President Trump is about to have one of his most crucial foreign policy tests, meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The preamble to this meeting, however, came in Poland, where the crowd wanted Trump to be hostile toward Russia, and he clearly had no intention of disappointing.
Trump declared to the crowd that the US had “demonstrated with actions” that they are committed to NATO’s Article 5 collective defense, and condemned “Russian aggression,” accusing Russia of destabilizing Ukraine and supporting Syria and Iran.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quick to issue a contrary statement declaring Russia’s disagreement with the US assessment, saying that they don’t believe Russia’s actions are “destabilizing,” and regretting the lack of understanding between the two countries.
Peskov expressed hope that the face-to-face meeting between Putin and Trump, expected on Friday, would hive them an opportunity to discuss actual issues and find common ground. The US is being tight-lipped about what they’d hope to get out of the meeting, though Trump declared Russia a threat to “Western civilization,” so the suggestion is he’s coming in with a chip on his shoulder.
Trump has to talk like that now, no matter what he does in the meeting. The Democrats and media have made sure of that.
Like Trump was forced “to talk like that.” He came into office believing that the world would kneel to him as the “Leader of the Free World” but is finding out that only Americans believe it. The old adage of “talk is cheap” is more relevant today than in many years. The problem is that Trump seems to be itching to use some of those “big boy toys” instead of acting like an adult.
But, that’s just this old Curmudgeon’s opinion…
I do recall the senate voting 97-2 for sanctions against Russia. Other than Rand Paul I really don’t see any pro Russian republicans.
Actions speak louder than words. And for 50 years the US has been building a Disarming First Strike Capability. The MX was called Peacekeeper, actually. But the warheads on MX were designed to minimize Nuclear Winter if used against missile silos according to Professor Paul Rogers. So much for Peacekeeper ! For that reason the warheads from MX were put on Minuteman-3. The warheads on Trident-2 are also designed to minimize nuclear winter effets if used against missile silos. Most importantly, the US Navy can track and destroy all enemy submarines simultaneously according to missile engineer Bob Aldridge-www.plrc.org By the way, two planes can´t make 3 steel-buildings fall. That´s impossible! But nano-thermite (and it was found!) can.
Most of the U.S. public loves talk like that.
Responsible leaders find a way to convince the public of the truth for the country’s well being. Demagogues take the easy path for popularity.
“Most of the U.S. public loves talk like that.”
Care to site sources for such a broad statement? None of my friends “loves talk like that” and many of them are former and current military/intel people who understand fully and intimately the dangers and consequences of talking like that.
Tillerson today reiterated the Deep State line that there is no long-term future for Assad or his family in Syria. He also appointed Kurt Volker of the CIA and John McCain institute (all on wiki) to head US office in Ukraine and said Russia caused the crisis when it invaded Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. Oh, and Pruitt reversed 47 years of EPA regulations so the US can export oil to Ukraine and Poland. This is horrible.
A classic case of Projection. The U.S. accuses Russia of the very actions the U.S. has done in destabilizing the Ukraine, Syria, and other countries with aggression. They hypocrisy of the U.S. is breathtaking.
Evidence that we have blown it all up before, maybe 27 times or more? The Peri Reis Map ? http://www.mcremo.com Puma Punku, the age-old constructions in Bolivia and Peru ? We can´t do it today ! The oldest find is 2.8 billion years. Someone made it ! My surgeon in Colombia suggested survivors from all-out war Moon-Mars. But we don´t really know, do we ?