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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 03:22 PM Jul 2017

Donald Trump Just Shared a Cozy Joke With Vladimir Putin... about the media.



A Russian journalist and member of the Kremlin press pool reports that during the photo-op before the much-anticipated Putin-Trump meeting at the G20 summit, he heard Russian President Vladimir Putin ask a question in English of President Donald Trump. With the cameras clicking and journalists yelling out questions, Putin leaned over and, gesturing with his thumb toward the American reporters, asked Trump, according to a tweet from Dmitri Smirnov of Komsomolskaya Pravda, “Are these the ones who insulted you?” With the reporters being ushered out, Trump replied, “These are the ones.” Putin leaned back and laughed, and with a chuckle Trump seemed to add, “You’re right about that.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/07/donald-trump-just-shared-a-cozy-joke-with-vladimir-putin/
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Donald Trump Just Shared a Cozy Joke With Vladimir Putin... about the media. (Original Post) HipChick Jul 2017 OP
Wonder if Vlad offered to serve them tea? emulatorloo Jul 2017 #1
"These are the ones who insulted you?" Putin to Trump as he points to reporters .99center Jul 2017 #2
Nothing good can come of this meeting. smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #3
Putin will and has already played him as a fool.. HipChick Jul 2017 #4
Tyrants hate a free press. SHRED Jul 2017 #5
Trump is putty in Putin's hand. Hieronymus Jul 2017 #6
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
3. Nothing good can come of this meeting.
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 03:30 PM
Jul 2017

It is only going to make Trump feel more powerful and emboldened than before. He thinks Putin has his back no matter what he does.

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