Regarding the lifted sanctions. Dare I say quid pro quo?

[shraby]

[unblock]

1. he did this *while* russia is pounding ukraine.

he's not just soft on russia.

he's downright tender.

[Lint Head]

2. Trump has been blackmailed. The reports are that it is just an adjustment.

We are being "adjusted" into a one party authoritarian government.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. I dont think it is blackmail, I think rump/bannon will make billions working with

Tillerson and Putin.

Sure the ability to live on earth for 4 billion people will no longer happen but hey, a guy has to do what a guy has to do.

[nikibatts]

4. This is the Trump administration's spin on this. Despite what they say, this IS the beginning of

removal of sanctions on Russia. The media and the GOP, of course, are more concerned with citizens' resistance to this President and his appointments.

I think this moves really slaps McCain, Rubio, and Graham in the face. It's a Treasury Dept move but it comes right on the heels of Tillerson being confirmed.

Behind every tweet, and every obnoxious statement from Trump is a move behind the scenes to either get closer to Putin or to shore up the business bottom lines of his inner circle. He is a master of diversion and the media are mere pawns as they go chasing after the latest tweet.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-trump-did-not-just-174900169.html

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Let's see.

1. Russia annexes Crimea and supports a proxy war in Eastern Ukraine.

2. Obama puts sanctions on Russia.

3. Russia interferes with our election to the benefit of Donald Trump.

4. Obama places more sanctions on Russia.

5. This guy

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gets nominated to be the Secretary of State under Trump.

6. Trump and Putin have a very nice phone conversation (unlike not so very nice conversations he had with leaders of longtime allies Mexico and Australia)

7. Tillerson gets confirmed.

8. The very next day, sanctions get eased.



Nah, I don't see anything wrong here at all.

[old guy]

6. But...but he is going to bring back coal mining jobs and make rural america great again,

and lots of other stuff. He promised! Don't be distracted by the Russian stuff! Alternate facts!

[ffr]

7. K&R

tRump appears to be a traitor.