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Demovictory9

(32,445 posts)
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 09:48 PM Mar 2018

Trump's briefing materials said DO NOT CONGRATULATE, in all caps. He did it anyway

Trump’s national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin. He did it anyway.

President Trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers when he congratulated Russian President Vladi­mir Putin Tuesday on his reelection, including a section in his briefing materials in all-capital letters stating “DO NOT CONGRATULATE,” according to officials familiar with the call.

Trump also chose not to heed talking points from aides instructing him to condemn Putin about the recent poisoning of a former Russian spy in the United Kingdom with a powerful nerve agent, a case that both the British and U.S. governments have blamed on Moscow.

The president’s conversation with Putin, which Trump called a “very good call,” prompted fresh criticism of his muted tone toward one of the United States’s biggest geopolitical rivals amid the ongoing special counsel investigation into Russia’s election interference and the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russian officials.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-national-security-advisers-warned-him-not-to-congratulate-putin-he-did-it-anyway/2018/03/20/22738ebc-2c68-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html?utm_term=.cfc9db967cb3

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Trump's briefing materials said DO NOT CONGRATULATE, in all caps. He did it anyway (Original Post) Demovictory9 Mar 2018 OP
Putin is his security adviser. boston bean Mar 2018 #1
Trump sucks as a leader. Lousy judgment. No wonder he's had so many bankruptcies. Beartracks Mar 2018 #2
Of course they did. And of course HE did. JDC Mar 2018 #3
Zero self-control Blue Owl Mar 2018 #4
DO NOT CONGRATULATE trending at #2 Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #5
I'm really, really wanting to know exactly what Putin Upthevibe Mar 2018 #6
The fact that someone had to actually tell him not to say this backtoblue Mar 2018 #7
Puppet. Glimmer of Hope Mar 2018 #8

boston bean

(36,220 posts)
1. Putin is his security adviser.
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 09:50 PM
Mar 2018

Hillary was right, he is Putin’s puppet.

We need tee’s printed with “Hillary was Right”.

backtoblue

(11,343 posts)
7. The fact that someone had to actually tell him not to say this
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 11:02 PM
Mar 2018

Is crazy as shit. Why does Cheeto only want to talk to dictators?

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