Trump Meets Papasha

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by: Colorado Pols

President Donald Trump Russian President Vladimir Putin had a “robust” conversation about allegations that the Kremlin tried to interfere in last year’s presidential election, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters on Friday, after the two world leaders met at the G-20 meeting in Germany.

Putin denied that Russia had engaged in any such effort to interfere in the 2016 campaign, Tillerson said, adding that the Russians had asked for proof that they were to blame for the campaign of cyberattacks. Trump “pressed” Putin on the issue, the secretary of state added, and the two presidents “had a very robust and lengthy exchange on the subject.”

Discussion on the issue, Tillerson said, was focused on “how to we move forward from here, because it’s not clear to me that we will ever come to some agreed-upon resolution… it’s too important not to find a way forward.” After the meeting, the Associated Press reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Trump had accepted Putin’s assurances that the Kremlin had not sought to interfere in the 2016 election.

Depending on what side of the political spectrum you reside on, this long-awaited meeting will either represent a positive step away from a major distraction to Trump’s presidency or an historically preposterous charade. For Americans who accept the widespread consensus that Russian meddling in the 2016 elections was very real, at least insofar as manipulation of public opinion is concerned, reaction is going to trend toward the latter.

Hopefully you weren’t expecting Vladimir Putin to be like “rats, you got me,” because obviously.

17 thoughts on “Trump Meets Papasha”

Davie says:

July 7, 2017 at 2:43 pm

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1. FrankUnderwood says:
  
  July 7, 2017 at 3:51 pm
  
  …but you have to take the Palin family with it.
  
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  1. notaskinnycook says:
    
    July 8, 2017 at 2:25 pm
    
    That's a dealbreaker, for sure.
    
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bullshit! says:

July 7, 2017 at 2:46 pm

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1. Andrew Carnegie says:
  
  July 7, 2017 at 3:01 pm
  
  Bullshit, how did you get yourself covered in yellow chalk?
  
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2. DawnPatrol says:
  
  July 8, 2017 at 5:02 am
  
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Andrew Carnegie says:

July 7, 2017 at 3:00 pm

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1. unnamed says:
  
  July 7, 2017 at 3:05 pm
  
  Ready to tell us your ACA horror story Cornholio?
  
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2. Davie says:
  
  July 7, 2017 at 3:06 pm
  
  Yeah, right Gerbils. And this is how Trump is doing it:
  
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3. Zappatero says:
  
  July 7, 2017 at 3:51 pm
  
  AC's a Putin agent and you all should be ashamed at letting him disrupt the conversation here on a regular basis.
  
  And ColoradoPols' favorite DC pundit, Chris Cilliza, says this was an exceptional Trump speech. Waiting for Pols to quote his Genius….
  
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  1. unnamed says:
    
    July 7, 2017 at 4:11 pm
    
    Cornholio is a thin-skinned strawman and an impotent turd. The perfect Republican.
    
    But he's a poser. Best to call him out and stay upwind.
    
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4. DawnPatrol says:
  
  July 8, 2017 at 5:05 am
  
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Duke Cox says:

July 7, 2017 at 4:12 pm

"Too important not to find a way forward."

$500,000,000,000 deal to drill the arctic. Sure thing, Rex.

Still holding on to those Exxon/Mobil shares, Rex?

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Conserv. Head Banger says:

July 7, 2017 at 4:39 pm

Trump should pursue the perfect deal for all the uneducated people who voted for him; soon to lose their health care if they live in a rural locale. We agree to forget about Crimea and give Putin a free hand in Ukraine, and when he's ready, the three Baltic States. In return, Vladimir will continue to deny any involvement in US elections. How about that for PP, Moderatus, Andrew? Great deal, and who cares about those Baltic inhabitants anyway.

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Duke Cox says:

July 7, 2017 at 6:24 pm

The US should prepare to be sold down the river to Putin. Tillerson wants to drill the Arctic ocean..Trump wants the billions he will make for facilitating the rape of the top of the world..Putin wants hegemony over the fossil fuel market in Europe. Yeah…too important not to find a way forward.

All we have to do is forgive everthing Russia has done and look the other way while these criminal corporatists have their way with us.

Resist.

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Diogenesdemar says:

July 7, 2017 at 8:35 pm

But collusion is precisely what we just saw in Germany: The Russians hacked the DNC to Trump’s advantage, and Trump returned the favor by giving them a pass.

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/143769/trump-putin-collusion-happening-plain-sight

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Davie says:

July 7, 2017 at 8:57 pm

And, of course, Putin said Russia didn’t hack the election, even though all the evidence from Trump’s own intelligence community points to the fact that Russia did. Apparently this was enough to satisfy Trump.

That and a $2 billion interest-free personal loan from Putin's Swiss bank account, naturally… Trump's not a complete push-over.

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