that day? lpbk2713 Jun 2023 #2
I think that day was reserved for exposing Israeli assets. grantcart Jun 2023 #3
Trump is responsible for at least 500K dead Americans due to his Covid BS OMGWTF Jun 2023 #5
Does Traitor Tot realize they're laughing AT him and not with him? OMGWTF Jun 2023 #4
Up against "his" wall... MiHale Jun 2023 #6
Let our grandchildren understand that THAT is the face of treason FakeNoose Jun 2023 #8
What did he give Putin? dalton99a Jun 2023 #10
And what was he continuing to give to Putin? For that matter, if he's re-elected, what will he allegorical oracle Jun 2023 #35
And we only ever saw this picture because it was published Tanuki Jun 2023 #11
That really said it all, right there, Day One Hekate Jun 2023 #12
So Russia had a photographer present... pandr32 Jun 2023 #18
"No U.S. news organization was allowed to attend any part of the meeting." dalton99a Jun 2023 #23
Wow. Thank you for that link. Very sobering. liberalla Jun 2023 #28
This needs to be a bigger deal. pandr32 Jun 2023 #37
+1 dalton99a Jun 2023 #22
I don't think the mega rich have countries. It's only about what concerns their own good. C Moon Jun 2023 #13
Absolutely agree. wnylib Jun 2023 #26
Is that canetoad Jun 2023 #14
Campaign ribbons/awards on military flags Brother Buzz Jun 2023 #25
Thanks Bro canetoad Jun 2023 #27
But I thought the right-wing smear machine blue-wave Jun 2023 #15
Maybe we should make a deal with the FOOL*... lastlib Jun 2023 #16
They're not laughing with you Donald PatSeg Jun 2023 #17
CAPTION the picture, simply, "Foreplay. skip fox Jun 2023 #19
Centuries from now Donald Trump needs to be spat out with more hate & vehemence than Benedict Arnold NBachers Jun 2023 #20
traitortrump -- it's redundant, but needed to train search engines Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2023 #21
His "America first" supporters are fine with putting America's enemies first IronLionZion Jun 2023 #24
Hunters toying with their prey. sarcasmo Jun 2023 #29
Adam Schiff warned he'd do it again in the impeachment hearings... Amaryllis Jun 2023 #30
I'd love to watch Lavrov get run over by a bus. roamer65 Jun 2023 #31
The second-most-offensive part of this photo is that Benedict Donald is wearing a US flag pin. LaMouffette Jun 2023 #32
"When your people visit my Florida White House make sure they ask for the VIP bathroom." Marcuse Jun 2023 #33
Benedict Donald Blue Owl Jun 2023 #36

allegorical oracle

(6,453 posts)
7. Recalling those 3 am WH phone calls he reportedly enjoyed, it might be amusing if those
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 05:50 PM
Jun 2023

could be checked out. Best guess is he used his personal phone. Money says that he has regularly talked to Putin for years and continues to this day. Initially about a Moscow TTower and a beauty contest, it evolved into more serious topics.

Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
9. That beauty pageant and the Moscow Tower
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 06:01 PM
Jun 2023

were probably fronts to give Trump a legitimate-looking reason to travel to Moscow and meet with Putin.

Fritz Walter

(4,370 posts)
34. ...and the rumored pee-tapes?
Mon Jun 19, 2023, 02:54 PM
Jun 2023

Taken in the same suite that President Obama had previously occupied. And yet were not released. Could there possibly be a connection here?

Is it because the traitor had totally submitted to Putin? From the look on his face in the Helsinki photos, Vladdy-Daddy was in charge. And likely remains in control of the traitor.

FakeNoose

(41,496 posts)
8. Let our grandchildren understand that THAT is the face of treason
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 05:55 PM
Jun 2023

That's what treason looks like, kids. When you see it, you must impeach it and convict it immediately.

allegorical oracle

(6,453 posts)
35. And what was he continuing to give to Putin? For that matter, if he's re-elected, what will he
Mon Jun 19, 2023, 03:35 PM
Jun 2023

continue to give to Putin?

