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TomCADem

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20. This May Explain the Chemical Attack and 180 By Trump On Syria...
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 07:39 PM
Apr 2017

Up until then, it seemed like Trump was going to form a new Axis of Evil with Putin and Assad.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-and-putin-discuss-coordinating-on-isis-and-syria-kremlin-says/ar-AAmma1m?li=BBnb7Kz

Trump and Putin discuss coordinating on ISIS and Syria, Kremlin says

President Trump and Russian President Vladi­mir Putin had their first official phone conversation Saturday, agreeing to partner in the fight against terrorism and the Arab-Israeli conflict and to forge stronger economic and political ties between their two countries, the Kremlin said.

At a moment of badly strained relations between the United States and Russia, Trump has hoped to cultivate “a great relationship” with Putin despite domestic pressures to maintain sanctions against Moscow.

Trump’s call with Putin was one in a series of conversations he had Saturday with world leaders as he seeks to develop a personal rapport with the heads of such traditional U.S. allies as France, Germany and Japan.

His conversation with Putin comes during a period of tension for the two countries brought by Russia’s role in the Ukrainian crisis and the war in Syria, as well as the conclusion by U.S. intelligence agencies that Putin ordered systematic hacking of Democratic emails to tip the presidential election in Trump’s favor have strained. The leaders agreed to have their staffs determine a possible time and place for their first meeting, the Kremlin said.

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... BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #11
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LOL BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #13
Glad to know they were doing their job bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #10
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall... sheshe2 Apr 2017 #14
Wouldn't that be great she! BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #18
Hell Yes, BRDS! sheshe2 Apr 2017 #19
Every day that goes by makes it harder to undo the damage. I wish the wiggs Apr 2017 #16
maybe to late bluestarone Apr 2017 #17
This May Explain the Chemical Attack and 180 By Trump On Syria... TomCADem Apr 2017 #20
Yet Comey chose to write memos about Hillary's emails. groundloop Apr 2017 #21
yep, but he curiously forgot to mention trump camp's illegal dealing with russia...go figure. nt TheFrenchRazor Apr 2017 #24
I have wondered that too. jackssonjack Apr 2017 #28
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Between the cruise missle bombing and the United assault Turbineguy Apr 2017 #26
This is an important development Gothmog Apr 2017 #27
A FISA warrant was leaked? FogerRox Apr 2017 #29
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