Set aside knowing in March. He knows NOW. So what's he doing?

[SoonerPride]

Set aside for a moment whether trump knew in March that Putin put a bounty on our soldiers’ heads. Whether or not he was briefed, paid attention to the brief, was on his phone tweeting during the brief, forgot about the brief, or is literally too fucking stupid to understand English can all be hashed our later.

He knows NOW. Right this second.

What is his plan for retaliation?
What sanctions is he proposing?

What exactly is he doing NOW?

Nothing.

[Hoyt]

1. What would you suggest? It's not like we haven't done the same, like arming Afghans against Russia.

[SoonerPride]

3. He should assemble the leaders of congress and joint chiefs

He should also be on the phone with all the other coalition leaders.

They should craft a coordinated response.

But of course he will do none of those things.

[Hoyt]

6. Coordinated response? For what? Get us into a bigger war, for Russia doing what we've done

numerous times? I don't think so.

[EarlG]

5. Sanctions, diplomatic measures...

Hell, a sternly worded letter of objection would be a start. But do something that shows we’re not completely indifferent to a foreign power taking out bounties on our soldiers.

Did the USSR kiss our asses and say “thank you sir may I have another” when we did it to them?

That’s what Trump has done, and is continuing to do.

[Hoyt]

7. I get it, but we've done similar. The sanctions I support, are against trump.

[leftieNanner]

2. Two Days of Golf

Today with Lindsay Graham who just happens to be an ex-JAG.

He's going to pretend that the issue doesn't exist, make up some bullshit word salad excuse, and move on.

What I want to see is what are those R Senators going to do.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Yelling At The Media

Calling it fake.
As if we expected otherwise.

[doc03]

8. He could call Putin and ask him about it. I am sure Putin will deny it very strong and

powerfully. Case closed.

[Hassler]

9. Besides a round of golf? Then he'll dive into a bucket of KFC.

[regnaD kciN]

10. Is anyone other than the NYT (who broke the story) covering this...?

So far, on CNN's website, it only merits a couple of bullet points amidst a sea of other news. It seems to me that the story, which ought to be provoking outrage, is pretty much sinking without a trace.

[JDC]

11. Most likely he's wondering how he can wet his beak in bounty money

[localroger]

12. Hint: It ain't just a river in Egypt. /nr