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babylonsister

(171,054 posts)
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 08:16 AM Sep 2019

Kremlin says it hopes U.S. won't release details of Putin-Trump calls

Gee, ya think?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kremlin-says-it-hopes-us-wont-release-details-of-putin-trump-calls/ar-AAHVPr0?fbclid=IwAR1t6detTDTH9oGRuPK79QncycZE8cZvGwqTdIi2dsp8og0Dbd1U5_TUk3c

Kremlin says it hopes U.S. won't release details of Putin-Trump calls
1 hr ago


The Kremlin said on Friday that it hoped that Washington would not release confidential details of phone calls between President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the comment when asked about the White House's release of a reconstruction of Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that has set off a U.S. domestic political storm.

Peskov said it was not normal diplomatic practice to release confidential details of such calls and that he hoped the bad state of ties with Washington would not lead to a similar situation arising in Russia's case. (Reporting by Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Maria Kiselyova)

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Kremlin says it hopes U.S. won't release details of Putin-Trump calls (Original Post) babylonsister Sep 2019 OP
Lol. MrsCoffee Sep 2019 #1
"Don't look behind that door!" C_U_L8R Sep 2019 #2
That was my thought too and they KNOW darn well we will... WePurrsevere Sep 2019 #6
+1000 Mike 03 Sep 2019 #11
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 #13
Don't throw me into that briar patch? tanyev Sep 2019 #3
Beat me to it. Botany Sep 2019 #10
I expect they will be leaked out of Russia Maeve Sep 2019 #4
Trolling Trump. NT TidalWave46 Sep 2019 #5
+1000. nt ecstatic Sep 2019 #7
These are not the droids you're looking for NewJeffCT Sep 2019 #8
Gee, isn't that comforting? gratuitous Sep 2019 #9
The phrase "no shit, Sherlock" was invented for just such occasions as this. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 #12
Can't blame him. Why should the world know the details of the Trump Tower Moscow financing? Vinca Sep 2019 #14

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
6. That was my thought too and they KNOW darn well we will...
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 08:33 AM
Sep 2019

I tend to think Putin WANTS those released.

He doesn't care even a tiny bit about Trump or the US. Taking down the US's standing in the world is Putin's wet dream and I doubt he cares what comes out that he has said because while Putin may be many things I find absolutely deplorable, he's also savvy, smart and not a fool. He knows very well that he's always going to be recorded and that those recordings could come out. He knows how to bide his time, hold his tongue and word things so he looks good.

tanyev

(42,541 posts)
3. Don't throw me into that briar patch?
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 08:21 AM
Sep 2019

I do believe once Putin feels he's gotten everything he possibly can from Donald Trump, he won't particularly care what happens to him.

Maeve

(42,279 posts)
4. I expect they will be leaked out of Russia
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 08:21 AM
Sep 2019

At the exact moment Putin thinks it will be the most chaotic for tRump....

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
9. Gee, isn't that comforting?
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 08:38 AM
Sep 2019

What's in those calls? Is it damaging to Trump? Do the Russians have their own, separate recording? Would Trump be eager to have those calls released to the public? If not, how does he keep the Russians from releasing the recordings? Isn't it nice to think of our good friends the Russians having that kind of a hold on the president? Shouldn't concern anyone except the most paranoid national security buffs, right? Nothing to see here.

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