Putin Summit May Prove to Be Trump's Finest Hour ". . . As Walter Russell Mead pointed out, if Trump is in Putin's pocket, he's doing a terrible job of it.
"Barack Obama -- although the New York Times would burn down its own building rather than admit it -- did an abysmal job with Putin and was indeed the one who was truly "owned" by the Russian. And it wasn't just the silly reset button and the embarrassing video of Barack whispering into Medvedev's ear to tell Vlad he -- Barack -- would be more flexible on missiles after the election. (What a toady!) Even worse, in his Chamberlainesque ardor to make a deal with Iran's mullahs, Obama let Putin play him in Syria, agreeing not to honor his redline against Assad's use of chemical weapons in order not to endanger the deal. Trump never did anything nearly that pathetic. Actually, he stands up strong." . . .
Correction: Trump Did Not Absolve Russians of Meddling . . . "Further, he pointed out the obvious truth: the left is using supposed Russian interference as a way to delegitimize Trump, even though no one is saying the Russians actually changed any vote counts. If it turned out that the Russians didn't impact the results of the election, then the left's main tool to attack Trump would disappear. Hence, the left is highly incentivized to lie about Russian interference.
Hysteria over Trump-Putin meeting . . . "Oh, and Obama certainly did not have any problem dealing with Iran, one of the largest sponsors of terrorism on the planet and primary instigator of violence in the Middle East. Thus, to cry heresy over the fact that our president sat down with a Russian Tsar in an attempt to smooth the diplomatic waters is hypocritical and foolish." . . .
"Barack Obama -- although the New York Times would burn down its own building rather than admit it -- did an abysmal job with Putin and was indeed the one who was truly "owned" by the Russian. And it wasn't just the silly reset button and the embarrassing video of Barack whispering into Medvedev's ear to tell Vlad he -- Barack -- would be more flexible on missiles after the election. (What a toady!) Even worse, in his Chamberlainesque ardor to make a deal with Iran's mullahs, Obama let Putin play him in Syria, agreeing not to honor his redline against Assad's use of chemical weapons in order not to endanger the deal. Trump never did anything nearly that pathetic. Actually, he stands up strong." . . .
Correction: Trump Did Not Absolve Russians of Meddling . . . "Further, he pointed out the obvious truth: the left is using supposed Russian interference as a way to delegitimize Trump, even though no one is saying the Russians actually changed any vote counts. If it turned out that the Russians didn't impact the results of the election, then the left's main tool to attack Trump would disappear. Hence, the left is highly incentivized to lie about Russian interference.
"It's important to keep in mind that the man who was heading the CIA when this Russian interference was going on called today for Trump to be impeached. " . . .
Hysteria over Trump-Putin meeting . . . "Oh, and Obama certainly did not have any problem dealing with Iran, one of the largest sponsors of terrorism on the planet and primary instigator of violence in the Middle East. Thus, to cry heresy over the fact that our president sat down with a Russian Tsar in an attempt to smooth the diplomatic waters is hypocritical and foolish." . . .
The irrational hysteria over Trump and Putin I spent a good part of yesterday watching the vast army of those incapable of generating an original thought, namely the majority of talking heads on radio and television as well as politicians in both parties, droning on about the disaster that was the Trump-Putin press conference in Helsinki. Once the first narrative was proffered by one of this gaggle, the rest dutifully repeated the talking points as if they were preprogrammed ventriloquist dummies. The bottom line: Trump is a buffoon inalterably subservient to the puppet master; thus, betraying his country. However, having watched the press conference, I did not come away [with] this inane version of events.
An MSNBC analyst was 'nauseous' about the Trump-Putin meeting. Speaking of nausea... (Not the entire selection from this article)
If the Trump/Putin Press Conference Shocked You, You're Not Paying Attention . . . "Their hyperventilations will do little to gin up the backlash they seek. The online taunts were immediate, along the lines of “Hey, MAGA people, where’s that Trump strength you people love so much?' ” . . .
Spare Us The “What Does Putin Have On Trump” Memes . . . "But having watched the resultant media meltdown over the presser held by Presidents Trump and Putin, I’m seeing plenty of valid criticism, but also some overheated conspiracy theories which should be tossed out before they really catch fire." . . .
Once Again, President Trump Is Magnificently Right—This Time About Russia . . . "Nonetheless, it was America that made a mess of relations with Russia, and President Trump’s tweet this morning was right on the mark. You can usually gauge the merits of this president's public statements by the decibel level of the protests.
"Postscript: To restrain Russia, we should immediately begin an R&D program with Manhattan Project intensity to neutralize Russia's state-of-the-art air defense systems (S-400 and soon the S-500). We know in theory how to do this, for example with drone swarms, but implementation involves non-trivial programs. The Trump administration has failed to address the erosion of America's edge in military technology in a number of fields, and this is one of them."
