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kentuck

(111,051 posts)
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 03:30 PM Feb 2018

Trump made another secret call to Putin yesterday.

Rachel can add that one to her list.

What did they talk about?

How come we had to find out about it from the Russian press?

He doesn't even try to hide it anymore. He's a tool of the Russians. I don't know why we can't see the facts in front of us?

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Trump made another secret call to Putin yesterday. (Original Post) kentuck Feb 2018 OP
Sadly, and I do mean this seriously, the presidency of the US is run by Putin. It's so damn obvious RKP5637 Feb 2018 #1
We can only imagine what they talked about?? kentuck Feb 2018 #2
Exactly orangecrush Feb 2018 #30
that's about right. bdamomma Feb 2018 #42
That's the $1000 question askyagerz Feb 2018 #20
Exactly!!! This country is likely to be even more steam rolled by these despicable asses in office. RKP5637 Feb 2018 #22
When all that same congress can do it yawn when the russian puppet doesn't implement the sancitons, onecaliberal Feb 2018 #35
The Republican Party is so weak that they cannot help Donald Trump fill necessary positions.. kentuck Feb 2018 #36
In all fairness, who would even want to work for them. The problem is for the most part there are onecaliberal Feb 2018 #37
Maybe their own little mount rushmore askyagerz Feb 2018 #38
If you support trump you are a traitor, plain and simple. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #51
not so secret if its on a discussion board now, is it? BoneyardDem Feb 2018 #3
If Reuters did not have translators for TASS... kentuck Feb 2018 #4
If Reuters didn't disseminate, it would have been secret, I suppose. BoneyardDem Feb 2018 #5
With all respect meant, then where are Trump's tax returns? n/t RKP5637 Feb 2018 #6
ha we will bdamomma Feb 2018 #40
Yep, sealed forever! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2018 #41
Assuming that we know everything that is going on, then nothing is secret. kentuck Feb 2018 #7
I am not so sure my heart could take it if all the crap Trump is doing was known. olegramps Feb 2018 #15
Rumsfeld's unknown unknowns, coming home to roost. dchill Feb 2018 #16
I think that's the way it's supposed to "seem." LanternWaste Feb 2018 #12
I think you are missing the point Perseus Feb 2018 #23
I'm pretty sur the fact that a call was made at all, was supposed be secret. BoneyardDem Feb 2018 #31
"Daddy Vladdy, please make the bad guys go away!" Initech Feb 2018 #8
The mainstream media will not broach the subject Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #9
We directly engaged Russian contract fighters in Syria, and killed "dozens". denbot Feb 2018 #10
That would make sense. kentuck Feb 2018 #11
Yep! Zoonart Feb 2018 #27
US air strike in Syria that killed Russians??? Maggiemayhem Feb 2018 #13
I said it before and will say again; it's a fuckin conspiracy. triron Feb 2018 #14
The late Whitney Houston Foresaw Trump's Feelings toward Putin 33 Years Ago Insomniac Ike Feb 2018 #17
Guys, this is why Cheeto is tweeting at 3 A.M. FakeNoose Feb 2018 #18
Is there a link? MelissaB Feb 2018 #19
It was mentioned on MSNBC this morning... kentuck Feb 2018 #21
Thanks! MelissaB Feb 2018 #48
Apparently, Trump Needed an Update on His Marching Orders dlk Feb 2018 #24
Sometimes you need to hear your lovers voice. Codeine Feb 2018 #25
We'll find out in the next couple of days... C Moon Feb 2018 #26
Trump's moves are stunningly treasonous, unpatriotic , mean and stupid. nt ladjf Feb 2018 #28
"You hang up first." "No, YOU hang up first." mac56 Feb 2018 #29
I love you MORE! nt Codeine Feb 2018 #33
still waiting for the hero or heroes who are going to end this nightmare! NRaleighLiberal Feb 2018 #32
This is a job for the people... kentuck Feb 2018 #34
I wish he would bdamomma Feb 2018 #39
Donald Trump: Breaking Vlad Blue Owl Feb 2018 #43
DU Rec. raging moderate Feb 2018 #44
Sadly I see truth in all these posts. I want my country back. c-rational Feb 2018 #45
Treason Botany Feb 2018 #46
Most of us can DownriverDem Feb 2018 #47
Meanwhile, in Congress... meow2u3 Feb 2018 #49
I hope Meowmee Feb 2018 #50
It's transparently obvious that the Russians are running Trump. That he's still "President" stuns me Zen Democrat Feb 2018 #52
Has anyone published a complete list of all of Trump's contacting and messaging with Putin? UCmeNdc Feb 2018 #53
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K&R red dog 1 Feb 2018 #56

