Trump Keeps on TickingThe Russians know full well he can be their enemy.
American Spectator, Jul 20, 2018, George Parry
Listening to the Democrats and their wholly owned media subsidiary, you would have thought that Trump had
(a) smilingly handed Putin a large red “reset†button or
(b) had been caught on a hot mic during a global nuclear security summit murmuring to Putin’s representative that, after the midterm elections, he would have more flexibility in his dealings with Russia or
(c) had signed off on a deal to give the Russians control of 20% of America’s uranium reserves in return for a $140,000,000 donation by Russian interests to his family’s foundation and a $500,000 fee paid to Melania for giving a speech in Moscow or
(d) endangered national security by transmitting classified government documents over an unsecure private email server or
(e) paid Russians for salacious, unverified slime to discredit Hillary Clinton or
(f) during a presidential debate casually dismissed the Russian threat by joking that “The 1980s called; they want their foreign policy back.â€
Of course, he did none of the above. So, what did Trump do that for the thousandth time has summoned the furies of Le Résistance de la Gauche?
He — gasp — declined to publicly scold and insult Putin to his face and questioned the probity of our intelligence community, i.e., the deep state cabal who have been trying for the past three years to frame him for colluding with the Russians. In doing so, he pointed out the obvious fact that these ongoing efforts to destroy him have complicated and impeded his ability to conduct foreign policy especially in regard to this nation’s fraught relations with Russia, the world’s second largest nuclear power. He was even so unpatriotic as to question the basis for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s latest pretend indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers which — to put it kindly — appears to be the product of questionable investigative work. Most tellingly, he asked how Team Mueller had determined that the Russians had hacked the Democratic National Committee’s computer when the DNC has forbidden law enforcement access to its server. This is a not inconsiderable question.
So, has Trump sold out to the Russians? To anyone but the deranged left, his prior actions conclusively demonstrate that he has not. In August 2017, he approved sanctions against Russia for its meddling in the 2016 election, human rights violations, annexation of Crimea and military operations against Ukraine. In marked contrast to Barack Obama who had refused to sell arms to Ukraine, President Trump backed up these sanctions by authorizing weapons sales to the Ukrainians as well as the Republic of Georgia to aid their struggle against Russian aggression.
In March 2018, . . .
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