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The US rounded up 13 or 14 deep cover Russian spies who were here illegally, we could have prosecuted them for spying but we swapped them for Skriple to save his life.....now the spy’s we sent back to mother Russia are living large and in no danger of being poisoned by the Yanks or the Brits......but Skriple was targeted for assassination. The point you seem to be missing is you cannot trust the Russians.

I think it's safe to say that it is the left that is totally unhinged after the Russia summit.

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I think it's safe to say that it is the left that is totally unhinged after the Russia summit.

You refer to something like ... On Monday, Trump praised a proposal from Vladimir Putin as an "incredible offer". Two days later, his press secretary said Trump saw it as an "interesting idea". Then today, the White House rejected the notion. ...?

Could be quite useful in a divorce case. "I meant to say 'I don't'."

a year and a week later, I'm still in agreement with this

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an ineffective, always on defense, foot in his mouth Trump is much more preferable to a (possibly) effective Pence presidency.

Wikileaks: CIA can make cyberattacks look like they originate from Russia

The Hill reported in December:

John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who has been floated for a possible role in President-elect Donald Trump’s State Department, questioned reports of Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election.

“It is not at all clear to me, just viewing this from the outside, that this hacking into the [Democratic National Committee] and the [Republican National Committee] was not a false flag operation,” he told Fox News’s Eric Shawn on Sunday.

When pressed about his use of the phrase “false flag” and whether he was accusing an entity in the U.S. of involvement, Bolton said, “We just don’t know.”

“But I believe that intelligence has been politicized in the Obama administration to a very significant degree.”

We have yet to see one shred of evidence connecting Vladimir Putin to Wikileaks or proving Moscow was behind the hacks of the Democratic Party.

Did Russia really hack the DNC? Or did deep state elements of the CIA simply make it appear as if it was the Kremlin in order to undermine Trump?

Putin appears to be targeting U.S. officials who worked to sanction Russia

Unfortunately, President Trump Is Right, Much of the Media Is Agitating for a War With Russia

To me, it is an inescapable fact that a large number of political pundits are actually pushing for some kind of armed confrontation with Russia. You can’t call what Russia did in 2016 the equivalent of 9/11 or Pearl Harbor without following through to the next logical step, because both 9/11 and Pearl Harbor resulted in extensive military operations with lots of things being blown up. You can’t credibly complain that Russia committed an “act of war” without endorsing retaliation in kind. You can’t accuse the President of “treason” without first declaring war on Russia.

Meddling? Collusion? Brazile, Hillary, Rice, Obama Gave Russian Hackers Carte Blanche

Indifference to Russian meddling was rampant throughout an Obama administration that could have done something about it but didn’t. Obama was certain Hillary Clinton would win so why ruffle Putin’s feathers unnecessarily particularly after you colluded with him to scuttle European missile defense as proof of your “flexibility”.

But it was more than indifference – marching ordrs were given not to conduct an investigation on Russian meddling on Obama’s watch:

And in June left-leaning Mother Jones reported in March that President Barack Obama’s National Security Advisor, Susan Rice, ordered officials to ‘stand down’ as Russia allegedly attempted to meddle in the 2016 presidential election:

NEW POLL: OVERWHELMING MAJORITY Of Republicans Support Way Trump Handled Putin Press Conference
Jul 19, 2018

Now, Trump supporters are responding with a poll that is sure to let the air out of the Democrat Party’s tires…

The Daily Caller is now reporting that an overwhelming majority of self-identified Republicans support the way President Trump handled his press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week, according to an Axios poll that was released Thursday morning.

Of the Republicans who voted, 79 percent said they are supportive of Trump’s handling of the conference. Conversely, only 18 percent of Republicans said they did not approve of it. That leaves only 3 percent of Republicans undecided on the president’s performance at the conference.

Montenegro finds itself at heart of tensions with Russia as it joins Nato

Hillary Clinton Just Accused Trump of Not Defending a Diplomat – Seriously

It was Clinton who served as Secretary of State under then-President Obama when she ‘hesitated to defend a diplomat’ named Chris Stevens in Benghazi.

Not only did the Clinton State Department fail to provide adequate security for Ambassador Stevens leading up to the September 11, 2012 attack, but they failed to defend him during the attack.

don't want trouble with #45?

If hesitating to defend a diplomat is ‘deeply troubling,’ then Hillary must be ‘deeply troubled’ every time she looks in the mirror.