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Includes video but wouldn't let me paste video URL. Worth watching.
Former President George W. Bush warns that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will push and push and push until someone stands up to him.
Bush made the comments on Ellen, in response to President Donald Trumps suggestions that the U.S. could pursue warmer relations with Russia. Last year, intelligence officials concluded that Russia interfered in the presidential election with the goal of helping Trump get elected. Many in Washington, D.C., have pushed for a probe into Trump administrations ties to Russia.
Bush warned that its dangerous to appease the Russian president.
I had a contentious relationship with him and I think whoever the president is, is going to find out that Putin will push and push and push until someone stands up to him, Bush told Ellen DeGeneres on the show broadcast Thursday.
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In the wake of Trumps repeated attacks on the press, Bush also spoke of the traditional ties that a president has with the media, calling it a symbiotic relationship.
Here is what I believed when I was president, post-president the nation needs a free and independent press. And the reason why is, is that power can be very corrupting and we need a press court to hold politicians to account, including me, he said. I didnt like it sometimes when people said things, you know, about me but you know thats the job. Im going to drop a big word on you symbiotic relationship. Being powerful, Bush said, doesnt make anyone immune to criticism or to a corruption investigation.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-w-bush-putin_us_58b82616e4b01fc1bde63b6d?section=us_politics
dalton99a
(81,386 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)Now it seems almost endearing.
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Skittles
(153,104 posts)fuck that piece of shit, I don't care if he spins like a top: HE STOLE THE PRESIDENCY, STARTED A WAR BASED ON LIES, CRASHED THE ECONOMY - FUCK THAT SHYTE
HE NEEDS TO ROT IN HELL