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  1. I look at the news and see uproar about Trump subsidizing Ag.  Then today I see news about Trump getting control of the Fed.  Then comes apparent headway with the EU on trade.

    Is any of this connected?

  2. 7 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

    lol

    Donald Jr literally released an e-mail in which he is all excited to get dirt on Hillary from the Russians. Not speculation or rumor or conspiracy, it's an e-mail released by Don Jr himself. And that's just one of dozens and dozens of obvious pieces of evidence.

    Russia's economy is fucking tiny compared to ours. What the hell leverage are you thinking we need?

    I don't know if junior's excitement amounts to all that.   The "getting dirt" malfeasance goes around. Certainly from Trump's POV. 

    Russia has influence in Iran, for starters.

  3. 37 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

    I have no idea what those pictures have to do with this. Did Clinton, Bush, or Obama at any point say to the world that they trusted Putin over their own intelligence agencies?

    Look, I hate the intelligence agencies as much as the next guy, but anyone who says Putin is more trustworthy than them might not be committing actual treason, but they're extremely stupid and it's hilarious that America decided to put someone like that in the White House.

    The intel agencies don't have a perfect track record, they don't mind thousands of deaths, they crave boogiemen, and everybody on earth knows Trump believes the establishment appointees of the last 3 administrations are attacking him without evidence. And there is no evidence.  Trump's not a guy to stand on decorum.  He picks his lies, and this is a time he's not going to tell a lie.  He doesn't trust the establishment intel formed by John Brennan.  If he lied and said he trusted the agencies established by his political opponents, everyone would know he's lying. We all know our government isn't a monolith. So why fake it?   It would also be a strategic blunder, because it would cast doubt on the legitimacy of his election win.  He would make a lot of people happy, but it would be an idiot move. 

    I guess if you're convinced without evidence that Putin has blackmail ammo on Trump, then maybe Putin has some kind of hand. But Trump understands leverage as well as most people, and we are giants compared to Russia.  Trump said on the RNC debate stage that he'd be willing to meet with Putin, and he's going around offering every worthwhile country a fresh deal, individually. he doesn't like dealing with unions.

    He does things differently. He said he would. That's why a bunch of people voted for him. It's not treason.

  4. But Burr acknowledged that the committee would have difficulty forcing Steele to be interviewed. “How do you do that?” Burr told BuzzFeed News. “[He’s] not a US citizen, doesn’t live here..."

     

    having Steele create the dossier was a smooth move.

  5. I'm not convinced by the wapo that the Nk deal won't progress as advertised, to a de-nuked peninsula.  Has the Post named any intel sources, beyond CIA/anonymous officials? 

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  6. 32 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

    People eating bark don't stage coups.  Well-fed generals stage coups.  They are absolutely paying attention to whether Kim is strong or weak and his standing in the world. 

    That's true. Also, there have been a few shakeups at the top of the tree, leading up to the summit, per several reports including this CNN link.  Of course it's up for interpretation or dismissal.

     

    https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/asia/north-korea-military-leadership-intl/index.html

  7. 3 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

    Sure, but you also mocked those who are waiting for actual evidence before they draw conclusions about NK denuclearization.   Hence my response. 

    if I've mocked, it has only been aimed at histrionics, name-calling and repetition.  Not at anybody's opinion that we should wait for evidence. I already acknowledged after the summit that I jumped the gun, thinking things were farther along than they were.

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