'They tricked us!': White House furious Russia posted Trump photos on official government accounts

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory


BRAD REED
11 MAY 2017 AT 08:45 ET

On Wednesday, the Russian government posted photos of President Donald Trump meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak on its official Twitter accounts.

This drew immediate criticism because the White House seemed to have allowed Russian state media to take photos of the meeting while excluding any American media outlets from doing the same.

Now a White House official tells CNN’s Jim Acosta that the Trump administration is “furious” at the Russians for posting the photos, as they claimed they were not told beforehand that any pictures would be posted on state-run social media accounts.

“They tricked us,” one official told Acosta about the Russians. “They lie.”

Link to tweet

The official also said that the White House “did not anticipate” that the photos would ever be used by the Russians for propaganda purposes. That said, the official also slammed critics who called the meeting with Kislyak inappropriate because it came just one day after Trump fired the person overseeing the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s interference with the 2016 election.



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[SummerSnow]

1. I have never heard of an American president thumbing his nose at the American

press , then embracing the Russian press. he think these people are his friends.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Fools are easy to fool.

Just saying.

[jrthin]

13. You heading says it all. n/t

[greymattermom]

3. So, since when is lying a problem for you?

The cheated, they lied, when they said, that they love you. Right?

[brush]

4. Looks like it took a day to get their story together. I'm sure they vetted it with the Ruskies too.

[GeorgeGist]

5. Putin cons the don?

He's got it all on tape too.

[Marthe48]

6. I'm surprised trump could wipe his rear end without drowning in the toilet.

n/t

[NCjack]

18. #45 has a contractor do the wiping -- the second most disgusting

job in maintaining him.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

22. What's first? His dentist?

[volstork]

23. Hair "stylist."

n/t

[NCjack]

26. His wife has the most disgusting job.

[progressoid]

29. +1 Which is why she stays in NY so much.

[Kittycow]

42. ...and then doesn't pay the contractor.

[RussBLib]

7. even though I feel like I have seen it all

I'm a little shocked that so many Republicans seem to be just fine with this bullshit with the Russians.

[Blue_Roses]

8. ...

I used to think stories like this were from the Onion.

Now, I just keep hoping that someone will say to me, "Surprise, you're on Candid Camera."

[mpcamb]

9. It's not the WHITE HOUSE or the ADMINISTRATION that's furious. It's petulant little Donnie,

the 11 year old who goes around stamping his feet when things don't go his way.

[BeyondGeography]

10. What did Asshole think...the images were for Vlad's private photo album?

Jesus.

[riversedge]

11. They tricked the WH because of love of each other. easy to do in this case.

[chelsea0011]

12. "they tricked us"??? You invited THEM, idiots. And didn't invite US press corps.

[Zoonart]

14. "My dupe was an innocent dope?"

Sure and I have a bridge to sell you. more bullshit from the WH chocolate factory.

[uppityperson]

45. Seriously. WTF?

[regnaD kciN]

57. Donnie obviously learned nothing from the pee-pee tape...

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

15. Words never uttered in his Oval Office ....

"Let's take a second and think this through."

[world wide wally]

16. I guess some people will even believe this stupid story too

Get it through your heads.
Trump works for Putin!

[Achilleaze]

17. Whiney traitorous republican suckers

deserve the krappy karma they created for themselves.

more to come...

[Joediss]

59. karma

Karma is a bitch for people like Trump

[reflection]

19. "They tricked us," "They lie."

Well no shit, moron. Everyone in America has been telling your custard-coiffed boss this for months.

[Grammy23]

34. You took the words right out of my mouth! LOL

[Hassin Bin Sober]

20. There's an old saying "If they'll steal with you they'll steal from you"

[reflection]

47. I had a boss once that used to say

"a dog that will bring you a bone will take one away later." He was so right.

[Eyeball_Kid]

21. So the most dishonest White House ever is complaining about Russians lying??

Amazing.

This is beyond ironic. Trumpy's been out-lied by Putin.

Hey Trumpy! You're learning from the Master.

[Justice]

24. Not only did they trick you Trump, they are laughing at you just like FM laughed at Andrea Mitchell

when she asked about Comey's firing and the FM mocked, "he was fired?" And Tillerson smiled.

http://www.newsweek.com/sergey-lavrov-comey-firing-joke-606687

[Paladin]

25. And whose fault is that?

God, I'm tired of having to treat White House personnel like a bunch of 5-year-old hooligans.

[Historic NY]

27. Boy they sure are naive neophytes.....

its people like that that get people killed or worse. The go for the moment w/o thinking of consequences.

[Zambero]

28. So what else is new?

Trump was merely following Putin's directive. Again, what else is new?

[Gus2525]

30. Amateur hour continues.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. "Just Russian news agency had access to Trump's meeting with Lavrov and Kislyak in the Oval Office?"

So no WH reporters, just Russian news agency had access to Trump's meeting with Lavrov and Kislyak in the Oval Office?

Link to tweet

Photos of Trump's meeting with Lavrov and Kislyak just hit the Getty wire and they're all credited to Russian news agency TASS

Link to tweet

This photo is going to be the first thing you see at the future Trump Presidential Library

Link to tweet

[sarcasmo]

32. Stupid is as stupid does.

[ffr]

33. Republicans really are simpletons. n/t

[LovingA2andMI]

35. This Does Not Look Like The Faces of "Tricked" Folks IOHO....

Trump wanted the Russians there and had no respect for our U.S. Press Corps in the LEAST as he demanded the U.S. Press Corps Be Kicked Out Of The Room and Removed -- While The Russian Press Stayed.

[neeksgeek]

36. You lie down with dogs, you're gonna get fleas.

Nothing against dogs, of course.

[Grammy23]

37. Next shocking thing they will reveal....Russia has spies.

Dang, but these guys are so brilliant. Including the boss.

We have met the enemy, people. And he lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

[NastyRiffraff]

38. What the hell did they think all those cameras were for?

The stupidity is breathtaking and unrelenting.

[William Seger]

55. Worse, they treat the public like we're even dumber than they are

... and it appears that about 36% of us are.

[Jim Dandy]

39. Benedict Donald's foot goes in his mouth everyday

Chaos jackass.

[WinkyDink]

40. "No-one could have predicted....."

[muriel_volestrangler]

41. So they'd rather we think they're gullible fools, easily "tricked" by the Russians

rather than obviously snubbing the American press corps?

Why on earth would they want us to think Trump was fine with posing in friendly laughing photos with Russian officials, just as long as he thought the public would never see them?

[Kahuna7]

43. They tricked him into beaming like he was with bffs also. nt

[Javaman]

44. wasn't there another big right wing "thinker" that once said...

“There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”

[MrModerate]

46. Lordy. Can these incompetents do *anything* right? n/t

[yellowcanine]

48. If Obama had done this there would be Congressional hearings.

[Raven123]

49. Let's just hope the only things they got were a few photos

[Xipe Totec]

50. But he said he'd never post my naked pictures on FB! Oh, the humiliation!

[tinrobot]

51. If a photographer can trick them, lord help us.

[AnnieBW]

52. I'm shocked! Shocked!

The Russians tricking someone! I'm shocked! Shocked!

[Thrill]

53. This must be a joke?

[JI7]

54. so it was supposed to be their secret that americans

Should not have found out about ?

[Honeycombe8]

56. Now we know why Trump didn't want the people to know who WH visitors are! nt

[Kali]

58. OMG

[More_Cowbell]

60. They saw that pictures were being taken--where did the WH think they'd end up?

Asshats.