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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 9m9 minutes ago
Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only "stupid" people, or fools, would think that it is bad! We.....
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 2m2 minutes ago
have enough problems around the world without yet another one. When I am President, Russia will respect us far more than they do now and....
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 3s3 seconds ago
both countries will, perhaps, work together to solve some of the many great and pressing problems and issues of the WORLD!
spanone
(135,838 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)brush
(53,782 posts)Guess I should be asking how did the repugs fool so many dummies to vote for this clown who Putin charmed with just a few compliments?
No, don't tell me that either. I know that too "Make America white . . . er, ah . . . great again.
The dog whistle/repug default position was heard loud and clear.
I'm laughing my arse off😄😄😄😄😄!!!
Cha
(297,257 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Cha
(297,257 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)woodsprite
(11,915 posts)Ligyron
(7,632 posts)Maybe he IS @therealdonaldtrump.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Gah.
He's gone over the edge! Even if it would be a good thing for better relations, you don't broadcast your intentions. This is another reason we're in for bad days ahead.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)Not an iota of nuance in his brain addled body.
Fuck help us.
Laf.La.Dem.
(2,943 posts)We need to bomb England - Japan - France - etc.
hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)Seriously, I mean, I see nothing wrong with better relations with Russia, but if a democrat was acting this way he'd already be on the way to impeachment.
It's one thing to make friendly overtures, but Trump is SO pro Russia in every way, that if the Enquirer or FOX leaned democratic they would be going crazy.
It's just AMAZING, that the GOP are so brand loyal and brainwashed against dems that they would carry water for this type of rhetoric.
Don't need NATO.
Scale back US Intelligence
US needs to be less assertive in world affairs
Pro oil and coal
Torture and going beyond the law to extract intelligence.
Punishing terrorists families.
I mean that is straight Russian stuff down the line.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)That's why so much twitter and no press conferences
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)You've removed all doubt that you're an idiot and a poseur.
Grow up and move along. This job is not for you.
JHan
(10,173 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)I am expecting the remainder of our lives. True, he won't live forever. But the GOP has permanently tipped the scales and are not ever going to relinquish power.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Why not, Vladdy is probably in that position.
pandr32
(11,586 posts)Wrenching anything back out from the corrupt collective grasp of the GOP, and now Putin, too, will need a perfect storm of a co-operative media, almost 100% turnout of democrats during the midterms along with a poor showing of republicans, and a series of other miracles.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Putins stated goal is to suppress and stop democracy in America and across the the globe.
Trump is playing right into his hands, he has no idea of the seriousness of the situation.
When he mentions "the world" twice he is pro ting Putins goals
Trump is a complete pawn and tool for Putin and Russian intelligence
Our country is not only doomed, the entire planet is
hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)I mean what if he's not a dupe being manipulated but a willing participant?
What if Russia has something on him, is threatening him or his family, or he owes them some money or something??
At this point I'm leaning that he's in on it.
lamp_shade
(14,834 posts)peggysue2
(10,829 posts)As are all the people who rode his glory train, including the Republicans who knew what he was and kept their mouths shut because they so badly wanted the WH.
The word is Treason and they will all live in infamy.
Try to imagine Hillary Clinton in this position where information is released tying her to Moscow and the Mob. The Republican party would be ready to burn her at the stake. Worse yet, this information was available before the election. But what did we hear?
Emails.
If you wrote this up in novel form, no one would believe it. No wonder the Trump team wants the public to believe we live in a post-factual world. Because facts, as in truth, will drive a stake through Donald Trump's withered heart. And his presidency.
ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)Of Trumpy (and/or his Trumpettes) corresponding and colluding with Pootie's Russian gang during the election.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/11/10/russian-officials-were-in-contact-with-trump-during-campaign.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl
Laurian
(2,593 posts)always reminds me of his limited intellect. That's middle school mentality.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,191 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)Hey guys, it's not fair!!
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)The Republican Draft-&-Tax Dodger-in-Chief owes his gold-plated ass to bankers in the Evil Empire, and when they jerk their strings, he dances.
And he & Republican Cronies are selling America out to the freaking bankers in the Evil Empire.
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)What a disaster, made so much worse by knowing that he and Pence (and probably Paul Ryan and Ron Johnson) should not have been put in office.
I saw yesterday that all votes from Wisconsin were challenged by a House member, I think it was Sheila Jackson Lee, as illegitimate. Agree.
Freethinker65
(10,023 posts)CousinIT
(9,245 posts)No thanks.
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,715 posts)I wonder how much support he'll get from the military if they knew it involved war. Their sons and daughters are being shipped out as we speak, based on a comment made from a parent on Facebook. One said, that his son is protecting ALL of our freedoms while others are protesting on the streets of the USA.