RKP5637

(67,084 posts)
1. Sadly, and I do mean this seriously, the presidency of the US is run by Putin. It's so damn obvious
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 03:35 PM
Feb 2018

Putin has the goods on Trump. Hell, Trump won't even enforce the sanctions overwhelmingly approved by congress. And now the midterms are coming up, and agreed that Russia will hack those elections too, and Trump sits on his ass. We're in deep shit in the US, far more than told and probably than we realize. And, how much of congress and others are in on this.

kentuck

(111,051 posts)
2. We can only imagine what they talked about??
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 03:43 PM
Feb 2018

"Vlad, it's The Donald.."

"What's the problem, Donald?"

"Well, I had to get rid of our plant, Rob Porter..."

"Who is going to replace him?"

"I don't know....didn't I do great at ignoring those 'sanctions' they put on you?

"Donald, you can't go weak on me now... we are almost ready to take over your country... This is so much easier than I ever thought..."

askyagerz

(776 posts)
20. That's the $1000 question
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 05:24 PM
Feb 2018

You have sanctions overwhelmingly approved by congress. The public overwhelmingly approves of the sanctions. There would be no political fall out by enforcing them and it just makes anyone look guilty who doesn't. So why aren't the republican leaders marching to the oval office or whatever golf course trump is on at the moment and say you have to enforce these now.
Why not? Because they either know hes guilty and its futile or they are just as guilty. It's the only explanation. They don't need russias love to screw the poor now they're in power. They should have discarded that card by now but they're keeping it up their sleeve for some nefarious reason

RKP5637

(67,084 posts)
22. Exactly!!! This country is likely to be even more steam rolled by these despicable asses in office.
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 05:31 PM
Feb 2018

onecaliberal

(32,775 posts)
35. When all that same congress can do it yawn when the russian puppet doesn't implement the sancitons,
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 06:26 PM
Feb 2018

I guess it's a moot point. Anyone who still thinks putin is not in charge of America is dangerously stupid, and shouldn't be taken seriously on any level.

kentuck

(111,051 posts)
36. The Republican Party is so weak that they cannot help Donald Trump fill necessary positions..
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 06:38 PM
Feb 2018

Who is going to replace Rachel Brand?

The State Department has been severely damaged since day one of the coup, with many jobs left unfilled.

The Republican Party has not demonstrated any intent to help Mr Trump fill all these positions? Isn't that part of their job? Or is it that The Donald does not reach out to the Republican Party?

If they ever build a statue to Incompetence, it will be a statue of Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and Paul Ryan.

onecaliberal

(32,775 posts)
37. In all fairness, who would even want to work for them. The problem is for the most part there are
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 06:42 PM
Feb 2018

very good people in these positions. They are not willing to destroy or soil their reputations by working for the most inept, criminal, psychotic maladministration to ever occupy the land.

askyagerz

(776 posts)
38. Maybe their own little mount rushmore
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 06:57 PM
Feb 2018

Somewhere deep in the badlands. It can become like a thing to hike out there and piss on their heads...

