Trump Cites Photo Of Schumer, Putin Eating Donuts In Calling For Probe

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By KRISTIN SALAKY Published MARCH 3, 2017, 1:21 PM EDT

President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted an old photo of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N) with Russian President Vladimir Putin, writing there should be an investigation into Schumer "and his ties to Russia and Putin."

Link to tweet

The photo captures a scene from a 2003 meeting between Schumer and Putin to mark the occasion of New York's first Lukoil gas station opening. The two are shown eating Krispy Kreme donuts, according to the AP photo caption.

The photo has been circulated on conservative news sites over the last few days, after Schumer called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign following revelations that Sessions met twice with Russia's ambassador to the United States before the election.

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Schumer responded in a quote tweet, saying that he's happy to talk about his conversation with Putin.

Link to tweet

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-tweet-schumer-putin-investigation

[dewsgirl]

1. I really like Chuck Schumer, he seems like a really down to earth guy.

[SpankMe]

3. I really hate Donald Trump, he seems like a really fucked up guy.

Not demeaning your post - just venting!!

[caraher]

2. Bring it, Twitler

Good response from Schumer, who knows that given the choice of putting up or shutting up, Trump has only one good option. Which means he'll do neither, of course.

[Cosmocat]

4. GOD Fin Damn Mth Fin AARRGGG!!!!

This country has a poorly parented 8 year old as POTUS ...

[Leghorn21]

7. Language, Cosmo, language!! I'm headed for my fainting couch, thanks to you!! Mercy!! eom

[Cosmocat]

8. Sorry

While I understand why they did, I just can't begin to fathom how 1/3 of this country voted for this grotesque ogre and will defend him to the end ...

[Leghorn21]

22. Well okay...apology accepted...interesting choice of "word" there, Cosmocat, cause I was thinking

a couple days ago - and being out of words YET AGAIN to describe our current catastrophe - I said well, this whole fustercluck is simply "unfathomable" - and it by damn is, my friend!!

[Cosmocat]

45. Yep

[elmac]

5. what a nasty, republican prick

I hope he lands in prison some day.

[Zoonart]

6. Sure Donnie...

A doughnut and coffee is exactly the same as secret meeting to subvert the foreign policy of a sitting president who is not you.

[blm]

10. A very PUBLIC coffee and a donut. And years before Putin carried out his plan to annex Ukraine.

When have Republicans ever cared for context?

[LisaM]

19. It was also years before Putin started his switcheroo between President and Prime Minister.

Which occurred in 2008.

[bettyellen]

32. Racists, sexists and GOPers NEVER WANT CONTEXT!! it's something I've noticed over the years....

[still_one]

9. Was Schumer under oath if he ever had a donut with Putin. What bullshit false equivalency garbage

from these deplorable assholes. They no damn well what the difference is

[dhill926]

11. what is he....12...

jesus christ...

[Grassy Knoll]

12. Same Thing Donnie, What A Fuckin Ass Clown Toy...

[shraby]

13. Isn't that about the same time bush said he could see putin's soul through his eyes or

something like that?

[xxqqqzme]

41. I looked the man in the eye.

I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy,” Bush said in remarks he later regretted. “. . . I was able to get a sense of his soul.” GWBush 2001


http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/opinion/2010/06/29/i-looked-the-ma

Very good piece in the Dallas News from June, 2010

[shraby]

54. Thanks I couldn't remember the exact time or quote but remember him saying it.

[Jane Austin]

14. I think trump is sounding a bit desperate.

Grasping at straws, you know?

[notdarkyet]

37. Yea, Kelli and spacey probably spent hours on goggle to find anything.

[ananda]

15. Lol

If there is an immature response, 45 will find it.

[LuckyLib]

49. Junior high. He's a classic. Can't his minions get that iphone away from him?

Good grief!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

51. I'm sure he sneaks it when he is unsupervised just like the junior high school kids do. n/t

[Historic NY]

16. Are there any Lukoi gas stations left in NY

wikipedia uses the one that was in one of my hometown hamlets, funny it was run by Turks, its gone and is now a Getty.

[jmowreader]

36. Quite a few

Check http://www.lukoil.com and tell it you're in the US; a couple hundred stations in the Northeast pop up.

[muntrv]

17. Hey Cheeto Jesus! Schumer was a Senator and he wasn't negotiating lifting sanctions

unlike you when you were a private citizen.

