Trump says it would be a 'smart thing' if he spoke to Putin, though he won't confirm he has

“Look, I had a very good relationship with President Xi and a very good relationship with Putin, and a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un," he said. Of Putin, he later added, "Russia has never had a president that they respect so much.”

A president should never have "very good" personal relationships with dictators. He will become their useful idiot.

Wonder what Putin is offering Trump in the case that he wins.

https://slingshot.news/did-barack-obama-violate-the-logan-act-with-british-pm-meeting/

According to the "Slingshot News" article you posted:

While it’s important to ask the question, the Logan Act clearly states that the country that the citizen is negotiating with be a “having a dispute with the United States.” To our knowledge, there is no current dispute between the U.K. and the U.S., neither is there a conflict between Belgium and the U.S.

Nice own goal.

I wonder if dances to the music on camera for 40 minutes like he does at his Townhalls. The idea that this poor old guy could stand up to Putin or stand up for the US is laughable.

Trump’s a fascist. His own people, fellow republicans, are calling him this.

did you intentionally exclude the China one?

Very important point sir, is Ivanka still getting paid by the Chinese???

is there a current dispute or conflict between the USA and Russia? (Be careful….think.)

Sir, you think like no other, some might say hardly but I say very hard.

Russia is our neighbor Sarah Palin sees them from her window every morning!!!

It’s time to wheel him into a fake Oval Office on the back nine of Trump National, tell him he won, hand him a Diet Coke, a “Noble Prize”, a pic of Ivanka and a Happy Meal, play a montage video of despots praising him, quietly close the door & walk away.

Trump: "Hey Vlad, my main man, what's shakin? How are those WW II missiles and bombs you got from our BFF Kim working? Things here are rough - Kamala is beating the crap out of me - I'll be lucky to get 30% of the vote, even with all my voting suppression efforts. But I do appreciate all the help with your disinformation campaign - especially the false narrative about Biden sending money to immigrants instead of FEMA - that was a good one - and all my brain-dead supporters bought it....while sitting in their basements....HAHAHA"....

Speaking to opponents is what diplomacy is all about.

First of all, Trump is not President. Read the Logan Act.

Trump and the word "smart" are at either end of the intellect scale.

Obama violated it and from the Dems, not a single word….

Sir, you need to understand the Logan act before posting, some people might say your ignorance is showing.

Not me though, I think you are a genius at copy and paste!!!

No just scared leftist that know an election they are losing is days away.

lol Totally. It's very normal for a candidate to stop his townhall and dance to music for 40 minutes.

Totally normal to back out of multiple interviews in a week.

Poor guy doesn't know what a tariff is or where he even is.

Someone stop the elder abuse.

odd this wasn’t your default position relating to Biden.

Alas Biden wasn't dancing on stage for 40 minutes, nor are we talking about Biden. He's not even running.

When it was really happening not just a nonsensical claim.

lol

none of what you claimed an issue is illegal or immoral or even concerning.

You heard it here first: It's totally normal to stop a townhall and dance around to music for 40 minutes.

Man I was gonna vote for Trump but that 30 mins of playing classical music went over the line!

You're a MAGA "patriot," most voters aren't. Normal people would be appalled and embarassed to have this old know-nothing loser represent them.

Bass, see, we finally agree!

I said one of the worst! Ranking 3rd at the best!

Concerning this:

He (Trump) and his family (clan) are just like the pot and kettle thing

Most Americans don’t think so.

Most Americans do think so. The majority of Americans (US citizens) will send Trump to where he belongs.

After being treated for his borderline personality disorder he'll go to some high security facility.

I don’t know why you are blind to what is happening here.

What's happening here?

It would be a smart thing.

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

--The Logan Act

Obama violated it

When?

--The Logan Act

https://www.politico.eu/article/barack-obama-uk-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-downing-street/

Sir, you need to understand the Logan act before posting, some people might say your ignorance is showing.

Not me though, I think you are a genius at running imaginary businesses !!!