Tanuki

(16,439 posts)
11. And we only ever saw this picture because it was published
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 06:09 PM
Jun 2023

in Russian state news media, the Asset having kicked our own American journalists out of the meeting.

dalton99a

(94,072 posts)
23. "No U.S. news organization was allowed to attend any part of the meeting."
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 07:03 PM
Jun 2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html
https://archive.ph/o1ErL

Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador
By Greg Miller and Greg Jaffe
May 15, 2017

President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State.

The information the president relayed had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, officials said.

The partner had not given the United States permission to share the material with Russia, and officials said Trump’s decision to do so endangers cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of the Islamic State. After Trump’s meeting, senior White House officials took steps to contain the damage, placing calls to the CIA and the National Security Agency.

“This is code-word information,” said a U.S. official familiar with the matter, using terminology that refers to one of the highest classification levels used by American spy agencies. Trump “revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies.” ...

A Russian photographer took photos of part of the session that were released by the Russian state-owned Tass news agency. No U.S. news organization was allowed to attend any part of the meeting.

...

liberalla

(11,076 posts)
28. Wow. Thank you for that link. Very sobering.
Mon Jun 19, 2023, 12:14 PM
Jun 2023

I remember an Israeli spy (in Syria, I think) was revealed to the russians. Israel was outraged. I hadn't heard of other intelligence revelations that day... Though not surprising, it's valuable to have more detailed information from a govt official.



Brother Buzz

(39,871 posts)
25. Campaign ribbons/awards on military flags
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 07:51 PM
Jun 2023

The orange anus had a thing about flags to make him look presidential, and had a boatload installed (Presidents always wear gimme caps in the oval office).




Biden had the flags removed and went with the conventional US Flag and the Presidential seal flag, like most every other president in the past.

canetoad

(20,738 posts)
27. Thanks Bro
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 08:04 PM
Jun 2023

I fully understand how he wishes to celebrate his long and distinguished military career.

blue-wave

(5,007 posts)
15. But I thought the right-wing smear machine
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 06:16 PM
Jun 2023

said there was no Russian collusion? Oh wait, never mind, now I remember. I had a momentary lapse of good 'ol American common sense.

The evidence is out there. If you don't believe it or choose to ignore it, you're just as guilty of aiding and abetting an enemy of America.

lastlib

(28,188 posts)
16. Maybe we should make a deal with the FOOL*...
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 06:45 PM
Jun 2023

We'll show him Hunter's laptop IF he'll show us the Alfa Bank server.......


(*FOOL -- Former Office-Occupying Liar.)

PatSeg

(53,206 posts)
17. They're not laughing with you Donald
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 06:49 PM
Jun 2023

They are laughing at you. They can't believe what a chump you are.

NBachers

(19,422 posts)
20. Centuries from now Donald Trump needs to be spat out with more hate & vehemence than Benedict Arnold
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 06:53 PM
Jun 2023

IronLionZion

(51,205 posts)
24. His "America first" supporters are fine with putting America's enemies first
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 07:14 PM
Jun 2023

Many of them support Russia as useful idiots

LaMouffette

(2,638 posts)
32. The second-most-offensive part of this photo is that Benedict Donald is wearing a US flag pin.
Mon Jun 19, 2023, 01:22 PM
Jun 2023

Remember during Barack Obama's first candidacy when the right-wing media exploded over the "scandal" of Obama NOT WEARING A US FLAG PIN, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD!!!!

Having that POS traitor wearing a US flag pin while yucking it up in the Oval Office with enemies of the United States who were playing him for the stooge he is . . . that is far more egregious than not wearing a pin.

I wish I could reach in that photo, snatch that flag pin off and put on a new pin that reads "I'm With Stupid," with a finger pointing up at his waxy, cadaverous face.

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