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
51. If you support trump you are a traitor, plain and simple.
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 12:57 PM
Feb 2018

I dont see how this resolves without MAJOR problems.

kentuck

(111,051 posts)
4. If Reuters did not have translators for TASS...
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 03:46 PM
Feb 2018

We wouldn't know about it and neither would you. Yeah, it's very secretive.

 

BoneyardDem

(1,202 posts)
5. If Reuters didn't disseminate, it would have been secret, I suppose.
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 03:51 PM
Feb 2018

please understand I'm not picking on you per se. I'm pointing out that very little seems to be very "secret" in this digital age.

kentuck

(111,051 posts)
7. Assuming that we know everything that is going on, then nothing is secret.
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 03:55 PM
Feb 2018

But we don't know what we don't know.

How long before we say, "If we had only known...?"

There are secrets left after some are exposed.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
12. I think that's the way it's supposed to "seem."
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 04:11 PM
Feb 2018

"I'm pointing out that very little seems to be very "secret" in this digital age..."

I think that's the way it's supposed to "seem."

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
23. I think you are missing the point
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 05:32 PM
Feb 2018

The context of what was discussed is what is secret, do you have any idea what the man-child discussed with his boss? If so please tell us.

The fact that he called his boss is no longer secret, but what was discussed is.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
9. The mainstream media will not broach the subject
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 04:08 PM
Feb 2018

Until we demand that the First Amendment disallows media for profit, we'll be stuck with all the news the American oligarchs choose to print and broadcast.

denbot

(9,898 posts)
10. We directly engaged Russian contract fighters in Syria, and killed "dozens".
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 04:09 PM
Feb 2018

I believe the news broke yesterday. Trump was apologizing to Putin, and appeasing him with some juicy intel.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/world/europe/russia-syria-dead.html

triron

(21,984 posts)
14. I said it before and will say again; it's a fuckin conspiracy.
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 04:54 PM
Feb 2018

wtf is wrong with the media?! They know not what they do (to be biblical about it).

FakeNoose

(32,558 posts)
18. Guys, this is why Cheeto is tweeting at 3 A.M.
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 05:19 PM
Feb 2018

He has to be up extremely early in case he gets a call from his boyfriend. I'm sure they talk much more often than is reported in the newspapers.

There's nobody wandering around the White House at that time, so nobody can overhear the convos. But 3 A.M. here is like 11 o'clock or noon in Moscow. This is a REGULAR THING for Cheeto, he's been doing it for 2 or 3 years years. Even if Pootie doesn't call, he still has to be up to make sure he doesn't miss it.


 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
25. Sometimes you need to hear your lovers voice.
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 05:35 PM
Feb 2018

Some Slavic sweet nothings whispered in an overworked ear after a long hard four hour day can be just the thing to refresh a man before a quick round of golf and a five course meal from the Dollar Menu.

C Moon

(12,208 posts)
26. We'll find out in the next couple of days...
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 05:36 PM
Feb 2018

Just watch: they'll start a new set of lies—probably focused on the FBI.

kentuck

(111,051 posts)
34. This is a job for the people...
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 06:25 PM
Feb 2018

There is not going to be a knight on a white stallion...

Somehow, the Party Leaders on both sides, need to come to some sort of compromise. They must understand that they are our elected leaders and it is their job to protect our Constitution and to defend our nation from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

DownriverDem

(6,226 posts)
47. Most of us can
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 11:58 AM
Feb 2018

it's just that the folks in charge of everything - repub House & Senate - are protecting trump. Why? Could it be that the repubs in DC have taken money from the russians too?

meow2u3

(24,757 posts)
49. Meanwhile, in Congress...
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 12:46 PM
Feb 2018

...the treason enablers look the other way while the Treasonous Tangerine sells us out to the russkies.
And then, they turn around and call us traitors?!

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
53. Has anyone published a complete list of all of Trump's contacting and messaging with Putin?
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 02:22 PM
Feb 2018

Do we as Americans have a right to know what Trump is discussing with Putin?

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