Someone stop the elder abuse.

odd this wasn’t your default position relating to Biden.

It was something you couldn't stop posting about when Biden was a candidate...

none of what you claimed an issue is illegal or immoral or even concerning.

Illegal? That would be the 34 felonies... Immoral? Wow, where to start - ask Melania.... Concerning? Oh yea, a 78 year old guy wiggling for 39 minutes to a gay anthem by a gay group to a bunch of "conservatives? WEIRD!

and will have zero impact on voting.

Says who?

Man I was gonna vote for Trump but that 30 mins of playing classical music went over the line!

"YMCA" is classical music? You're a fan of the Village People too? Never knew you were so pro-LBGTQ....

Talking to an opposing superpower is of course an absolute necessity. In what world can you conduct policy when ignoring an opponent

In what world is Trump now a world leader? That's the context of his denial. Not talking to Putin as president, but as a private citizen.

joy and vibes coming from full confidence that you are winning.

Back to reality, Maga. The only reason it's even "close" is because the GOP/MAGA have done more polls in the last few weeks than non-partisan pollsters to make it look that way. People aren't duped, and that's why Georgia just set a record for the first day of early voting.

the attendees had fun.

lol Not the ones leaving. Noem certainly wasn't having fun either.

Honestly, there's no defending his antics at this point, MAGA is just a cult.

“I don’t comment on that,” Trump responded.

Yeah, because of the Logan act...

“But I will tell you that if I did, it’s a smart thing. If I’m friendly with people, if I can have a relationship with people, that’s a good thing and not a bad thing in terms of a country.”

Yup. Trump is Putin's useful idiot.

We saw how easy it was for Kamala to manipulate Trump in the debate.

Putin is a master manipulator: Trump is putty in his hands.

Considering he is an treasonous ah, no, it would not be a good thing for him to talk to Putin.

It would be a smart thing.

Very smart sir, it will be useful evidence in his treason trial.

we can’t have “leaders” who try to lead by avoiding communication with the other leaders.

Very true sir, what a leader donald is, all his orifices never stop excreting !!

It’s weak, like they are scared to talk.

Yes sir, he will be the bravest man in prison!!!!

It would be a smart thing.

No. There's nothing smart about abusing a poor elderly man like Trump.

Putin would eat his lunch.

we can’t have “leaders” who try to lead by avoiding communication with the other leaders.

lol

It’s weak, like they are scared to talk.

Yes. That explains why Trump just backed out of yet another interview. What's he so afraid of? Anyone else think his campaign is trying (and failing) to cover up how senile he's gone?

Trump’s a wannabe dictator!

He said so himself!

I don’t know why you are blind to what is happening here.

I'm sure you're as right here as you were with your J6 predictions about being able to overturn the election results. lmao

A record number of people are coming out to vote in GA, and somehow you think this is bad for Democrats.

Back to reality, Maga.

Blacklabel

It's totally normal to stop a townhall and dance around to music for 40 minutes.

joy and vibes coming from full confidence that you are winning.

the attendees had fun.

If he was winning he wouldn't be turning down so many interviews, Q&A's.

I think he would rather be campaigning from his basement.

Rallies are OK, just as long as nobody asks him a question.

A Trump campaign spokesperson previously denied the report. During Tuesday's interview, Micklethwait posed the question to Trump directly: "Can you say yes or no whether you have talked to Vladimir Putin since you stopped being president?

“I don’t comment on that,”

What? The Moron comments on everything from Hannibal Lector to the dangers of sharks - yet he won't comment on whether he's been having late night girl talks with his BFF Putin? Give me a break...

Vlad has likely been giving him tips on using Novichuk - Harris better check those doorknobs before touching them...

“Look, I had a very good relationship with President Xi and a very good relationship with Putin, and a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un," he said. Of Putin, he later added, "Russia has never had a president that they respect so much.”

Wow, there is so much dictator love there...you can just tell he wants to join the tyrant club...

