At a news conference in Vietnam, Trump distanced himself from remarks he made on Saturday in which he suggested he believed Putin when he said there had been no Russian meddling in the election that took him to the White House.
The comments had drawn criticism at home because U.S. intelligence agencies have long since concluded there was Russian meddling.
“As to whether I believe it or not, I’m with our agencies, especially as currently constituted,” Trump said at a news conference with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.
“As currently led, by fine people, I believe very much in our intelligence agencies.”
Of course this only came after Trump was excoriated by folks like John McCain, Preet Bharara, and even his own CIA Director.
And you will notice he only wants to give credit to the current leaders of the intelligence agencies that HE appointed even though they are in total agreement with their predecessors.
However before anybody gives Trump a standing ovation for finally trusting his own intelligence agencies over a former KGB agent, you should probably hear this part as well:
Trump said he still believed Putin did not think there had been Russian meddling.
“I believe that President Putin really feels, and feels strongly, that he did not meddle in our election,” Trump said, while adding: “What he believes is what he believes.”
So Trump believes the intelligence agencies in that he think that the Russians influenced out elections, but not when they say it was directed by Vladimir Putin himself?
Or does he completely trust them but think that Putin suffers from some kind of split personality disorder, where there is a good Vlad, who only wants to repair Russia's relationship with America, and a bad Vlad, who wants to destroy western democracy everywhere in the world?
Because if you truly believe our American intelligence agencies, Putin not only interfered in our 2016 election, but interference directed at America and other western countries continues to this day.
For his part Putin also offered a few other denials as well yesterday.
Courtesy of The Hill:
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday denied any connections between his country and President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, claiming that such ties are false rumors being propagated by the U.S. leader's political opponents.
During a briefing at the conclusion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam, Putin also dismissed reports that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross holds a stake in a company that does business with a Russian company with possible ties to the Russian president's son-in-law, according to multiple reports.
I am just going to go ahead and assume that Trump is taking Putin's side on these allegations as well.
Saves time that way.
On another somewhat related note Trump is now lobbing preschool insult at the leader of North Korea.
Every day, it just gets worse.Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old," when I would NEVER call him "short and fat?" Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend - and maybe someday that will happen!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 12, 2017
This guy is just plain nuts.
ReplyDeleteI saw that tweet on national news this morning. WTF will no one intercede to shut this toddler up? I SO miss President Obama...
ReplyDeletenot just you. i really feel like crying some times. i think the toddler's time is up-how can anyone not see what a horrible person he is?
DeleteRecalling George Bush claiming that he "looked into Putin's eyes" and decided he was an honest dictator.
ReplyDeleteSince sociopaths don't consider their actions wrong in any way, they don't present "tells". The body language, eye contact or general "bad vibes" that others can usually gauge a person by don't exist for them.
Ted Bundy was famously considered a good catch. By the survivors. At first.
We'll see how Trump gets along with the Philipines' dictator this week. Maybe he and Putin will get together later at Mar a Lago for a few rounds of golf with out own sociopathic would-be dictator.
Wild Tortoise
I don't see that going well.
DeleteDuterte can't stand him.
Oh, maybe they'll have a show and tell. Putin can golf with no shirt to show off his muscles, and Donny can golf with no....
Delete.....balls.
Delete-Trump is the very LAST one that can read Putin correctly. Don't forget that Putin was trained by the KGB. They (as a group, to include Putin) are laughing behind the back of the - - - sitting in the wh and he doesn't have a clue!
ReplyDeleteI dunno, I think they might be a little concerned that their big fat orange puppet is so easily manipulated.
DeleteDemocrat Doug Jones Is Now Leading Roy Moore In The Alabama Senate Race
ReplyDeleteA new poll by JMC Analytics and Polling shows Republican Roy Moore’s support collapsing as Democrat Doug Jones has taken a 46%-42% lead in the Alabama Senate special election.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/11/12/democrat-doug-jones-leading-roy-moore-alabama-senate-race.html
Alabama Senate
Poll Results Jones 46%, Moore 42%, McBride 2%
(9% undecided)
http://winwithjmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Alabama-Senate-Executive-Summary-General-Election-Poll-2.pdf
If this is happening because Democrats are animaated then all I can say is... :)))))
DeleteNow all that has to happen is for the Democrats not to fuck it up.
DeleteThey are so good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
With four weeks to go, it will be a test to see if the Republicans can build Molester Moore back up and come up with some last minute shit to smear Jones.
the republicans are fucking themselves up without any help from the democrats.
Delete"Mommy, I tried so hard to be his friend! I only called him a few names and threatened to nuke his country. Why doesn't he love me?" Geez, I swear he sounds more babyish every day.
ReplyDeleteThank God! I thought Alabama voters had totally lost it! Roy Moore would be the very worst white male to serve in Congress!