[meadowlander]

38. And he didn't lie about the meeting under oath.

[wolfie001]

18. The average Trump voter is a complete idiot

Hard to believe there's so many of 'em. He/she falls for dTrump's bullshit every time. Bunch of clueless m*therfuckers.

[Grammy23]

52. They aren't paying a bit of attention to all the things about the tRump Putin connection.

Anything that breaks through Fox or Info Wars or wherever they get their news is twisted or tweaked in such a way as to be unrecognizable. Fake News on steroids.

But their day of reckoning is coming. If this whole debacle is ANYTHING like Watergate (and we're being led to believe that this will make Watergate look like a Sunday School picnic) it will be televised for all the world to see. Hearings, court proceedings, perp walks, frog marches, all of it. Their denials will get a gigantic slap of reality when they find out their "hero" tTump (and his minions) screwed them all. Wooed, screwed and tattooed. For that alone, I am hoping the downfall of Donald J. tRump comes sooner rather than later.

[NoMoreRepugs]

20. bravo Sen Schumer - eggscellent comeback

[iluvtennis]

21. Cheetolini your dealings w/Russia was collusion to steal the election, not coffee/donuts- u asswipe

[C_U_L8R]

23. Trump is such a dunce.

A real goober.

[Turbineguy]

24. By all means.

We would not want to stand in the way of republicans wasting taxpayer money.

[paleotn]

25. He didn't lie about it before Congress,

you orange idiot.

[More_Cowbell]

26. Trump's back to tweeting...

which is, in my opinion, always a sign that he's coming unhinged. Put together with the "Jared and Ivanka will be incommunicado til Saturday night" situation, when Trump gets persuaded by Bannon to do whatever he wants, and it might be an interesting weekend.

[yallerdawg]

27. This photo and spin originated on "Drudge Report" and then the Corrupt One tweeted. (CNN)

The sources the White House considers "reliable" now, it's like we have entered Superman's "Bizarro World"!

[George II]

30. I don't know how many times I've used videos and quotes from the "Bizarro" world since November 8.

[Mars and Minerva]

28. Because Sinkers and Coffee is just like Plotting High Treason!

[George II]

29. He acts like he's in junior high school.

[BeyondGeography]

31. Stupid bully gets bloody nose

Asshole.

[11 Bravo]

33. But ... but ... but, he gave a SPEECH! He was PRESIDENTIAL!

He called for an end to petty squabbles!

Fuck Trump, and fuck every sycophantic, ass-licking, "journalist" who got a case of the steaming undies over the fact that the saggy-assed orange shitweasel didn't actually start flinging his own shit at assembled members of Congress.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

50. Did he really call for an end to petty squabbles?

Trump is all about petty squabbles. He squabbles all damn day long, every day.

[onenote]

34. Alternate Chuck responses: I'll show you mine if you show me yours

Or, Bring it On.

[Friend or Foe]

35. What happened? Did Shabbat start early today?

Nothing worse than a Latch Key president

[mobeau69]

39. Charles Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand take tax disclosure to new level

New York’s two Democratic senators recently joined a small group of federal elected officials who have released their tax returns.

[JudyM]

46. That's cool, hadn't read about it! Leadership on this issue is overdue.

[Catherine Vincent]

40. LOL

Trump is such a nut...just like his supporters.

[Yavin4]

42. So, some conservatives frantically searched the internet for a photo of a Dem with Putin

hoping to use the old argument, "Dems did it too", to throw off the calls for an investigation, but it won't work this time. What's next? James O'Keefe posing as a Russian agent with a suitcase of cash trying to donate it to a Democrat?

[NastyRiffraff]

43. Let me explain the difference to you, Donny

Slowly, so you'll understand if you concentrate.

One was in full public view, one was not. One was two people eating donuts, one was a secret meeting discussing...?? Oh, right, Sessions can't recall. He really can't remember anything about a meeting with the Russian ambassador.

[Amimnoch]

44. Am I missing the relevant follow-up tweet?

You know, the one where Schumer, under oath, swore he had no contact with Putin?

[Ccarmona]

47. Trump's Losing It

Now Even his projections are lame and backfire right in his 🍊 face

[smirkymonkey]

48. I'll give you a probe.

Right in your fat, flabby orange ass, you stupid fucktard!

[elias7]

53. Trump is such an idiot, so is the staffer who found the picture

I remember reading a piece by a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who zipped around interviewing a spate of trump voters, and I was struck by their sentiment that they'll never come around if dems keep calling them idiots. Well, if anyone can continue to support Trump given the his constant of twitter lunacy, policy lunacy, Russian connections, they deserve to be called idiots.