But given his severe mental breakdown over the past several months, there's little chance of that - unless he decides to flee to Russia or China after losing with a few Top Secret docs he's hidden away...

Ya the 3 out of the 4 dictators of the world. Of course he is buddy buddy with them

“Look, I had a very good relationship with President Xi and a very good relationship with Putin, and a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un," he said. Of Putin, he later added, "Russia has never had a president that they respect so much.”

The interviews at MAGA rallies are a source of endless black comedy.

Some recent ones have interviewers asking the MAGA faithful who would they rather vote for President: Harris or Putin?

And the answer almost invariably is : Putin; and some variation of because Putin loves his country and Kamala is a communist.

The union of Trump cult and Russian propaganda is truly a dangerous thing.

This is one of maybe 100 very good reasons why he should be ushered to the sidelines of history once and for all, but his followers can't see any of it. Many prominent Republicans, including half the staff from his former administration, say he's unfit. Who would know better than them?

Of course he (Trump) spoke with his buddy (Putain) in the Kremlin!

Before, during and after his tenure as one of the worst Presidents of the US.

He (Trump) asked for favors, offered favors, provided favors - selling out to the highest bidder.

He (Trump) and his family (clan) are just like the pot and kettle thing.

tickety tockety.

You may be in for one helluva surprise.

You're a MAGA "patriot," most voters aren't. Normal people would be appalled and embarassed to have this old know-nothing loser represent them.

Biden couldn’t even focus for 40 min. Trump never had an Easter Bunny for a friend.

True, sir, true. Trump was able to silently dance and sway for over thirty minutes with laser-like focus at a recent “town hall Q & A.” I don’t think Biden has the stamina to zone out for that long.

And Trump doesn’t need the Easter Bunny for a friend. He has the cannibal guy.

Few q’s, lots of tiny fist stuff.

3D-chess* at work.

(*The “D” standing for “dementia.”)

Even as a private citizen, it would of course be a good thing to speak to a political opponent.

Really? It would be a good idea to violate the Logan Act? What is gained by having a know-nothing like Trump talk with Putin? Sharing dance moves, I suppose?

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

--The Logan Act

Obama violated it and from the Dems, not a single word….

Wow! Alert the press!

When did this happen, and what did he do?

To make it very clear:

Trump's interview was a disaster, for him and his followers!

No clear yes or no answers.

Deranged comments.

Off topic replies.

Admiring dictators.

And so on.

And this is what people want to be the next POTUS?

Brags about having a "very good relationship" with Kim Jong Un. Why can't he forge good relationships with his actual allies? What a creep.

“I don’t comment on that,” Trump responded. “But I will tell you that if I did, it’s a smart thing. If I’m friendly with people, if I can have a relationship with people, that’s a good thing and not a bad thing in terms of a country.”

If there was really a 'Deep State' on a witch hunt against Trump the NSA would have a whistleblower suddenly appear this October with the recordings of Trump receiving his marching orders from Putin.

Obama violated it and from the Dems, not a single word….

Anyway, according to the Trump campaign, Trump never spoke with Putin. It's all made up.

So no need to play the "whatabout Dems?" false equivalence card.

Part of me wants a Trump victory so I can see all of the MAGAs furiously explain how Trump got the best deal ever from Putin.

He surely spoke with Putin.

Donald Trump should refrain from making any attempt communicating with former Kremlin spy Russian President Vladimir Putin, neither smart or sanctioned.

Putin won't hesitate to take full political advantage, to destabilise, fan discourse, create division, undermine unity.

The premise in the article that it is a bad thing for an American president to talk to Putin is extremely strange.

Talking to an opposing superpower is of course an absolute necessity. In what world can you conduct policy when ignoring an opponent? Even during the Cuba missile crisis, there was intense communication between Kennedy and Chrushchew. It would have been disastrous if Kennedy had ignored the Kremlin.

Cards fan

In what world is Trump now a world leader? That's the context of his denial. Not talking to Putin as president, but as a private citizen.