ReplyDeleteImagine those parasites that surround him trying to drum into that thick orange lump on his shoulders exactly what the fuck he did in front of the whole wide world.
ReplyDeleteUnbeatable comedy, the best in the world, I can tell you that.
That picture made me look twice. The boys being dressed in the same blue shirts. Must be bros from another mother. Aaaah, the love between those two. Trump finally found the bro he could look up to or down to.
ReplyDeletePutin loves that he has pictures going out with he and Donny boy lovin it up. I think that the thug from Russia knows he's aggravating someone. Meanwhile, Donnie so proud to be next to the man he loves and respects. AAAaaaawwwww.
No, the shirts are gifts from the Vietnamese president. Traditional Vietnamese shirts. (Really? Looks like remnants of French colonialism to me.)
DeleteI'll bet Trump hated wearing that shirt.
Everyone remember the story of how he slapped Junior for wearing a baseball shirt to a baseball game and made him go back and put on a suit and tie?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DETVP4AXoAEzULa.jpg
ReplyDeleteWas watching on youtube how Trump is good at saying things without seeming to. Like the example above where he "didn't" call Kim jung un short and fat. It's a trick of the trade.
ReplyDeleteThey're called "cold fuzzies". It's when an insult is disguised as a compliment.
DeleteYeah, he's a master. It's all part of marketing. Like his negative labeling.
That's why I'm pushing for the label of Molester Moore to be spread far and wide.
"James Clapper, former director of national intelligence, during an appearance with Brennan on CNN, warned that Trump’s downplaying of Russia’s involvement in the U.S. election “poses a peril to this country.”
ReplyDelete“I think Mr. Putin is very clever in terms of playing to Mr. Trump’s interest in being flattered,”
“And, also, I think Mr. Trump is, for whatever reason, either intimidated by Mr. Putin, afraid of what he could do, or what might come out as a result of these investigations. So, it’s very worrisome. And I think it sends a worrisome, very disturbing signal to our allies and partners who are concerned about Russian interference in their democratic processes as well. So, it’s either naivete, ignorance or fear, in terms of what Mr. Trump is doing vis-a-vis the Russians.”
booZey BoyZ "three men kicked down the doors and burgled the home of a North Korean diplomat in Islamabad last month, it took them more than three hours to lug out their booty: thousands of bottles of Scotch whisky, beer and French wine."“He was angry and upset,” said Hussain, the police officer who interviewed Hyon in Islamabad’s Kohsar police station. “And very worried.”
ReplyDeleteHyon told the police the robbers had fled with 1,200 bottles of Johnnie Walker Black Label whisky, 200 cases of wine, 60 cartons of beer, dozens of bottles of tequila, two diamonds and $3,000 in cash, according to a police document reviewed by Reuters. On the black market, the whisky alone is worth $80 per bottle, or a total $96,000."
"They say they believe Pakistan has turned a blind eye to bootlegging by North Koreans, perhaps out of courtesy to the historic ties between the two countries. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani scientist lionized as the father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb, in 2004 said he had sold nuclear secrets to North Korea."
"Documents reviewed by Reuters showing four separate alcohol import orders by North Korea’s embassy between March-December 2016 paint a picture of a mission importing alcoholic drinks that would be far above any reasonable personal needs of its diplomats.
During the nine-month period, the embassy imported 10,542 bottles of French Bordeaux wine through Truebell, a United Arab Emirates-based company. The four orders, billed by Truebell at $72,867, also included a total of 17,322 cans of Heineken and Carlsberg beer, as well as 646 bottles of champagne."This has spawned a lucrative black market. Alcohol is smuggled across borders and through sea ports, while several diplomats from poorer countries told Reuters they had been offered thousands of dollars by bootleggers to buy their quarterly ”alcohol quotas.” what NO Opium??
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-northkorea-insight/in-pakistan-north-korean-diplomats-alcohol-stash-raises-bootlegging-suspicions-idUSKBN1D80XG
I saw a remark on Canadian news from north Korea that trump is spouting dangerous rhetoric from his"snout".
ReplyDeleteI guess snout got lost in translation or does it mean orange ass ?
yep.
DeletePer first "lady" post below, what was Jared doing along for the ride?
ReplyDeleteMaybe he's her handler. Making sure she doesn't escape?
DeleteFuck it!
ReplyDeleteBring Dotard home and evaluate him.
Is it Trump's age like Kim Jon Un commented on or is it dementia like America is questioning?
Either way Trump is unfit to be POTUS.
"i try so hard to be his friend!" he's trying to uninsult the "rocket man". hahahaha! now maybe he could uninsult Elton John, too.
ReplyDeleteThat photo of Trump and Putin reminds me of Pinky and the Brain. We all know which one is Pinky.
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