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Our list of allies grows thin! Our list of enemies grows long! Trump thread continued.

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TheClaws · 03/07/2018 02:11

The above is a quote from The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, said by Lord Elrond. At this stage, with POTUS practically pissing off every ally the US has while cosying up with several dictators, it seems quite apt.

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Anniegetyourgun · 16/07/2018 20:36

But the mere fact he has said this will make it accepted by many. A lot of people really are that stupid.

ohmymimi · 16/07/2018 20:41

Missed this in all the other shitstorm. Every word a lie:

@realDonaldTrump
Received many calls from leaders of NATO countries thanking me for helping to bring them together and to get them focused on financial obligations, both present & future. We had a truly great Summit that was inaccurately covered by much of the media. NATO is now strong & rich!
mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1018727890345693184

Gumpendorf · 16/07/2018 20:45

Coincidentally, mini, this just appeared on Guardian website. It seems Theresa agrees with him

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/16/trumps-approach-to-nato-summit-made-a-difference-says-may-defence-spending

ohmymimi · 16/07/2018 20:46

!!!
@renato_mariotti
Today Russian gun rights activist Maria Butina was charged with acting as an agent of the Russian government. Paragraph 31 of the criminal complaint quotes an explosive email about establishing a "VERY private line of communication" between the Kremlin and GOP via the NRA:
mobile.twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1018939192280276992

lionheart · 16/07/2018 20:50

www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/us/politics/trump-russia-indictment.html

'Woman Who Sought Secret Meeting for Trump and Putin Is Charged as Russian Agent.'

ohmymimi · 16/07/2018 20:53

If she thinks that sycophancy will be repaid by T., she's dimmer and more desperate than she appeared when fawning over him on his eurojaunt, Gump.

lionheart · 16/07/2018 20:56

Word (as they say).

www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/is-it-treason-word-history-usage

ohmymimi · 16/07/2018 20:56

Link to But in a complaint:
@renato_mariotti
Link to the complaint: (link: www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080766/download) justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
mobile.twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1018939851905945600

Gumpendorf · 16/07/2018 20:56

The traitor tries to reframe

As I said today and many times before, “I have GREAT confidence in MY intelligence people.” However, I also recognize that in order to build a brighter future, we cannot exclusively focus on the past – as the world’s two largest nuclear powers, we must get along! #HELSINKI2018

ohmymimi · 16/07/2018 20:57

But in a Butina

Gumpendorf · 16/07/2018 20:58

She seems to bend with the wind, mini. She allowed him to walk all over her, after all.

woman11017 · 16/07/2018 20:58

ohmymimi This article from last year mentions Butina too.
narativ.org/2017/09/08/for-guns-and-country-nra/

Gumpendorf · 16/07/2018 21:00

I'm too tired to read the paperwork but it seems that Butina is the link between Russia, the GOP and th NRA. If that's the case, is it another shoe dropping?

ohmymimi · 16/07/2018 21:01

That will be repeated ad nauseum by the enablers in Gaslight Alley, Gump. Bet Sneerah uses it the next presser.

ohmymimi · 16/07/2018 21:03

Hope it's a bloody great hobnail boot, Gump. Like you, I'm a bit too frayed tonight.

lionheart · 16/07/2018 21:10

:www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/16/1780958/-The-entire-GOP-are-traitors-It-s-that-simple

Glimmers of GOP fence-sitting, 'hope he was more forceful behind closed doors' line.

ohmymimi · 16/07/2018 21:10

Thank you, woman, I'll catch up tomorrow. I need some respite mindless tv!

lionheart · 16/07/2018 21:14

I'm wondering why she didn't do a runner.

lionheart · 16/07/2018 21:17

Christiane Amanpour
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'Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia William J. Burns doesn't mince his words on the Trump/Putin summit: "I think that press conference was the single most embarrassing performance by an American president on the world stage that I've ever seen."'