Trump suggests he would be open to lifting sanctions on Russia
Source: CNN
By Daniella Diaz, CNN
Updated 10:59 PM ET, Fri January 13, 2017
Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump suggested Friday he is open to lifting sanctions on Russia, though he plans to keep them for "at least a period of time."
He told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday evening that he might do away with them if Russia helps the US battle terrorists or with other goals important to the US. The sanctions were implemented by the Obama administration last month in response to alleged Russian hacking during the election.
"If you get along and if Russia is really helping us, why would anybody have sanctions if somebody's doing some really great things?" he said in the interview.
Trump's remarks to the Wall Street Journal come after CNN reported classified documents presented to President Barack Obama and Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Trump. He has vehemently denied the allegations.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/13/politics/donald-trump-russia-sanctions-taiwan/
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If that ain't an indictable, impeachable quid pro quo, then the world is not run the way it ought to be run.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Vlad is putin' the pressure on him to hurry up, get in the White House, and open the gates to our country.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)TeamPooka
(24,232 posts)get used to that phrase
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)Is he ...? oh never mind.
keithbvadu2
(36,835 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
This is common belief shared internationally.
Hence the NATO tanks rolling into Poland now. Its citizens are worried.
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braddy
(3,585 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)(Putin flunky): "Here is your payoff, Mr. Trump"
(Trump [sotto voce]): Thank you very much.
politicat
(9,808 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)"Forget it, he's rolling."
mahina
(17,679 posts)Officers in his cabinet.
Not saying I want it to happen but it sure could.
BeyondGeography
(39,376 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)By Markus Feldenkirchen, Veit Medick and Holger Stark
Donald Trump Is the World's Most Dangerous Man
Donald Trump is the leader of a new, hate-filled authoritarian movement. Nothing would be more harmful to the idea of the West and world peace than if he were to be elected president. George W. Bush's America would seem like a place of logic and reason in comparison.
'Trump is dangerous and unfit', American President, 2016
raccoon
(31,112 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)to the White House.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Flatpicker
(894 posts)This guy is in the bag for Putin.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)to know that was coming. Now the only mystery is, is "for a period of time" defined as 2 nano-seconds or 3 nano-seconds?
cstanleytech
(26,301 posts)on the Crimean Peninsula but rather it's more likely to either as payment for services rendered in helping Trump beat Hillary or because Russia has blackmail on Trump.
quakerboy
(13,920 posts)More likely due to personal debts owed that he'd rather not have called due.
cstanleytech
(26,301 posts)moot point.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)and I didn't need it to see this one coming.
cstanleytech
(26,301 posts)borders and pull all its troops back to its bases on the Crimean Peninsula.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Both of which he is trying to make disappear. Like the Ukraine.
quakerboy
(13,920 posts)Just barely enough for credibility. But soon enough they dont foreclose on his debts.
sakabatou
(42,163 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)works very well with Republicans.
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)Source: abc
Russia's ambassador to the U.S. invited the Trump administration to Syrian peace talks during a phone call in December -- on the same day the Obama administration announced sanctions against Russia in retaliation for its hacking during the U.S. election -- a Trump spokesperson said Friday.
Incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak extended the invitation to the talks, which are scheduled for later this month, during a phone call with President-elect Donald Trump's incoming National Security Advisor Michael Flynn on December 29th, the day the U.S. issued sanctions and expelled 35 Russian diplomats from the country.
The Obama administration was unsuccessful in securing a seat in Syria peace negotiations during talks with Russia and other regional powers and has been excluded from the most recent rounds. The next talks about Syria are scheduled for January 23rd in Astana, Kazakhstan, three days after Trump takes office.
Spicer initially told reporters the conversation between Flynn and Kislyak only focused on arranging a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Donald Trump after the Inauguration.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-advisor-michael-flynn-contact-russian-ambassador/story?id=44763052
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)?
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)only we'll get pence.
lark
(23,123 posts)He lifts sanctions, russians return to buying hugely overpriced mansions from orange assface, he makes tons of $$ and doesn't have to file BK for the 8th time.. His $$ and his "reputation" sorry as it truly is, are all he cares about. Wonder what Putin has promised him if he destroys NATO or EU? My guess is all his loans with russian banks are paid off if herr orange fuhrer accomplishes either one of the above. of course, putin also has the stick, the videos, the tapes of don the con colluding in russia stealing election to use if drumpf falters or is over-ridden by congress. Interesting times, as in nightmares unlimited, are coming.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)In promising to lift sanctions, he just hopes Vlad will say something flattering about him. This guy has the shallowest ego in the world. If you scratch the surface, you'll hit rock bottom.
jmowreader
(50,561 posts)Unless Orangenfuehrer were to get some major-league security around him, the Russian mafia was going to whack his ass. Trump owes them a ton of money and there's no way in hell he can pay them back.
Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)How long is it before all those Trump fuckers realize the Donald just doesn't care about Democracy, the Constitution, and the rule of law.
kimbutgar
(21,168 posts)Day 1 he will lift those sanctions for his pooty poot. He is a traitor to our country. And a sidgrace to the office of the Prsident, even before he is sworn.
He is a petty punk ass thug.