Even as a private citizen, it would of course be a good thing to speak to a political opponent. Communication is the foundation of diplomacy. Where did we get to the idea that non-communication is a good thing??

Boy this dancing is really all the left has anymore leading up to the impending shock of their loss.

what kind of person so hates YMCA? It’s fun.

The Logan Act does not prohibit ALL communication between a private individual and a foreign government or agent thereof, but rather narrowly specifying "... with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States..."

So yes, certain communication is prohibited (such as Kerry's, etc).

Trump says it would be a 'smart thing' if he spoke to Putin

Of course it is. Speaking to opponents is what diplomacy is all about. Do the writers suggest that completely ignoring another superpower, while conducting proxy wars against them, is a rational policy? But the media guideline seems to be: Whatever Trump says or does, bash him for it.

whatabout Dems?" false equivalence card.

you mean true equivalence?

Trump can’t use law from the 1700s to remove violent criminal aliens!

Trump can’t use law from the 1700s to justify gun ownership!

also the left: muh Logan Act 1789! (but only Trump, not our guys)

It would be a smart thing.

we can’t have “leaders” who try to lead by avoiding communication with the other leaders.

It’s weak, like they are scared to talk.

When?

First of all, Trump is not President. Read the Logan Act

Neither are Obama or Kerry

https://slingshot.news/did-barack-obama-violate-the-logan-act-with-british-pm-meeting/

https://nypost.com/2024/03/13/us-news/house-gop-wants-john-kerry-records-of-iran-shadow-diplomacy-during-trump-presidency/

Anyway, according to the Trump campaign, Trump never spoke with Putin. It's all made up.

What was said in this so called meeting

So no need to play the "whatabout Dems?" false equivalence card.

Can’t deny history, even the Dems are not that good.

You may be in for one helluva surprise.

as may you. lol

I don’t know why you are blind to what is happening here.

there is no current dispute between the U.K. and the U.S., neither is there a conflict between Belgium and the U.S.

did you intentionally exclude the China one?

is there a current dispute or conflict between the USA and Russia? (Be careful….think.)

you forgot this part too:

or to defeat the measures of the United States, 

Someone stop the elder abuse.

odd this wasn’t your default position relating to Biden. When it was really happening not just a nonsensical claim.

none of what you claimed an issue is illegal or immoral or even concerning.

and will have zero impact on voting.

Man I was gonna vote for Trump but that 30 mins of playing classical music went over the line!

It's totally normal to stop a townhall and dance around to music for 40 minutes.

joy and vibes coming from full confidence that you are winning.

the attendees had fun.

--The Logan Act

https://www.politico.eu/article/barack-obama-uk-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-downing-street/

Anyone else think his campaign is trying (and failing) to cover up how senile he's gone?

No just scared leftist that know an election they are losing is days away.

tickety tockety.

Nice own goal

No, you’re missing the point. You say that there is nothing to prove that Obama violated the Logan Act, well, there you go, there is nothing that showed Trump violated it as well. And another miss for the left….again.

--The Logan Act

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/15/1037454733/milley-defends-call-to-chinese-general-about-trump

Of course he (Trump) spoke with his buddy (Putain) in the Kremlin!

How do you know they’re buddies?

Before, during and after his tenure as one of the worst Presidents of the US.

Not even close, that would be Biden, Hoover and Harding.

He (Trump) asked for favors, offered favors, provided favors - selling out to the highest bidder.

According to what source? NPR, ABC, NYT?

He (Trump) and his family (clan) are just like the pot and kettle thing

Most Americans don’t think so.

lol Totally. It's very normal for a candidate to stop his townhall and dance to music for 40 minutes.

If Dems are making a big deal out of this, then it shows they’re grabbing at straws at this point

Totally normal to back out of multiple interviews in a week.

Trump did 58 in total and Harris did 16, you kidding me??

Poor guy doesn't know what a tariff is or where he even is.

According to the left, good lord….

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

--The Logan Act

Obama violated it and from the Dems, not a single word….