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© (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2017.Tillerson to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April
By Arshad Mohammed and John Walcott WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Laguna
Breathtakingly stupid. Still, Trump's been in office two months now, and it's about time to start repaying all of those favors he owes Putin. Plus, Tillerson can't help himself when it comes to Russian oil.
Blacklabel
This is why the continuation of this Russia story with no evidence is having a negative impact on the foreign policy of the USA.
The President has decided he wants his Secretary of State to attend a meeting with China's President instead of attending a NATO meeting. That is well within his right to do, it is known that NATO is not a top priority of the President and a lower ranking replacement is being sent. Even though the Secretary is going to Russia well after the NATO meeting is over, its an excuse to bring up the Russia story again and present this as choosing Russia over NATO which it is not.
Kurobune
Further adding fuel to the fire. Dumb Donald is going to go down. Before his first one hundred days in office. Midterm elections at the longest ! Impeach the poor excuse for a President ! NOW ! ! !
Thunderbird2
No links to the Russians, none at all. Pff... NATO? Pah! You know I don't think the current White House administration has a functioning brain between them.
Dre Hund
If you watched the open hearings, or hope to on YouTube, you'll hear the subject of Tillerson, the Russisn oligarchy, and Trump's and Tillerson's joint interest in abandoning NATO. There's ton of stuff to learn more from the questions than just the answers given. Some really bright incisive people on board. Go watch it.
smithinjapan
Of COURSE Russia is a priority -- with all of Trump's Russian investments, and how they helped him get the election, he owes Putin big! But of course, none of them ever met Putin before... well, except that once... and except for him and five others... and except maybe more... oh, and... FAKE NEWS!
bones
Back to the kremlin to discuss phase 2 of operation trump??
Fred Wallace
Until there's some actual evidence to back this, parroting it only makes you seem dense!! I'm starting to understand how one can believe anything as long as it's harped on constantly over and over again. Let the investigation complete and the chips fall where they may!!
Tom Webb
So who is minding the important scheduling in Washington? Trump 's folks better get their act in order to keep everything ship shape.
Strangerland
It's pretty apparent they did help him. Even he admitted, after being briefed, that it looked like it was the Russians who hacked the DNC mails. The question is whether his team colluded on getting help from the Russians, not whether or not the Russians actually helped.
smithinjapan
Fred Wallace: "I'm starting to understand how one can believe anything as long as it's harped on constantly over and over again."
No one who supports Trump can actually say that with a serious face.
wtfjapan
Let the investigation complete and the chips fall where they may!! fair enough, since the FBI has uncovered some evidence of Russia hacking in the election then the investigation seems justified, so how is that investigation of Obama wire tapping Trump coming along? When/if the chips do fall will Trump accept them or cry foul at the FAKE INVESTIGATIONS?
Fred Wallace
Not a supporter dude.
It's pretty apparent the earth's flat too. Until the evidence proves otherwise, enough with the mindless parroting!!
Strangerland
So the fact that Trump changed his tune to the Russians probably being behind the hacking, after receiving briefings from the intelligence agencies, is equivalent to people saying the earth is flat?
Yeah, sure. If it makes you feel better to equate unrelated things, then go ahead I guess. But it's hard to take you seriously when you do so.
SuperLib
The two meetings should be an interesting contrast.
Trump will most likely have some tough things to say to China, a lot of it deserved. Let's just hope he does it professionally and not via late night Twitter rants after the Chinese leave. He has a bad habit of turning himself into the big story. I actually kind of think when Trump goes unhinged it knocks the Chinese off balance so his mental issues actually work to our advantage. Might as well go with it.
My guess is that the meeting with Russia will be more cordial, with Tillerson working to undermine the US intelligence agencies in the press over there. Probably no mention of the hacking that Trump believes Putin did, and probably no statements about the FBI's opinion that Russian used an intermediary to give information to Wikileaks. Lots of praise as well.
We will see if my predictions are correct or not.