Trump calls for readmitting Russia to G-7 four years after it was expelled for its role in Crimean c

[demmiblue]

Source: WaPo

President Trump said Russia should be readmitted to the Group of Seven leading economies, breaking with other world leaders who have insisted Moscow remain ostracized following its involvement in the 2014 Crimean crisis.

Trump’s comments, made as he was departing to Canada for the annual G-7 summit, have the potential to further upend talks with other world leaders. U.S. officials believe Russia interfered in the 2016 election, and part of this year’s G-7 summit was supposed to focus on protecting democracies from foreign meddling.

Trump has sought to improve relations between the United States and Russia since taking office. The U.S. government and other nations have imposed strict sanctions on Russia related to its involvement in Crimea, and those penalties remain in effect.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/08/trump-calls-for-readmitting-russia-to-g-7-four-years-after-it-was-expelled-for-its-role-in-crimean-crisis/

[Ohiogal]

1. What a surprise.

[Achilleaze]

2. Pooty Poot tugging on the republican Draft Dodger's strings

republicans have sold out America. Disgusting

[bronxiteforever]

3. P U P P E T

[muntrv]

4. But...but...no cuh-looshin!

[lagomorph777]

9. nocollusionnocollusionnocollusionnocollusionnocollusionnocollusionnocollusionnocollusionnocollusion

Hey, Pres. Turd, when you collude on TV it's pretty hard to sell your legal case.

[NCjack]

5. Please, Donnie, let Pootie lick his own balls in public. nt

[lagomorph777]

10. Right Donnie, don't do it for him.

[notdarkyet]

6. We need a massive protest during the time Putin comes. Sick of trump and Putin.

[MBS]

8. Yes, and yes. n/t

[BootinUp]

7. Trump is the best laughingstock Ever!!

[MBS]

11. The push for Putin combined with his break with the G-6, is downright terrifying.

Can't somebody STOP him before he destroys our country completely? Hello? Anyone awake in Congress? Any competent, responsible people left in the executive branch? Anybody home?

[onetexan]

18. only way to stop him at this point is to get voters to the polls in Nov. to win back Congress

[MBS]

20. Agreed!

What a bizarre time.

[BillyBobBrilliant]

12. Doesn't he realize

The other Six are about to expel him?

[jpak]

13. Putin's Bitch speaks

yup

[Freethinker65]

14. Bingo

Once again, get every GOP legislator on record for their opinion on this.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Comrade Casino aka Дональд Трамп provides more quo for Putin's quid. . . . nt

[Sneederbunk]

16. Sure to happen what with all the goodwill Dotard has with the 6.

[keithbvadu2]

17. The best investment Putin ever made was putting money into Donald.

[Ferrets are Cool]

19. Facepalm...What a fucking surprise!!!

[videohead5]

21. Like a Russian plant

He's acting more and more like The Manchurian Candidate.

[oberliner]

22. Italy's new PM backs Trump on re-admitting Russia into the G7

LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) - New Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte threw his weight on Friday behind U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for Russia to be included once more into Group of Seven meetings.

“I agree with President (Trump). Russia should be re-admitted into the G8. It is in the interests of everyone,” Conte said in a tweet from Canada where he is due to make his international debut as Italian leader at a summit of world power leaders.

The Italian government, backed by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and far-right League, has already signalled it is likely to adopt a pro-Russian line in its foreign policy and has called for an end to economic sanctions on Moscow.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g7-summit-italy-russia/italys-new-pm-backs-trump-on-re-admitting-russia-into-the-g7-idUSKCN1J41TP

[kysrsoze]

23. FFS. How obvious does it need to be that he's a traitor?

[yurbud]

24. Get rid of Trump, but we don't need a new cold or hot war with Russia

Some of us remember the Cold War when we were told a million times our conflict with them was about them being commies.

So now that their communism is dead, our conflict with them reverts to the more mundane and obvious: they have something we want or we want them to obey our banks and corporations.

The rest is bullshit.

If we cared about human rights, democracy, or even the safety of average Americans, the first place we would have invaded after 9/11 would have been Saudi Arabia.

That we didn't tells you that when our government raises those concerns about other countries, however true the accusations may be, they are excuses not true motives.

[forgotmylogin]

25. Can the president please stop being horny for Russia in public?

[Wellstone ruled]

26. You are seeing one of the reasons Putin

interfered in our Elections. There are more,this and Brexet were his key goals.

[chelsea0011]

27. Why is he always yelling at the media? He is out there screaming to let Russia back in

to G7 to be G8 again. I get it. Everyone who is there hates him and he misses having a binkie to there. But why oh why is he always screaming at the mikes?