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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 08:56 AM Dec 2016

Trumps expected pick for State runs Exxon and received the Order of Friendship from Vladimir Putin

Trump’s expected pick for State runs Exxon and received the Order of Friendship from Vladimir Putin
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson once asked, “What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?”
Ryan Koronowski Research Director at ThinkProgress.


Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said in an interview with Fox News on Saturday that “I don’t know what Mr. Tillerson’s relationship with Vladimir Putin was, but I’ll tell you it is a matter of concern to me.”

“I’d have to examine it,” McCain continued. “You want to give the president of the United States the benefit of the doubt because the people have spoken. But Vladimir Putin is a thug, bully and a murderer, and anybody else who describes him as anything else is lying.”

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-picks-exxonmobil-ceo-to-be-americas-next-secretary-of-state-121d0dfef757#.h2umid4lf
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Trumps expected pick for State runs Exxon and received the Order of Friendship from Vladimir Putin (Original Post) workinclasszero Dec 2016 OP
Did his party give the President for eight years malaise Dec 2016 #1
Hell no workinclasszero Dec 2016 #3
Yes oberliner Dec 2016 #4
Not McCain malaise Dec 2016 #5
Well, the other Republicans are a different story oberliner Dec 2016 #6
Yeah we know. But trump supporters don't know... lostnfound Dec 2016 #2
 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
3. Hell no
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:11 AM
Dec 2016

They treated him with contempt for 8 years! Their Russian spy/Putin puppet candidate actually deserves the revulsion he will receive in office!

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
4. Yes
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:13 AM
Dec 2016

McCain pretty much did.

Sen. Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.

I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
6. Well, the other Republicans are a different story
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:20 AM
Dec 2016

But McCain himself did give Obama the benefit of the doubt at the beginning.

lostnfound

(16,178 posts)
2. Yeah we know. But trump supporters don't know...
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:04 AM
Dec 2016

In a bubble of fake news and targeted messages.

America may be dead for a while.

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