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Trump giving FSB anything right now like Nixon wearing "I Heart Plumbers" tee at height of Watergate
That's slightly paraphrasing (to fit subject line) this tweet from John Schindler:
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Trump giving the FSB any gimmes right now is like Nixon going on TV wearing a "I ♡ PLUMBERS" t-shirt at the height of the Watergate scandal.
More comments from Schindler, leading up to the one in the subject line:
Link to tweet
FSB is a nasty secret service that murders Putin's enemies & butchers Chechens en masse -- but they helped Don get elected, so they're good.
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It's like the WH has a daily early morning meeting to determine how they can look like Putin's idiot stooges a slightly new way every day.
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Still doubt that Trump & his gang are Putin's bitches?
This is roughly as subtle as wearing FSB lapel pins.
This is roughly as subtle as wearing FSB lapel pins.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/opinions/putin-wants-yalta-2-0-and-trump-may-give-it-to-him-ghitis/index.html
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But nobody really knows what exactly Trump has in mind -- or how much he knows about the original Yalta and its consequences.
It's clear what Putin wants. His vision of Yalta 2.0 is an agreement in which Russia regains an old-fashioned sphere of influence, keeping the former Soviet Republics (Russia's "near abroad"
on a short leash without US or NATO interference, and perhaps extending a version of that power over former Eastern European satellites - So, what does the good ol' US of trump get???
...snip...
But nobody really knows what exactly Trump has in mind -- or how much he knows about the original Yalta and its consequences.
It's clear what Putin wants. His vision of Yalta 2.0 is an agreement in which Russia regains an old-fashioned sphere of influence, keeping the former Soviet Republics (Russia's "near abroad"
on a short leash without US or NATO interference, and perhaps extending a version of that power over former Eastern European satellites - So, what does the good ol' US of trump get???