Trump quits treaty allowing US to fly reconnaissance missions over Russia - will destroy planes

[TheBlackAdder]

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President Donald Trump on Sunday formally exited the Open Skies Treaty, but now he’s moving to scrap the planes, ensuring President Joe Biden will not be able to re-enter the program easily.

The Open Skies Treaty is an 18-year old agreement designed to allow the U.S. to fly reconnaissance missions over Russia to ensure the Pentagon and the President are informed of military deployments and movements. First proposed in 1992, the treaty was formalized in 2002. 34 nations are party to the agreement, and all are allowed to fly unarmed aircraft over any member nation. The goal is to ensure transparency and mutual understanding.

But Trump is working to ensure his “America First” policy, which now puts the U.S. at a disadvantage again, outlives his tenure in the White House for as long as possible.

“Complicating Biden’s options, the Trump administration is designating Open Skies aircraft ‘excess defense articles’ and will ‘liquidate’ the planes after leaving the treaty today,” the Wall Street Journal’s Michael R. Gordon said Sunday.

“We’ve started liquidating the equipment,” a senior U.S. official told the Wall Street Journal. “Other countries can come purchase or just take the airframes. They are really old and cost-prohibitive for us to maintain. We don’t have a use for them anymore.”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, long-known to have presidential aspirations, falsely claimed Sunday that removing America’s ability to surveil Russia makes the U.S. “more secure.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/trump-quits-treaty-allowing-us-to-fly-reconnaissance-missions-over-russia-will-destroy-planes/

UPDATE Video:

Of course he does.

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[Hekate]

1. Pretty much like destroying the mail sorting machinery.Wonder what else Vlad will tell him to scrap?

[liberalla]

2. + 1000!

[empedocles]

7. Bizarre. Any Senate word?

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. How does this benefit our national security?

Sure looks like an act to benefit Putin, IMHO.

[crickets]

23. It doesn't. It's a blatant FU to any and all who are loyal to the country

and concerned for its safety. Republicans in Congress will respond in... oh, yeah. They won't.

[BainsBane]

4. Doing Putin's bidding

Obviously. And this is the traitor the GOP falls on their sword to protect.

[Hortensis]

17. Obviously. And the far-far-right extremist Trump-whisperers.

Chaos and destruction are good for their goals. nt

[TDale313]

5. 😡

Asshole is going to do so much damage in this lame duck session. Seriously, his goal is to break everything on the way out the door.

[Hortensis]

18. Absolutely that too. He'll save the furniture for last.

[jcgoldie]

6. Still waiting for a single decision made by the Trump admin...

... over 4 years which is doesn’t completely benefit Putin... you’d think they’d do something once in awhile just to throw the dogs off their trail... but NOPE!!!

[dalton99a]

22. +1

[gratuitous]

8. Next up: Defunding the Pentagon

And the Trump supporters will voice their slavering, enthusiastic approval.

[Chainfire]

9. Putin is demanding a return on his investment in the final weeks.

Hell, he may as well scuttle all of our submarines and surface ships too. Think of the savings!

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Ohmigod. Someone, quick, land those planes on a deserted Island in the Pacific and wait for

a sane president to transition into office on January 20th.

Did I say sane? I think we can go beyond the mental insults, when referring to Trump. He is a definite traitor to this country!

[liberalla]

25. Exactly, hide them!

[C_U_L8R]

11. Putin's poodle is taking a crap on the carpet

You'd think republicans would go batshit but apparently they are all in the poodle's pocket too

[Skraxx]

12. It's A Fire Sale

Doing as much of Putin's bidding as possible before he's unable. Delay delay delay so he can keep shoveling intel and destroying as much as possible before Biden can start learning about it.

[flying_wahini]

13. So It's NOT what tRump has on the GOP. It is PUTIN.

[jmowreader]

14. Translation: Trump knows he lost

The whole point of these acts is to make the nation impossible to govern. If Trump truly thought he’d won, he’d wait until late November-early December 2024 to poison the well. That he’s destroying the government now is proof he knows he won’t be around after January.

[Takket]

15. Wow! The GOP is going to be furious!!!

[TeamPooka]

16. Merry Christmas Putin.

[global1]

19. What Happened To Trump Touting The Fact That He.....

single-handedly funded the U.S. Military and made it the world's strongest fighting force because the Obama Administration left it in a shambles?

Trump is the one that is dismantling our military and its position in the world. Can't his supporters see that?

[Johonny]

20. Pretty much treason in action

[Brother Buzz]

21. In my perfect world, the Air Force is whacking up air frames from the graveyard until...

the new administration is installed.

[demigoddess]

24. Wake up, Generals.

[TheBlackAdder]

26. Added Rachel Maddow video you need to watch.