Russian officials today confirmed that the ongoing talks with the Trump Administration aimed at securing the return of a pair of seized diplomatic compounds in the Eastern United States has failed, and that the government is ready to retaliate against the US diplomatic corps over the seizures.
The Obama Administration seized the compounds back in December, supposedly to punish Russia for hacking the election. President Putin announced at the time he was not going to retaliate, waiting to see what the incoming Trump Administration would do.
The assumption was that Trump would give back the compounds, popular vacation spots of Russian diplomats. The US, however, has conditioned this on Russia making concessions, which Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has presented as tantamount to robbery.
It’s not surprising Russia sees it that way. After all, the compounds were legally purchased, and seized by the US without any due process. Russian officials have been warning increasingly that their patience for the return of the compounds is wearing thin, and it seems that the US may soon find itself facing retaliatory expulsions or other measures over the matter.
About time. Trump should do the right thing and thereby show that he’s no Obama.
I couldn’t agree with you more, Rick. Trump sorely needs to stand up and assert himself as both POTUS and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. He was elected to do just that, to prevent any conflict with Russia and/or China.
The Deep State, run by Trotskyites aka Neocons, as well as Obama and his aides, bypassed the White House and Congress and seized a pair of Russian compounds in the Eastern US. Of course, the Russians are outraged and are demanding the return of the two compounds to their control. This is where Trump has to step in and tell those who had seized the two Russian Compounds to return them to their rightful owners.
Russia isn’t our enemy, the Trotskyites running the Deep State are. They must be harshly dealt with, so that Trump’s goal of friendly ties with Russia succeed.
I guess Trump and Putin did not discuss this?? If Trump did the right thing here, he would be crucified any the media, the Democrats and the Warmongers………..or did I repeat myself?
………and I am not a Trump supporter!
But I am a Putin supporter and if they declare war on Russia,
grab cat plus dog and charge right over there is my persuasion.
Trump has allowed himself to be castrated by his sycophants and his fellow warmongers through his fear of his image being tainted and thus, labeled a weakling. His thin skin won’t tolerate “bad press” because his ego is telling him he is the greatest president ever and those who denigrate him are traitors.