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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 11:29 AM Jun 2018

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

Source: Reuters

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.

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

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olegramps

(8,200 posts)
8. They think Trump is the reincarnation of Mussolini.
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 12:47 PM
Jun 2018

When I saw Trump's speeches during the campaign I remarked that he reminded me of the obnoxious, boisterous, racist fat slob that that brought about so much well deserved misery for the Italian know nothings. The situation is some what analogous to our present situation. Scapegoating and ridiculous promises to complex situations. Trump is following the same deception to gullible masses that both Hitler and Mussolini feed their sheep. Trump is just as much a crackpot as those charlatans leading the undiscerning to slaughter.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
10. If you read Umberto Eco's, speaking of Italians, essay on Ur-Fascism, Trump and conservatives are
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 06:54 PM
Jun 2018

exhibiting every trait the man wrote about.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
4. Austria Offers to Host Trump and Putin for Summit in Vienna
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 11:35 AM
Jun 2018
The Austrian government is encouraging President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin to hold a summit in their country, potentially echoing a historic Cold War meeting there between a newly elected President John F. Kennedy and the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

Austria offered to host a meeting between the two leaders, a White House official said on Thursday. While Trump and Putin have previously discussed the possibility of a summit, the U.S. has nothing further to say on the idea, added the official, who was granted anonymity to discuss the matter.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed in April that Putin and Trump had talked about meeting in a number of potential locations, including the White House. Russia and the U.S. are in talks about a summit but there are no agreements yet, RIA Novosti reported Friday, citing an unidentified Russian diplomat. An Austrian government spokesman declined to comment.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-07/austria-offers-to-host-summit-meeting-between-trump-and-putin

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
6. Fuck Russia. Actually the Chinese should be G8.
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 12:42 PM
Jun 2018

Drive a wedge right into the heart of the SCO alliance.

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
7. What are the interest of having a criminal enterprise, that murder journalist and opposition leaders
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 12:47 PM
Jun 2018

there Conte, be beneficial to the G7 summit, am Imissing something here .....................


Are you as narcissistic as the orange one in the crowd....................your also an idiot


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