How's this for role-reversal? Gingrich: Trump's Putin Comments 'the Most Serious Mistake of His Presidency' while Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) defended Trump, stressing that the intelligence community "has way too much power.' "
Would that be called "damning with faint praise"?
What Critics Missed About the Trump-Putin Summit . . . "As Trump and Putin both frankly acknowledged, there are issues on which they diverge—the fate of Crimea may lead the list—but there are also many areas in which our national interests intersect. It is a mark of the realistic and far-seeing diplomat to seize and build upon the latter while trying to find common ground about the former. This is what both men are trying to do." . . .
Putin’s explosive claim US intelligence helped drop $400,000,000 Russian-linked money into Hillary campaign "While the mainstream media, Democrats and the Never-Trump crowd clutched their pearls over President Trump and Vladimir Putin’s summit on Monday, a major bombshell was overlooked.
"During the highly publicized joint press conference the Russian President not only called US. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s bluff on the indictment of 12 Russian officials, but blasted former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton for nefarious activities." . . .
American Thinker is always a wealth of resistance to the left's demagoguery. TD
- Was she nauseous when Obama said he would be flexible with Russia? More on that here
- Nauseous when Hillary did the reset button with Russia?
- Nauseous when Obama laughed at Mitt Romney back in 2012 when he said Putin and Russia were dangerous?
- Nauseous when Obama reneged on commitment to put in missile shields in Poland and the Czech Republic?
- . . . Nauseous when Obama refused to enforce his own red line threat in Syria?
- . . . Nauseous that the DNC and Hillary would produce a fake dossier to get Trump?
- Nauseous that the Justice Dept used the fake dossier as an excuse to spy on political opponents?
- Nauseous when Obama administration unmasked people around Trump for their own political purposes?
If the Trump/Putin Press Conference Shocked You, You're Not Paying Attention . . . "Their hyperventilations will do little to gin up the backlash they seek. The online taunts were immediate, along the lines of “Hey, MAGA people, where’s that Trump strength you people love so much?' ” . . .
Spare Us The “What Does Putin Have On Trump” Memes . . . "But having watched the resultant media meltdown over the presser held by Presidents Trump and Putin, I’m seeing plenty of valid criticism, but also some overheated conspiracy theories which should be tossed out before they really catch fire." . . .
Once Again, President Trump Is Magnificently Right—This Time About Russia . . . "Nonetheless, it was America that made a mess of relations with Russia, and President Trump’s tweet this morning was right on the mark. You can usually gauge the merits of this president's public statements by the decibel level of the protests.
"Postscript: To restrain Russia, we should immediately begin an R&D program with Manhattan Project intensity to neutralize Russia's state-of-the-art air defense systems (S-400 and soon the S-500). We know in theory how to do this, for example with drone swarms, but implementation involves non-trivial programs. The Trump administration has failed to address the erosion of America's edge in military technology in a number of fields, and this is one of them."
How's this for role-reversal? Gingrich: Trump's Putin Comments 'the Most Serious Mistake of His Presidency' while Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) defended Trump, stressing that the intelligence community "has way too much power.' "
Would that be called "damning with faint praise"?
What Critics Missed About the Trump-Putin Summit . . . "As Trump and Putin both frankly acknowledged, there are issues on which they diverge—the fate of Crimea may lead the list—but there are also many areas in which our national interests intersect. It is a mark of the realistic and far-seeing diplomat to seize and build upon the latter while trying to find common ground about the former. This is what both men are trying to do." . . .
Putin’s explosive claim US intelligence helped drop $400,000,000 Russian-linked money into Hillary campaign "While the mainstream media, Democrats and the Never-Trump crowd clutched their pearls over President Trump and Vladimir Putin’s summit on Monday, a major bombshell was overlooked.
"During the highly publicized joint press conference the Russian President not only called US. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s bluff on the indictment of 12 Russian officials, but blasted former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton for nefarious activities." . . .
Yet today, there is barely a peep in the mainstream media about the Clinton-Fusion-Putin connection. Imagine the outrage that would have ensued if we had learned that Trump had hired an opposition research firm with Putin-linked clients to dig up dirt on Clinton and that senior Russian government officials had been the sources of the unsubstantiated allegations that were leaked to the media. The left would be screaming, “Smoking gun!
Of course the left, when it's Barack Obama, IRS shutting down the opposition? "Never heard of it." Lying about Benghazi? "No no, he didn't lie about Benghazi." He's sending in the FBI to investigate the opposition? "No no, it just looks that way because the FBI was investigating the opposition at Obama's request." So they surround them with this kind of "cone of silence" but they surround Republicans with noise.
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