Well, I'm thinking that those who are protesting on the streets of the USA just might be trying to expose Trump's agenda before it's too late and we lose another American soldier to some boneheaded altercation created by a narcissist president.
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,203 posts).
That is all.
.
randr
(12,412 posts)Botany
(70,508 posts)Trump was into the Russian hacking and manipulation of our elections up to his eyeballs.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512675362
trea·son
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noun
the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.
"they were convicted of treason"
synonyms: treachery, disloyalty, betrayal, faithlessness; More
antonyms: allegiance, loyalty
the action of betraying someone or something.
plural noun: treasons
"doubt is the ultimate treason against faith"
synonyms: treachery, disloyalty, betrayal, faithlessness; More
historical
the crime of murdering someone to whom the murderer owed allegiance, such as a master or husband.
noun: petty treason; plural noun: petty treasons
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)continue given Mr. Trump's almost certain ability to expose them and get them killed.
We are in for very bad times and they will come upon us quite quickly, I fear none of us are ready for how bad this will be and how fast it will happen.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)...should have gone on Christmas or winter holiday and not return. Because once Comrade Trumpski is able to have full access to the intelligence names of assets, they are compromised.
I have no doubt of this. It is scary.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Zambero
(8,964 posts)He owes them, and they own him. In Russian culture, favors ill-gotten or otherwise are followed by an appropriate level of payback. And given that a foreign adversary has take extraordinary steps in order to hand the POTUS to an individual who would not otherwise have succeeded.... chump change is not going to suffice. And this is not even speculating on any number of accumulated IOU's that Russia has in hand as a result of keeping their Manchurian candidate's business interests afloat. Putin has big plans, and he now has a bought-and-sold puppet to help him carry them out.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)or bad relationships?
louis-t
(23,295 posts)3catwoman3
(23,996 posts)...a hemorrhoid.
moondust
(19,985 posts)Appeasement of an aggressive, land-grabbing, empire-building, democracy-hacking dictator is the best approach.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)Exactly! It has a tendency not to end well.
Of course, trump knows jack about history. Although it's said he kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed. Maybe his world view has less to do with the security and sovereignty of the US and has some other more personal objective?
Ya think??
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)appeasement.
I suppose it's not always entirely clear where to draw the line.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Someone or some groups need to act on this one way or another.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)at least momentarily, consider the existence of a higher power - but let's just say I'm not holding my breath.
Generator
(7,770 posts)No knickers twisting, Vlad. DonnyPutin is still a BIG FAN!
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)of "stupid people or fools" voted for. May they come to regret their choice(s).
RiverStone
(7,228 posts)WTF! We have a 6th grader for president.
marcopolo63
(64 posts)RED Don has spoken!
lunasun
(21,646 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)Trump is probably deeply in debt (hundred of $$millions) to Putin, Putin's banks, and Putin's Russian cronies. We will probably never know to what extent, especially after Traitor Trump controls the CIA and FBI. I expect that Trump will sell armaments to Russia, end most if not all the sanctions against Russia, and throw the Ukraine under the bus. Republicans will not oppose him, because they also are bought and owned by corporate interest that profit from the war machine. It would not surprise me if Traitor Trump tries to join forces with Russia to wage war on Iran.
blogslut
(38,000 posts)I'm beginning to think the intelligence folk hinted that they know he colluded with Russia in that briefing yesterday.
2naSalit
(86,636 posts)I suspect they let him know he is expendable if he doesn't stfu, which is impossible for him. As a friend and I discussed yesterday, they think it'll be sometime this summer when he will get offed.
Wouldn't it be something if it was one of his immediate family who serves him polonium tea? I wouldn't put it past any of them.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)election is good, Trump is stupid or he is a fool.
CETrotman
(12 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(6,931 posts)does Putin pay him by the (tweet)word?
dhill926
(16,339 posts)hemorrhoids....
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)foreign policy by Twitter.
Twitter.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)Now consider the uproar from Repubs.
Where's our "uproar"?
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)We've been exposed to his entire vocabulary. The word "pressing" isn't in it.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)He didn't write these. He obviously thinks we're all as stupid as he is.
In my estimation true stupid always outs itself for this very reason. It thinks everyone else is as stupid as it is.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)world wide wally
(21,744 posts)and there is nothing we can do about it but turn the country over to him?
How did we manage to survive for 240 years?
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)He is an idiot. How mortifying to have this self-aggrandizing dullard represent our country, much less "lead" it.
Cha
(297,257 posts)anyone else that way? What a load of Bullshite
lamp_shade
lamp_shade
(14,834 posts)kerry-is-my-prez
(8,133 posts)He got "shanked" a short time later by Putin and was a laughingstock. Makes you wonder if Putin had anything to do with Bush getting in.