donnie refuse to permit even his closest advisors to his meeting with putin.

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just ponder that one for a while.


can you even imagine hillary or obama, or,... hell, even any other *republican* president meeting putin without a small army of advisors present???

[HipChick]

1. I'd say Putin has him by the

"short and curlies"

[NewJeffCT]

2. I believe it's supposed to be standard protocol

to have others representing the US at all high level meetings just to have at least 1 or 2 others to witness what was being said.

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4. i'd think so. i don't know if there's any such formal policy or protocol, certainly common sense.

moreover, i wouldn't want to be caught off guard by some assertion or fact or whatever.

always good to have people in the room you can trust to turn to and say "is that right? what do we know about that? fill me in on the details"

but of course, donnie would rather just lie or in this case, just take putin at his word

[NewJeffCT]

6. It's probably been one of those "norms" that trump has blown up

like releasing tax returns, respecting allies, etc

[J_William_Ryan]

3. Trump the arrogant, reckless idiot.

[dalton99a]

5. Putin: "No protocol, Donald. We are consenting adults!"

Trump: "Yes, boss. Everybody out!"

[R B Garr]

7. Maybe this is The Hunt for Red October in reverse...Trump is defecting to Russia

It sort of makes sense. No rule of law, just lots of money to hand over to Putin in return for protection and some Russian goodies.

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8. or maybe moscow on the hudson -- make that queens on the volga.

donnie's clearly the clown....