Trump cancels Putin meeting at G20 over Ukraine conflict

[demmiblue]

Source: Axios

President Trump tweeted Thursday that he decided to cancel his scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 in Buenos Aires this weekend as a result of Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

"Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to Ukraine from Russia, I have decided it would be best for all parties concerned to cancel my previously scheduled meeting in Argentina with President Vladimir Putin. I look forward to a meaningful Summit again as soon as this situation is resolved!"

Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-cancels-putin-meeting-g20-summit-666bd7c1-591c-4f15-91c7-3b87317197e9.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100

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Link to tweet

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Interesting timing on Putin's part to creat this conflict just before the G20.

I can't help but think this was a test of Trump's loyalty. Trump is signaling that "as soon as this situation is resolved", he'll be quite happy to get his annual review from Putin.

[turbinetree]

2. Hey Dumb shit ever hear of the Budapest Agreement why didn't you mention that

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2014/12/04/the-budapest-memorandum-and-u-s-obligations/





Your an idiot...........................


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-sea-clash-puts-spotlight-1994-agreement-n941601


And your foreign team of idiots are just as stupid as you are.....................

[Cartoonist]

3. Full speed ahead, Vlad

He's too afraid to confront Putin now. He'll wait until after Vlad is done.

[louis c]

4. Trump will spend some lonely nights in Argentina

[BigmanPigman]

5. Huh?

I assumed he would be on Putin's side. Why the change? What changed while he was on the flight to Argentina in under an hour?

[C Moon]

10. The lovers have done this kind of thing before. It will change before the week is up.

[SunSeeker]

13. Simple: the Cohen bombshell hit.

Within minutes of that news, Trump tweeted that he wasn't doing the meeting. With Cohen disclosing that Trump was pushing the Moscow Trump Tower project with Putin right in the middle of the Presidential campaign.

Trump freaked about the optics of meeting with Putin with that news hitting the papers.

[paleotn]

17. Cohen, Muller, Manafort and all that jazz.

He thinks if he doesn't look like a Russian stooge....right now....everyone will forget he's actually a Russian stooge. It's how his tiny little brain works.

[DonViejo]

6. They'll meet for cocktails in the privacy of their hotel suites and, somehow rather miraculously,...

solve all the problems between our two countries; Trump will capitulate to Vlad

[rsdsharp]

7. Right. When Putin says 'Come!"

Donnie will scurry right over.

[dlk]

8. If Trump & Putin Met at the G20, the Walls Would Have Ears

The meeting would make for some interesting listening, though.

[Drum]

9. Oh please. This just means they're going to resort to some more private

---and even less-accountable---method of, um, whatever it is they do in these trysts.

[tammywammy]

11. Won't his boss get upset with him? n/t

[SunSeeker]

12. He did it by tweet after the Cohen bombshell this morning.

This has little to do with Ukraine, and more to do with Trump panicking.

[Corgigal]

14. He's lying.

So , again we have to catch him. They are probably sewing American intelligence agents into the chairs right now.

Good, to have a goal.

[duforsure]

15. But when has anything this serial liar said that was true?

His meeting could still be on for all we know, and this was for pr only.

[Gothmog]

16. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee-trump's quarterly performance review canceled

Link to tweet

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. So Putin aint such a good buddy after all